In The Deep Heart's Core

In The Deep Heart's Core

Track Listings

1. I Am Ireland

2. On the Kiltartan Road

3. The Fiddler of Dooney

4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

5. The Host of the Air

6. The Withering of the Boughs

7. Brown Penny

8. He Thinks of His Past Greatness

9. The Cap and Bells

10. Adam's Curse

11. The Galway Plains

12. Red Hanrahan's Song About Ireland

13. The Golden Age

14. I Am of Ireland

Editorial Reviews
Irish American News
"Transports the heart and spirit into the sacred realm"

Product Description
Original songs from the poetry of Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, composed and adapted by Joseph D. Sobol.

In The Deep Heart's Core

Tracks:

Be My Love
Drink, Drink, Drink
Rigoletto: Act IV: La Donna E Mobile
Danny Boy
Granada
Because You're Mine
Ave Maria
Valencia
The Loveliest Night Of The Year
Song Of India
Because
O Sole Mio
The Donkey Serenade
I Paggliacci: Act I: Vesti La Giubba
Serenade
Funiculi, Funicula
Golden Days
Arrivederci Roma
You'll Never Walk Alone
Beloved
Come Prima
Tosca: Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle
Santa Lucia
I'll Walk With God

Tracks:

And This Is My Beloved
Cielo E Mar (La Gioconda)
If I Loved You
Deep In My Heart
Core 'Ngrato
Una Furtiva Lagrima (L' Elisir D'Amore)
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
Canta Pe' Me
Santa Lucia Luntana
Memories
With A Song In My Heart
O Paradiso! (L' Africana)
Temptation
Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida
Feneste Che Lucive
A Night To Remember
Non Ti Scordar Di Me
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
All The Things You Are
Passione
One Night Of Love
La Danza

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Tenor.......2004-05-25

I'm more a fan of classic popular standards than of classical music, but as the classical numbers give Mario Lanza a little more opportunity to show off his glorious voice, I find myself enjoying these fully as much as the popular selections.

His approach to popular song is admittedly on the operatic side, and it's fascinating to hear how well such pieces translate into a more classical orchestration. And Lanza's versions stand as equals alongside the popular versions (by such greats as Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Kate Smith, Georgia Gibbs, Dean Martin, Vic Damone and Vaughn Monroe) that have been among my favorites for many years.

The spoken introductions on the selections from his show are an added bonus, and (contrary to one of the reviews below) these songs are beautifully done. The fact that they are live and only minimally rehearsed only makes them all the more amazing.

The 2-cd set consists of high quality recordings of 47 songs and is a real bargain at the price.

THE GREAT MARIO SINGS BEAUTIFULY!.......2002-03-03

THIS IS A WINNER THE MUSIC GREAT! THIS IS A REALY GREAT CD! HE SINGS SO WELL IN ALL THE MUSIC. I GAVE IT 4 STARS. ENJOY!

The good and the bad in one collection.......2001-09-02

This is (unintentionally, I'm sure) a warts-and-all illustration of Mario Lanza. True, there are magnificent recordings scattered throughout (Serenade, Beloved, E Lucevan Le Stelle, Passione, etc) but the overall impression one is left with is of a sloppy and undisciplined singer who just happened to possess a great voice. The fault lies squarely with BMG and their predilection for selecting the very worst of Lanza, and placing it next to the best. Many of the inferior choices come from Lanza's Coca-Cola radio show, recorded between 1951 and 1952, and featuring prominently on Disc Two. (Disc One is a more consistent selection, and repeats the same tracks from the British one-CD set "The Ultimate Collection", reviewed elsewhere on this site.)

The "Coke" shows were generally under-rehearsed, and represent what in many respects was the most chaotic period of Lanza's short life. Thus it's not surprising that the tenor often sounds unfamiliar with his material, is sometimes off-key, and also makes numerous stylistic lapses. Never intended to be heard beyond their initial broadcast, these supposedly "one-off affairs" nevertheless did produce the occasional gem, but one needs to look elsewhere for examples of those. The three exceptions on this set are the gloriously romantic If I Loved You, One Night of Love, and the poignant Memories. Danny Boy also deserves honorable mention, although the ending should have been remade.

O Paradiso, Somewhere a Voice is Calling, Core 'Ngrato, Deep in My Heart, and With a Song in My Heart represent low points from the Coke Shows. Other poor choices include And This is My Beloved, from the disastrous Lanza on Broadway LP; a rough-as-old-boots Una Furtiva Lagrima; and an off-pitch Cielo E Mar (ironically the one studio recording on this set that *is* inferior to Lanza's Coke Show rendition).

Mario Lanza was blessed with the most spectacular natural tenor voice of the 20th century. Is it too much to expect for BMG to honor his memory more selectively? Where are Lanza's sublime recordings of Che Gelida Manina from "La Boheme", his M'appari, the Improvviso from Andrea Chenier and his unsurpassed Otello Monologue? Or the fabulous Some Day, the gorgeous 'A Vucchella and Lanza's own favorite recording, the haunting Voce E Notte? For the very best of Mario Lanza, buyers will need to look elsewhere.

New Fan.......2000-08-27

I am an 18-year old student. I bought this album after I heard a few of Lanza's songs in the Peter Jackson film, "Heavenly Creatures" and I must say that it is one of the best albums I have ever bought. Lanza was a master of his vocal instrument, drawing every ounce of feeling and energy from the notes and words to create a masterpiece of every song. The resulting pieces in this album combine to make up a beautiful and varied work, with something for every mood you may be in. The classics (such as "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"), are obviously appealing, but the lesser-known pieces (my favourite: "Una Furtiva Lagrima") make this a wonderfully enlightening experience. This is a truly Great album.

Another CD from the best!.......2000-03-18

When I heard that Mario Lanza had died so many years ago, I was a college student who already owned five or six LP's of his songs. I was truly brokenhearted We had lost such a fine singer at such an early age. This CD is one of the best because of the diversity of songs, all marvelous.A fine addition to any collection.

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The Real Thing
Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!

The Mantovani Orchestra

Manufacturer: St. Clair Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005YC5F
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Customer Reviews:

The Real Thing.......2007-01-27

I'm a HUGE Mantovani fan and have had mixed results trying to upgrade my collection to CDs. This collection is the original orchestra arrangements of all the classics. This is the one to buy.

Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!.......2003-07-02

The Mantovanti Orchestra shows off their "marvelous versatility" in this "wonderful" collection of "8 CDs", with titles that tell you "just what to expect", such as: "The Love Songs", "Memorable Classics", "Itallian Favorites", "On Broadway", etc. You can set the MOOD for practically ANY occassion! There are even some "popular" selections that we all know and treasure like: "Moon River", "Over the Rainbow" and "Autum Leaves"!
You will NOT want to remove these GREAT CDs from your CD Player, once you have listened to them! They make "nice" background music for small get-togethers or "lovely" background music for those "ROMANTIC DINNERS", for you and your "SPECIAL SOMEONE"!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SET!!! It is a GREAT DEAL for the money, even at the full price!!!

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The Magnificent Mario Lanza: Be My Love

Manufacturer: Pulse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000B6ETFK
Release Date: 2005-11-07

Tracks:

Because You're Mine
Golden Days
You Do Something to Me
Deep in My Heart, Dear
I'll Never Love You
Beloved
Lord's Prayer
I'll Walk with God
Song Angels Sing
Marechiare
Serenade (From "The Student Prince")
Summertime in Heidelberg
Yours Is My Heart Alone
If I Loved You
I'll See You Again
One Night of Love
Sylvia
I'll Be Seeing You
Vucchella
Romance

Tracks:

Drinking Song
Be My Love
Because
Donna Mobile
My Song, My Love
Loveliest Night of the Year
Granande
Questa O Quella
For You Alone
Bayou Lullaby
Guardian Angels
Core Ingrato
Someday
Mattinata
Song of India
Cielo E Mar
You Are My Love
Song Is You
Recondita Armonia
Ave Maria

Album Description

2 CD set. International superstar tenor of the early 50's whose million-sellers included 'Be My Love' and 'Because You're Mine' (original versions included here). Unlike previous tenor superstars (Caruso,Gigli), Lanza never performed in a concert hall, but found fame via hit movies, including The Great Caruso, Serenade, The Seven Hills Of Rome and The Toast Of New Orleans. Castle Pulse. 2005.

Average customer rating:

Rough diamond
Don't Forget Me? How could we Mario?
More Lanza Bonanza
The Great Mario

Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
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You'll Never Walk Alone
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ASIN: B000003FCY
Release Date: 1993-06-08

Tracks:

Funiculi, Funicula
From: Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime
If
Core 'ngrato ('Ungrateful Heart')
From: The Student Prince: Serenade
La danza
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
From: Cavalleria Rusticana: Addio alla madre ('Goodbye Mother')
Someday I'll Find You
Santa Lucia
Diane
Santa Lucia luntana ('Santa Lucia Far Away')
From: The Firefly: Donkey Serenade
From: L'africana: O paradiso! ('Oh Paradise')
Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight
From: La forza del destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli ('O You Who Are In The Care Of The Angels')
From: The Student Prince: Deep In My Heart, Dear
Canta pe' me ('Sing For Me')
From: Rigoletto: La donna obile
'Na sera aggio ('One Evening In May')
From: Showboat: You Are Love
Tu ca nun chiagne
From: Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone
Non ti scordar di me ('Don't Forget Me')

Amazon.com

You're gonna need a cardiologist after this tasty schmaltz attack on your senses by previously unreleased excerpts from the 1951-1966 Coca-Cola radio show. Mario Lanza's vibrant, satisfying tenor rings thrillingly, but lacks a necessary middle for many of these songs. Still, when the top opens, his sound is obsessively appealing as he scoops unabashedly to get your emotional adrenaline flowing. However, the descending line was not his friend. He's most successful with popular Italian songs and operetta excerpts. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Rough diamond.......2001-08-23

My initial impression on hearing this CD was: fabulous voice; rough performances. That view is essentially unchanged. Lanza fans will adore the heroic singing and sheer bravado of these performances; purists will no doubt find much to criticize in Lanza's unrestrained delivery. In a sense, both sides are right, but there can be no mistaking that this is one of the most exceptional tenor voices on record. The upper register is dazzling and the middle and low registers are rich and satisfying. Lanza's breath control is second to none, and the evenness between his registers shows a technical expertise that is quite astonishing. If that wasn't enough, the singer's way with a song is unique - not a word is neglected as Lanza imparts each number with his trademark commitment and freshness. This is a voice to treasure.

Now the criticism: all of the performances contained here come from Lanza's wildly erratic Coca-Cola Radio Show of 1951-52. To be sure, these weekly performances yielded some amazing results, but sadly only a handful of these are to be found on this disk. (For a much more consistent "Coke" CD, check out the excellent When Day is Done.) The real reason for the inconsistency in performance was lack of time, and often Lanza was not sufficiently familiar with the material. The arrangements certainly didn't help, with the emphasis on big endings and impossibly high keys. Having said that, I doubt that any other tenor in similar circumstances could have produced as many dazzling performances as Lanza achieved.

Duds first: Diane is a dreadful rendition, and let's hope it never resurfaces on any other compendiums. The Neapolitan songs are rough - very rough in the case of Santa Lucia Luntana and Canta Pe Me - and vastly superior performances (and arrangements) of these and others can be found on Lanza's magnificent Mario! Lanza At His Best CD. O Paradiso is a decidedly inferior effort (especially compared to the tenor's rendition in the 1955 movie Serenade) and suffers from appalling orchestral accompaniment. The two songs from The Student Prince (Serenade and Deep in My Heart) suffer badly in comparison with Lanza's magnificent soundtrack, recorded the same year. Here both performances are rushed and unpolished, with a totally unneccesary "scream" on the word "dream" at the conclusion of Deep in My Heart. You'll Never Walk Alone is a ho-hum effort, and there is a far better take of this number to be found on the CD of the same title.

For my money, the CD's strengths are the magnificent Addio Alla Madre (a performance that rivals Lanza's celebrated 1950 recording and has an on-key ending this time!); a sensitive rendition of O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli (surely one of the most difficult arias in the repertoire); the beautifully realized Your Eyes Have Told Me So; a cheeky and exciting La Danza; and a far more delicate reading of Parmi Veder Le Lagrime than his 1950 commercial rendition.

The sound is extremely bright (sometimes excessively so) at the expense of Lanza's mellow timbre, but there is a real sense of presence throughout. As one Lanza admirer remarked on first hearing this disk: "This is a fantasy voice." And indeed it is. Buy this disk for its highlights and revel in the tenor's exuberant genius.

Don't Forget Me? How could we Mario?.......2000-06-03

Lyndsay Perigo is spot on. This is the finest compact disc of Lanza's to date. The finest sound quality yet and boy what singing. Try if you dare, not to find "You Are Love" spine tingling and what about the sheer sensational neapolitan beauties. Let's not forget the wonderful arias on the albumn. Lanza had no vocal equal and probably never will. Listen to the disc, just once maybe and you will feel the same as many other fans of the greatest tenor voice EVER.

More Lanza Bonanza.......1999-08-16

The lady is right you will need a cordiologist, but not for the reasons she says. This is Mario Lanza in top flight, every track is a gem. Included on this Cd is a selection from the full Lanza repertoire, opera, operetta, musical comedy and popular songs of the day all sung to perfection as only Mario could sing them. For anyone who is a Lanza fan or for anyone who has only just heard of the Mario Lanza name, this is the Cd for you, but beware once you listen to this you will want them all.

The Great Mario.......1999-08-15

Barbara Eisner Bayer's review is pretentious nonsense. "No middle" for these songs & arias? Mario had a seamless transition from bottom to middle to top register, shown off to great advantage in these selections. Ms Bayer should have her hearing checked for mid-range frequencies. Lanza's performance of Addio Alla Madre on this CD is second to none.One could almost say the same for his 'Forza' recording. And was there ever singing more lush than Mario's Your Eyes Have Told Me So or Some Day I'll Find You? A problem with "descending" Ms Bayer? Listen to the conclusion to the latter, where Mario both descends & ascends with a facility & passion that reveal the moderns - the Three Tenors included - for the dead boring poseurs that they are. Thank goodness Mario Lanza is enjoying the renaissance that he is, so that we may be reminded of what glorious singing is really about, & once was.

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Legendary

Manufacturer: BMG International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

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Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000060P0U
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

Be My Love
Drink, Drink, Drink
Rigoletto: Act IV: La Donna E Mobile
Danny Boy
Granada
Because You're Mine
Ave Maria
Valencia
Loveliest Night of the Year
Song of India
Because
O Sole Mio
Donkey Serenade
I Pagliacci: Act I: Vesti la Giubba
Serenade
FuniculFunicul
Golden Days

Tracks:

Tosca: Act III: E Lucevan le Stelle
Come Prima
Beloved
Santa Lucia
I'll Walk With God
Lord's Prayer
And This Is My Beloved
Cielo E Mar (La Gioconda)
If I Loved You
Deep in My Heart, Dear
Core 'Ngrato
Una Furtiva Lagrima [From l'Elisir d'Amore]
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
Canta Pe' Me
Santa Lucia Luntana
Memories
You'll Never Walk Alone

Tracks:

With a Song in My Heart
O Paradiso (L'Africaine) [From Because You're Mine]
Temptation
Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida
Feneste Che Lucive
Night to Remember
Non Ti Scordar Di Me
Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
All the Things You Are
Passione
One Night of Love
Danza
Trembling of a Leaf
Look for the Silver Lining
Arrivederci Roma

Average customer rating:

Pay no attention to the reviewer before me...KR is great!
Spare me the [junk]

In The Deep Heart's Core

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00008MOR6
Release Date: 1997-06-01

Tracks:

I Am Ireland
On the Kiltartan Road
The Fiddler of Dooney
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Host of the Air
The Withering of the Boughs
Brown Penny
He Thinks of His Past Greatness
The Cap and Bells
Adam's Curse
The Galway Plains
Red Hanrahan's Song About Ireland
The Golden Age
I Am of Ireland

Album Description

Original songs from the poetry of Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, composed and adapted by Joseph D. Sobol.

Customer Reviews:

Pay no attention to the reviewer before me...KR is great!.......2003-11-28

This album, Deep Heart's Core, is just plain wonderful. It is such a brave thing to take precious and treasured poems of Yeats and put them to music. Kiltartan Road does this very successfully and I find myself humming the tunes. Also, there are many songs which have truly helped me to understand the poems better. If you are a lover of Yeats and like those poems "performed", which I do, you'll love this album. I can't wait for part two to come out!!

Spare me the [junk].......2003-09-15

What complete [junk]. If only there were a zero rating. Kiltartan Road creates music inspired by and filled with words of Yeats, the man who just about single handedly skewed the world's vision of Ireland's true history. It's because of poets like him and groups like Kiltartan Road that people will always think of Ireland as a place where fairys dwell, people laugh and dance, and rainbows shoot from Leprechauns arses. Please stop the madness.