Mario Lanza - Non Ti Scordar Di Me - Gordeeva and Grinkov

Mario Lanza's incomparable voice is combined with master paintings and the expert figure skating of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov to produce a beautiful audio and visual experience.

The song, Non Ti Scordar di Me, (Don't Forget Me) "...was written by Roberto Casalino and Tiziano Ferro and co-produced by Fabrizio Giannini .... The song world-premiered on May 27, 2008 on the last episode of the first Italian edition of X Factor. [above quote is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_ti_scordar_mai_di_me_(song) ]
"Mario Lanza recorded this 1935 Italian song on 3 April 1952 for his weekly radio show, with Constantine Callinicos conducting. "Non Ti Scordar di Me" (De Curtis-Furnó) was originally written for Beniamino Gigli, who sang it in his 1935 film of the same name.
This recording was first released by BMG in 1993, and is currently available on the 2009 Sony CD Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook."
(above quote is from: http://www.mariolanzatenor.com/non-ti-scordarvaghissima.html )
For the Italian song lyrics and the English translation, go to http://lyricstranslate.com/en/non-ti-scordar-di-me-do-not-forget-me.html.

The photos of Mario are from his film The Great Caruso. This film and his others are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.

The initial video clips of birds are from the film, Fly Away Home.

The video of Ekaterina Gordeeva and her husband Sergei Grinkov, is from the YouTube video "Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov Piu Che Puoi" and is found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIS2K68Z5gA and was uploaded by Motivacia92. Motivacia92 has uploaded 25 beautiful figure skating videos. G&G were originally skating to The Man I Love sung by Ella Fitzgerald at the 1995 Stars on Ice.

The paintings are listed below in the order of their appearance in the video:
1) Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) -- Dreaming
2) Miklós Barabás (1810 -- 1898) -- Dalliance
3) Laslett John Pott (1837 - 1898) -- The Proposal
4) William Dyce (1806 -- 1864) -- Paolo and Francesca
5) William Powell Frith (1819 -- 1909) -- The Lovers Seat, Shelley And Mary Godwin
6) Daniel Maclise (1806 -- 1870) -- The Student, 1862
7) Edmund Blair Leighton (1853 -- 1922) -- The Request
8) Claude Monet (1840 -- 1926) -- The Walkers

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