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認識 Mario Lanza 的歌曲主要因為來自小學老師的推介﹐不過當時縱使她形容這位男高音比 Three Tenors 還要厲害﹐可是我還是初接觸 Classical Music﹐沒有接觸到 Vocal 的部份﹐故此對他花時間細心欣賞﹐還是我參加了合唱團之後的事。

當年參加合唱團之後﹐開始接觸 Vocal Music﹐不單是 Choir Music﹐還有 Crossover﹐除了因為作為參考之外﹐因為練唱及引發了興趣的關係﹐於是也注意瞭解演唱的技巧。那時候開始聽 Caruso﹐不過一下子聽這樣老的錄音﹐有點接受不了﹐於是就找來沒那麼遠古的Mario Lanza。

初聽 Mario Lanza 時﹐其實還沒那麼接受﹐不過很有好感﹐所以聽過一兩張CD之後就擱在一旁了﹐然而年前有網友來訪﹐從他的推介﹐就在 Youtube 上看到 Mario Lanza 的電影片段﹐於是對於這位一代歌王﹐就加增了我的好奇心﹐想仔細聽聽了。

多年前 Sony 為了推廣自家的 Legacy Recording﹐於是為旗下過去與現今的合約藝人出版 The Essential 精選系列﹐好不吸引。2004年 Sony 跟 BMG 合併合作﹐聲勢更大﹐於是在這系列中更加入了 RCA﹑Arista 等 Label 的歷史錄音﹐吸引力更大了﹐其中一款是 Mario Lanza。

The Essential Mario Lanza (2007/RCA) Track List:
Disc: 1
01 Be My Love (from "The Toast of New Orleans")
02 Drink, Drink, Drink (From "The Student Prince")
03 Rigoletto; Act IV; La donna è mobile
04 Danny Boy
05 Granada
06 Because You're Mine (From "Because You're Mine")
07 Ave Maria
08 Valencia
09 The Loveliest Night of the Year (From "The Great Caruso")
10 Song of India
11 Because
12 O sole mio
13 The Donkey Serenade (From "Firefly")
14 If I Loved You (from "Carousel")
15 Serenade (From "The Student Prince")
16 Funiculi, funicula
17 Golden Days (From "The Student Prince")
18 Arrivederci, Roma (featured in "The Seven Hills of Rome")
19 You'll Never Walk Alone
20 Beloved (From "The Student Prince")
21 Come prima (From "For the First Time")
22 Tosca; Act III; E lucevan le stelle
23 Santa Lucia
24 I'll Walk With God
Disc: 2
01 And This is My Beloved (from "Kismet")
02 La Gioconda; Act II; Cielo e mar
03 Deep In My Heart, Dear (from "The Student Prince")
04 Core 'ngrato
05 L'elisir d'amore; Act II; Una furtiva lagrima
06 Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
07 Canta pe' me
08 Santa Lucia luntana
09 Memories
10 With a Song in My Heart (from "Spring Is Here")
11 L'africana; Act IV; O paradiso!
12 Temptation (from "Going Hollywood")
13 Aida (featured in "The Great Caruso"); Act I; Celeste Aida
14 Fenesta che lucive
15 A Night to Remember
16 Non ti scordar di me
17 Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
18 Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
19 All the Things You Are (From "Very Warm for May")
20 Passione
21 One Night of Love (From "One Night of Love")
22 La danza

這精選收錄了46首 Mario Lanza於1949-1959年間的錄音﹐其實不少都是耳熟能詳的旋律﹐甚至是現今 Crossover Album 經常收錄的曲目﹐只是錄音感覺較舊﹐但是我就是喜歡這種舊舊的感覺﹐加上多首由他主演或代唱的電影插曲﹐聽這雙CD就算是一套 Mario Lanza 音樂入門吧。Mario Lanza 唱起來極具自信﹐他的演繹絕不冰冷﹐而且帶有豐富的感情﹐很不錯聽。


Danny Boy (Edited Short Version)﹕是 Mario Lanza 於1952的錄音﹐原曲是愛爾蘭民謠Londonderry Air﹐而 Danny Boy 則是Fred Weatherly所作的歌曲﹐不過一位英國律師把一首Danny Boy 的歌詞稍作修改並套入Londonderry Air的旋律中﹐於是就變成了這首傳世的經典﹐其後首次被Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1915/Victor) 灌錄成唱片。
(Traditional arr. By Fred Weatherly)


Valencia (Edited Short Version)﹕是 Mario Lanza 於1951的錄音。
(Clifford Grey / Jose Padilla)


Funiculi, Funicula (Edited Short Version)﹕是 Mario Lanza 於1951的錄音。
(Luigi Denza / Giuseppe Turco / Arr. Ennio Morricone)


Arrivederci, Roma (Edited Short Version)﹕是 Mario Lanza 於1957的錄音﹐乃是電影“Seven Hills Of Rome”的插曲。
(Pietro Garinei / Alessandro Giovannini / Carl Sigman / Renato Rascel)




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