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Christmas Hymns & Carols: You Do Something to Me | 
 enlarge | Creators: Adolphe Adam, Georges Bizet, Nicholas Brodszky, Arturo Buzzi-peccia, Callinicos, Rudolf Friml, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, John Henry, Jr. Hopkins, Albert Hay Malotte, Adolph Arthur ("harpo") Marx, Felix Mendelssohn, Cole Porter, Giacomo Puccini, Lewis Redner, Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov, Miklos Rozsa, Oley Speaks, Christmas Traditional, Giuseppe Verdi
Label: Collectables
Category: Music
List Price: $12.97
Buy New: $8.83
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 132903
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 7323
UPC: 090431732328
EAN: 0090431732328
ASIN: B0002DRDGO
Release Date: July 27, 2004
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Condition: Brand New!!!
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| Tracks:
| • | You Do Something to Me - Mario Lanza, Porter, Cole | | • | Sylvia - Mario Lanza, Speaks, Oley | | • | Some Day - Mario Lanza, | | • | Beloved - Mario Lanza, Brodszky, Nicholas | | • | Song of India - Mario Lanza, | | • | Lolita - Mario Lanza, Peccia, Arturo Buzz | | • | You Are My Love - Mario Lanza, Callinicos, Constan | | • | Lygia - Mario Lanza, Rozsa, Miklos | | • | Flower Song - Mario Lanza, | | • | Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand is Frozen) - Mario Lanza, | | • | O tu che in seno agli angeli (Thou Heavenly One) - Mario Lanza, | | • | Joy to the World - Mario Lanza, Handel, George Frid | | • | O Christmas Tree - Mario Lanza, Traditional | | • | The Lord's Prayer - Mario Lanza, Malotte, Albert Hay | | • | The First Noel - Mario Lanza, Sandys, William | | • | O Come All Ye Faithful - Mario Lanza, Oakeley, Frederick | | • | Away in a Manger (Luther's Cradle Hymn) - Mario Lanza, Kirkpatrick, Willia | | • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mario Lanza, Mendelssohn, Felix | | • | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Mario Lanza, Traditional | | • | O Little Town of Bethlehem - Mario Lanza, Brooks, Phillip | | • | We Three Kings of Orient Are - Mario Lanza, Hopkins, John Henry | | • | Silent Night - Mario Lanza, Gruber, Franz | | • | Guardian Angels - Mario Lanza, Beilenson, Gerda | | • | I Saw Three Ships - Mario Lanza, Sandys, William | | • | O Holy Night - Mario Lanza, Adam, Adolphe |
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| Customer Reviews:
excellent remastering December 14, 2007
The sound quality of this CD of the Collectables-label is so much better than 'Christmas with Mario Lanza' and other RCA-CD's of Mario Lanza. Plus: it contains no only Mario Lanza' s original christmas album, 'Christmas Hymns & Carols', but also the album 'You do something to me.'
A Perfect Introduction to Mario Lanza November 28, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a pleasure to find two excellent Lanza LPs on one CD. The compilation album You Do Something To Me, first released in 1958, was arguably the best sampling of Lanza's versatility that RCA ever put together. Whether by accident or design, the album offered stunning examples of Lanza's prowess in different genres: popular ballads, operetta, opera, and Italian song. While one might quibble at the absence of Neapolitan songs, it should be noted that at the time of this album's release, Lanza had not yet recorded his finest collection of that genre - the album Mario! (now available on the CD Mario! Lanza At His Best).
The standout tracks from You Do Something To Me are the title song; the thrilling (and rarely heard) Some Day from a 1951 radio show; the song Beloved from the film version of The Student Prince; and a sublime rendition of Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme. There are also impressive renditions of the aria O Tu Che in Seno agli Angeli from The Force of Destiny; the lovely Sylvia; Song of India; and the exciting Lolita. Unlike many of RCA's other Lanza compilations, there is nothing downright bad on the album, though Lygia and the over-exuberant Flower Song should have been remade.
The other album featured here is Lanza's first (and best) album of Christmas songs and carols, originally released in 1956. (Note: the same renditions also feature on the BMG CDs Christmas With Mario Lanza and Christmas Hymns and Carols.) Recorded between 1950 and 1956, most of the numbers showcase the tenor in fine vocal fettle. Ignore the moments of sharpness on O Holy Night, The Lord's Prayer, and Joy to the World, and instead revel in the beauty and commitment that Lanza brings to his singing here.
All in all, a splendid introduction to a vocal phenomenon.
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