Jan Peerce - Serenade From The Student Prince (1947) 

My goodness: sang this over and over with this gentleman in this recording. Thank you.

Jan peerce was not only a great artist with a fabulous voice,he sang with heart and emotion. When mario Lanza sings this he speaks the words and communicates in such a magical way that you forget he is singing .Like the great actors.You forget they are acting. it is in the moment.Mario goes straight to the heart so naturally . Ian Kaye

First time hearing this wonderful singer , great voice .

A great tenor , from a time when there were several very good tenors around .

Ah! Gorgeous....I thank my Dad for introducing me to these "older" great tenors from a time passed....the music is still glorious....

I am reading a book from my late mother's collection called "The Bluebird of Happiness," the memoirs of Jan Peerce. What an enchanting man he was! I am a wee bit prejudiced because my late husband, Norman Rose, was a cantor who had studied opera ... he also was a gorgeous tenor; many people thought he sounded like Jussi Bjoerling. Struck me funny because he was as far away in temperament from Bjoerling as anyone could be. I am positive that Peerce would have liked Norman Rose.

Great voice, love it and the music .

I have heard so many versions of this, but this is probably my favourite. I had never heard of him either before I came on RU-vid ....

Another one of my childhood companions. Now, as an old man, I can't stop the tears.

In 1963, Columbia released an LP of _The Student Prince_, an in-studio performance recorded in stereo that was superbly performed, recorded and mixed. It featured Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Anita Darian, Lawrence Avery & the Merrill Staton Choir. Sadly, it has not been made available on CD. I don't know why. It was far and away the best recording of _The Student Prince_ ever made, and if it isn't a recording of the cast of an actual stage production of the musical, I say that doesn't matter at all. The track of the "Serenade" on that recording, sung by Jan Peerce, was simply perfect. Presumably, Columbia passed the rights on to CBS Records, and then Sony got them. I wonder if the master recordings weren't lost or something like that.

Wonderful! He truly was a great singer.

@hrpman You're welcome. "The Student Prince" really has incredible music, very beautiful.

Superb singing doesn't get better than this, but the Lanza rendition has greater emotion and touches my heart this version does not.

Jan Peerce, the Prince 🎉 Mario Lanza, the King 👑

Jan Peerce is one of my favorite tenors, but Mario Lanza owns this song.

Phenomenal voice. Jan Peerce will stand the test of time. What clarity, what power. Too bad his name has not spread to many in subsequent generations. Truthseekeramr1946

👍🏻@235 Papa loved this 🍀

Sublime!

As much as I like Peerce's voice, I always felt this number works best as an ensemble piece. I never cared much the Lanza version either as I missed the smaller solo parts. To me, this is one of Romberg's jewels when all the vocal parts and chorus perform together. OT: If you've never heard Kern's "All The Things You Are" performed as the written ensemble, it will knock your socks off.

One of the "greats". Superb.

Nice.

The sound guy mixed this improperly - the male chorus came in too loud on his high notes at the end of the second stanza.

Do you also have his rendition (from the same recording) of "Golden Days"?

great. I'd love someone to give me a "blind test" of Lanza vs. this recording to see if I could tell the difference.

rossinilove See Richard Crooks' 1930 recording.

The best of all of them. Including Caruso.

Him and Charles Castronovo...the best!!