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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)
Kurt Azesberger, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Rudolf Schasching, Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson
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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elzbieta Szmytka, 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)
Kurt Azesberger, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Schasching, Dame Felicity Lott, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst
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, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Schasching, Elzbieta Szmytka, Dame Felicity Lott, Kurt Azesberger, David Angus, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Aler, Robert Poulton
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, John Aler, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elzbieta Szmytka
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)
Rudolf Schasching, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Kurt Azesberger
2:51
"Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dame Felicity Lott, Rudolf Schasching, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, Elzbieta Szmytka, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2:47
"Der junge Mann tanzt Polka" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, John Aler, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, 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)
Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
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)
Kurt Azesberger, Howard Quilla Croft, Rudolf Schasching, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Parke
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, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler
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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Elzbieta Szmytka, John Aler, 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)
Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst
2:41
"Ganz nach Pariser Art!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Christopher Parke, Elzbieta Szmytka
2:30
"Es waren zwei Königskinder" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Christopher Parke
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, Joanna Campion, Philippa Daly, Anna O'Byrne, Christopher Parke, Elzbieta Szmytka, Paula O'Sullivan, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, Thomas Hampson, Alison Duguid, Michelle Walton, Glyndebourne Chorus
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott
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)
Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Alison Duguid, Rudolf Schasching, Philippa Daly, Anna O'Byrne, Kurt Azesberger, Joanna Campion, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Paula O'Sullivan, Michelle Walton, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Elzbieta Szmytka, Christopher Parke
1:20

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

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  • Franz Lehár

    Composer

  • Thomas Hampson

    Baritone, Bass-Baritone

  • Dame Felicity Lott

    Soprano

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Franz Welser-Möst

    Conductor

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