~ Gershwin/Kern/Porter
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~ London Sinfonietta
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Kurt Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne ~ Robert Russell Bennett |
~ Ella Fitzgerald
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~ Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Track Listings
| 1. Westwind |
| 2. It Never Was You |
| 3. How Can You Tell an American? |
| 4. Song of the Hangman |
| 5. Civic Song -- Come to Florence |
| 6. My Lords and Ladies |
| 7. Farewell Song -- There Was Life, There Was Love, There Was Laughter |
| 8. Love Song -- You're Far Too Near Me |
| 9. Procession/Chant of Law and Order -- The World Is Full of Villains |
| 10. Trial by Music -- You Have to Do What You Do Do |
| 11. Love Is My Enemy |
| 12. Who Is Samuel Cooper?/My Name Is Samuel Cooper |
| 13. Here I'll Stay |
| 14. I Remember It Well |
| 15. This Is the Life |
| 16. Johnny's Song |
On this CD:
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One Touch of Venus
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta
with Thomas Hampson
Conducted by John McGlinn
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Sinfonietta
with Elizabeth Futral, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson
Conducted by John McGlinn
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(The) Firebrand of Florence
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta
with Elizabeth Futral, Thomas Hampson, Donald Maxwell, Brian Parsons, Michael Dore, Christopher Dee, Vernon Midgley, Simon Green, Simon Keenlyside, Justin Lavender, Terry Edwards, Richard Van Allan, Michael Magee, Peter Sidhom, Stephen Adler, Simon Birchall, Stuart Kale
Conducted by John McGlinn
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Love Life
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta
with Elizabeth Futral, Jeanne Lehman, Thomas Hampson, Vernon Midgley, Jeffrey Carl, Michael Dore, John McGlinn, Michael Magee, Robert Fardell
Conducted by John McGlinn
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Johnny Johnson
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Sinfonietta
with Thomas Hampson
Conducted by John McGlinn
Product Description
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This was the final recording in John McGlinn's wonderful series of music theatre shows for EMI Classics and he lavishes on it the same devotion that characterised his earlier ones. Kurt Weill's Broadway musicals are better represented on disc now than at any time previously, nevertheless this collection takes us to many of them that have remained untapped. The centrepiece, The Firebrand of Florence, was an unmitigated disaster at its 1945 premiere, but with Thomas Hampson as a suave Benvenute Cellini and skilfully chosen excerpts that present the story from start to finish, this recording makes the best possible case for a work that might take its place in the Weill canon in the same way as Candide has in that of Bernstein. Love Life with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner was another ambitious show with an unusual story that reflected on a marriage in three successive centuries. Musically it doesn't quite measure up to the promise of its theme. The composer's characteristic melodic touch is sure enough, though, in the earlier "Westwind" from One Touch of Venus and "It Never Was You", usually presented as a ballad but composed as a trio for Knickerbocker Holiday. With Weill's own orchestrations played in idiomatic style by the London Sinfonietta, and a memorable supporting cast, this is a collection to treasure. -- Adrian Edwards
This was the final recording in John McGlinn's wonderful series of music theatre shows for EMI Classics and he lavishes on it the same devotion that characterised his earlier ones. Kurt Weill's Broadway musicals are better represented on disc now than at any time previously, nevertheless this collection takes us to many of them that have remained untapped. The centrepiece, The Firebrand of Florence, was an unmitigated disaster at its 1945 premiere, but with Thomas Hampson as a suave Benvenute Cellini and skilfully chosen excerpts that present the story from start to finish, this recording makes the best possible case for a work that might take its place in the Weill canon in the same way as Candide has in that of Bernstein. Love Life with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner was another ambitious show with an unusual story that reflected on a marriage in three successive centuries. Musically it doesn't quite measure up to the promise of its theme. The composer's characteristic melodic touch is sure enough, though, in the earlier "Westwind" from One Touch of Venus and "It Never Was You", usually presented as a ballad but composed as a trio for Knickerbocker Holiday. With Weill's own orchestrations played in idiomatic style by the London Sinfonietta, and a memorable supporting cast, this is a collection to treasure. -- Adrian Edwards
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