Treasures of Operetta (Music from Casanova, Veronique, Merry Widow, Maid of the Mountains, Floradora, Arcadians, White Horse Inn, etc)
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Treasures of Operetta (Music from Casanova, Veronique, Merry Widow, Maid of the Mountains, Floradora, Arcadians, White Horse Inn, etc)
Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Peter Morrison (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers / The Chandos Singers / The Chandos Concert Orchestra / Barry Knight
[ Chandos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 May 2004
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'This is a terrific compilation, because the singers cover a huge range of operetta, from 1890s Paris and Vienna confections... up to such London Sweetmeats as Old Chelsea....'
- American Record guide
Recorded in: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
13-14 November 1984 (CD1: tracks 1-12)
Recorded in: St Barnabas' Church, London
13-14 August 1987 (CD1: tracks 13-19 & CD2: tracks 1-5)
Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London
16-17 March 1989 (CD2: tracks 6-17)
Tracks:
COMPACT DISC ONE
Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922)
1 'Do re me fa sol la si' (The Scale Song) from Der Schätzmeister 4:18
arr. Franz Bauer
Johann II Strauss (1825-1899)
2 'O Queen of my delight' from Casanova 3:53
arr. R. Benatzky
Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953)
3 'Let me dance and let me sing' from Die Csárdásfürstin 3:38
arr. L. Wurmser
Oscar Strauss (1870-1954)
4 'My Hero' from The Chocolate Soldier 4:43
Richard Tauber (1891-1948)
5 'My Heart and I' from Old Chelsea 3:38
André Messager (1853-1929)
6 'Trot here and there' from Véronique 2:31
Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
7 'Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!' from Naughty Marietta 3:16
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
8 'Love unspoken' from The Merry Widow 3:28
Carl Zeller (1842-1898)
9 'Don't be cross' from Der Obersteiger 4:22
Lionel Monckton (1861-1924) &
Howard Talbot (1865-1928)
10 'Charming Weather' from The Arcadian 2:05
Franz Lehár
11 'I'm off to Chez Maxim' from The Merry Widow 2:38
Franz Lehár
12 'On my lips every kiss is like wine' from Giudetta 5:41
Victor Jacobi (1883-1921)
13 'The Colonel of the Crimson Hussars' from Sybil 5:58
George Posford (1906-1976)
14 'At the Balalaika' from Balalaika 2:55
adapt. H. Stothart, arr. A. Blake
Lionel Monckton
15 'A Bad Boy and a Good Girl' from The Quaker Girl 3:22
Carl Millöcker (1842-1899)
16 'The Doleful Prima Donna' from Der arme Jonathan 3:57
Carl Michael Ziehrer
17 'O let me hold your tiny little hand' from Der Schätzmeister 3:48
Edward German (1862-1936)
18 'The Yeomen of England' from Merrie England 3:49
Carl Michael Ziehrer
19 'Military Life!' from Der Fremdenführer 2:41
71:33
COMPACT DISC TWO
Franz Lehár
1 'Vilia' from The Merry Widow 5:47
Robert Stolz (1880-1975)
2 'My Song of Love' from White Horse Inn 3:10
arr. C. Michalski
Franz Lehár
3 'Girls were made to love and kiss' from Paganini 3:20
arr. P. Knight/I. Gourlay
André Messager
4 'Lightly, lightly, from Monsieur Beaucaire 3:10
Johann II Strauss
5 The Nuns' Chorus and Laura's Song from Casanova 4:18
arr. R. Benatzky
Carl Michael Ziehrer
6 'Thin, thin is my dear Gwendolin' from Die drei Wünsche 3:43
André Messager
7 'Philomel' from Monsieur Beaucaire 4:13
Oscar Strauss
8 'Waltz of my dreams' from A Waltz Dream 4:22
Richard Tauber
9 'You are the world to me' from Der singende Traum 4:15
Franz Lehár
10 'Dance while you may' from The Land of Smiles 3:24
Harold Fraser-Simpson (1872-1944)
11 'A Paradise for two' from The Maid of the Mountains 3:44
Victor Herbert
12 'Romany Life' from The Fortune Teller 3:44
Edmund Eysler (1874-1949)
13 'It's not a sin to kiss' from Bruder Straubinger 3:43
Leslie Stuart (1864-1928)
14 'Tell me, pretty maiden' from Floradora 3:47
Franz Lehár
15 'Why did you kiss my heart awake' from Friederike 3:38
Sidney Jones (1861-1946)
16 'Star of my soul' from The Geisha 4:05
Louis Ganne (1862-1923)
17 'It is love' from Les saltimbanques 4:43
67:55
