Mario Lanza in Serenade
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Mario Lanza in "Serenade", or simply Serenade, is a soundtrack album by tenor Mario Lanza containing songs featured in the 1956 Warner Bros. film Serenade that he starred in. The album was released by RCA Victor in the same year, to coincide with the film's release.[1][2][3][4]
Release
[edit]The album was released on the RCA Victor record label in 1956 – to coincide with the release of the film.[3][4]
The album was available on LP (cat. no. LM-1996).[5][2]
There was also an EP version (two records in a gatefold cover, cat. no. ERB-70). It had a relatively short runtime, with only eight songs across its four sides.[6]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | positive ("Spotlight" pick)[2] |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
The album peaked at number 11 on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Albums chart for two consecutive weeks in May–June 1956.[8][9]
Track listing
[edit]LP (RCA Victor LM 1996)[4]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Serenade" | Nicholas Brodszky | |
| 2. | "La danza" | ||
| 3. | "Torna a Surriento" | ||
| 4. | "O soave fanciulla" | ||
| 5. | "Di rigori armato" | ||
| 6. | "Di quella pira" | ||
| 7. | "Amor ti vieta" | ||
| 8. | "O paradiso" |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dio ti giocondi" | ||
| 2. | "Ave Maria" | ||
| 3. | "Lamento di Federico" | ||
| 4. | "Nessun dorma" | ||
| 5. | "My Destiny" | Nicholas Brodszky |
2 × 7-inch 45-rpm EP (RCA Victor ERB-70)[6]
| No. | Title | Music | Note(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Serenade" | Nicholas Brodszky | ||
| 2. | "Nessun dorma" | Giacomo Puccini | Turandot: Act III | |
| 3. | "Ave Maria" | Franz Schubert |
| No. | Title | Music | Note(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lamento di Federico" | Francesco Cilea | L'Arlesiana | |
| 2. | "Di quella pira" | Giuseppe Verdi | Il Trovatore: Act III | |
| 3. | "My Destiny" | Nicholas Brodszky |
| No. | Title | Music | Note(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dio ti giocondi" | Giuseppe Verdi | Otello: Act III with Licia Albanese, soprano |
| No. | Title | Music | Note(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "E son io l'innocenti" | Giuseppe Verdi | Otello: Act III with Licia Albanese, soprano |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1956) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best Selling Popular Albums[10] | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Complete Alphabetical Catalog of All RCA Victor Albums". Radio Corporation of America. RCA Victor Record Division. 1959. pp. 32, 82 – via Google Books.
Mario Lanza in "Serenade" 33⅓ LM-1996
- ^ a b c "Billboard". Billboard. April 21, 1956.
- ^ a b "Billboard". March 31, 1956.
- ^ a b c "Mario Lanza – Mario Lanza In "Serenade"". 1956 – via Discogs.
- ^ Hi-fi Music at Home. Sleeper Publications. 1956. p. 41.
- ^ a b "Mario Lanza – Mario Lanza In "Serenade" – 2 x Vinyl (7", 45 RPM), 1956". 1956 – via Discogs.
- ^ "Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes [Bonus Tracks]". AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Billboard". May 26, 1956.
- ^ a b "Billboard". June 2, 1956.
- ^ [8][9]