The merry widow : [highlights] / by Lehár. [Lilac domino] / Cuvillier. [Belle of New York] / Kerker.

Author/creator Lehár, Franz
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2005]
Description1 online resource (76 min.).
Supplemental ContentAccess restricted to subscribers
Subjects

Other author/creatorBrett, Jeremy, 1933-1995 vocalist.
Other author/creatorBronhill, June, 1929-2005, vocalist.
Other author/creatorCochrane, Aileen, vocalist.
Other author/creatorGatti, Emerich von, 1869-
Other author/creatorHassall, Christopher, 1912-1963, librettist.
Other author/creatorHoward, Ann, 1934-2014 vocalist.
Other author/creatorJenbach, Bela, 1871-1943.
Other author/creatorKent, Barry, vocalist.
Other author/creatorLéon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Other author/creatorMaltby, H. F. (Henry Francis), 1880-1963 librettist.
Other author/creatorMorton, Hugh, 1865-1916, librettist.
Other author/creatorStein, Leo, 1861-1921.
Other author/creatorTausky, Vilem conductor.
Other author/creatorThomas, Mary, 1935-1997, vocalist.
Other author/creatorYoung, Charles (Vocalist)
Included WorkCuvillier, Charles, 1877-1955. Lila Domino. Selections.
Included WorkKerker, Gustave, 1857-1923. Belle of New York. Selections.
Other author/creatorJohn McCarthy Singers, performer.
Other author/creatorRita Williams Singers, performer.
Other author/creatorVilem Tausky & His Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleLustige Witwe. Selections. English
Contents The Merry Widow. Pontevedro in Paree (To speak for the men and the beauties) ; A highly respectable wife (Look, now's our chance) ; Gentlemen, no more! ... I'm still a Pontevedrian ; I'm off to Chez Maxime (My very heavy Fatherland) ; Finale (Ladies' choice ... Come away to the ball) ; Introduction (No-one must go yet) ... Vilia (There once lived a vilia) ; Jogging in a one-horse gig (Gee up, Lassie, here we are) ; March-Septet: You're back where you first began (It's a problem) ; Red as the rose of maytime ... Look where a leafy bower lies (Camille, Valencienne) ; Finale (This match should last at least a year) (Anna, all) ; (The same, later that night): Eh, voilà les belles Grisettes (The Grisettes of Paris greet you) ; (The same, later that night): Love unspoken / Lehar -- The Lilac Domino. We girls don't like them shy ; The Lilac Domino ; For your love I am waiting ; What has gone (Life for me till now has been aimless) ; All line up in a queue (We want somebody nice) -- The Belle of New York. Oh, teach me how to kiss (To be the toy of a bold bad boy) ; Wine, woman and song (Where'er you stray) ; La belle Parisienne (The American girl she walk like this) ; They all follow me (I find it very difficult to make young men religious) ; She is the belle of New York (There's a great little girl) ; When we are married.
General noteOperetta excerpts.
General notePreviously released as a compact disc.
General noteThe 1st work operetta in three acts with libretto by Victor Léon & Leo Stein, English version by Christopher Hassall; the 2nd work operetta in three acts, libretto by Emmerich von Gatti and Béla Jenbach, English version by H. F. Maltby; 3rd work a musical comedy in two acts lyrics by Hugh Morton.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
Performer In the 1st work: June Bronhill, Jeremy Brett, Ann Howard, David Hughes ; John McCarthy Singers ; Vilem Tausky and his orchestra. In the 2nd work: Aileen Cochrane, Charles Young. In the 3rd work: Mary Thomas, Barry Kent ; Rita Williams Singers ; Michael Collins and his orchestra.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in No. 1 Studio. Abbey Road, London, June 28, July 8, 1968 (1st work) ; June 9, 1959 (2nd work) ; Dec. 29, 1958 (3rd work).
LanguageSung in English.
Genre/formSound recordings.