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Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)

Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
1994
Franz Lehár
Die lustige Witwe, “The Merry Widow”
1:37:54
Introduction. "Verehrteste Damen und Herren" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, John Aler, Rudolf Schasching
2:52
Narration. "You are looking at a man with no axe to grind" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
3:15
Duet. "So kommen Sie" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler, Franz Welser-Möst
4:10
Narration. "How is your German, by the way?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
3:36
Entrance Song. "Bitte, meine Herr'n" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Kurt Azesberger, Franz Welser-Möst, Rudolf Schasching, Dame Felicity Lott
3:43
Narration. "Before you could say joint bank account..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:28
Song. "O Vaterland" (Danilo) [Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993]
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Kurt Azesberger, John Aler, Rudolf Schasching, David Angus, Elzbieta Szmytka
2:36
Narration. "After which he had forty winks on a sofa" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:44
Charms of Domestic Life. "Ja was? Ein trautes Zimmerlein" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst
2:48
Narration. "At this point, Kromow has found the fan" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
2:52
Ball Music - Finale. "Damenwahl!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Kurt Azesberger, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, Rudolf Schasching
2:51
"Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, Rudolf Schasching, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Kurt Azesberger
2:47
"Der junge Mann tanzt Polka" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dame Felicity Lott, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Rudolf Schasching
4:44
Introduction and Dance. "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" - Vilja Song. "Es lebt eine Vilja" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott
6:20
Narration. "Whenever I hear that sound, I'm carried back to that summer evening" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
2:22
The Stupid Rider Song. "Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
3:14
Narration. "You remember the fan?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
2:05
March-Septet. "Wie die Weiber man behandelt?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Christopher Parke, Stuart MacIntyre, Franz Welser-Möst, Kurt Azesberger, Howard Quilla Croft, Rudolf Schasching
5:53
Narration. "Those were the days when women in Paris were only good for two things..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:48
Duet. "Mein Freund, Vernunft!" - Romance. "Wie eine Rosenknospe" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, John Aler, London Philharmonic Orchestra
6:24
Narration. "Briefly Valencienne and Camille entered the summer house" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:58
Finale. "Ha! Ha! Wir fragen was man von uns will?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Robert Poulton, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott
3:19
Narration. "Have you got the picture?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
0:32
"Den Herrschaften hab'ich was zu erzahlen!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Thomas Hampson, Franz Welser-Möst, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Aler, Dame Felicity Lott
2:41
"Ganz nach Pariser Art!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Christopher Parke, Elzbieta Szmytka, Stuart MacIntyre, Franz Welser-Möst, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott
2:30
"Es waren zwei Königskinder" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Christopher Parke, Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Stuart MacIntyre, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, Robert Poulton, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler
3:41
Narration. "As we go into extra-time..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:26
Dance Scene (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
0:53
Song of the Grisettes. "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, Howard Quilla Croft, Stuart MacIntyre, Franz Welser-Möst, Alison Duguid, Anna O'Byrne, Philippa Daly, Michelle Walton, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Joanna Campion, Thomas Hampson, Paula O'Sullivan, Christopher Parke
3:17
Narration. "Pontevedrian high society, it seemed, was determined to go out in a blaze of glory and frilly underwear" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
1:54
Duet. "Lippen schweigen" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
3:35
Narration. "As the Pontevedrian proverb has it..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde
3:01
Closing Song. "Ja, das Stadium der Weiber ist schwerz" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Christopher Parke, Alison Duguid, Joanna Campion, Kurt Azesberger, Michelle Walton, Robert Poulton, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna O'Byrne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Elzbieta Szmytka, Thomas Hampson, Paula O'Sullivan, Stuart MacIntyre, Franz Welser-Möst, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Rudolf Schasching, Philippa Daly
1:20

1 January 1994 33 Tracks, 1 hour 37 minutes ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

RECORD LABEL

Warner Classics

  • Franz Lehár

    Composer

  • Thomas Hampson

    Baritone, Bass-Baritone

  • Dame Felicity Lott

    Soprano

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Franz Welser-Möst

    Conductor

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