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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)
Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, John Aler, Kurt Azesberger, Rudolf Schasching, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott
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)
John Aler, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elzbieta Szmytka
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)
Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Azesberger, Rudolf Schasching, 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]
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, Robert Poulton, Kurt Azesberger, Glyndebourne Chorus, John Aler, Dame Felicity Lott, David Angus
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)
John Aler, Franz Welser-Möst, 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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Rudolf Schasching, Dame Felicity Lott
2:51
"Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, Rudolf Schasching, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Kurt Azesberger
2:47
"Der junge Mann tanzt Polka" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Azesberger, Rudolf Schasching, John Aler
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, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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, Franz Welser-Möst, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, Christopher Parke, Rudolf Schasching, Howard Quilla Croft, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Azesberger, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre
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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst
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)
Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, John Aler, Dame Felicity Lott, Franz Welser-Möst, Elzbieta Szmytka
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)
John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton
2:41
"Ganz nach Pariser Art!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Thomas Hampson, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Christopher Parke
2:30
"Es waren zwei Königskinder" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Parke, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Dame Felicity Lott
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra
0:53
Song of the Grisettes. "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Christopher Parke, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Philippa Daly, Anna O'Byrne, Paula O'Sullivan, Elzbieta Szmytka, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Michelle Walton, Alison Duguid, Howard Quilla Croft, Joanna Campion
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)
Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, 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)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Stuart MacIntyre, Joanna Campion, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Alison Duguid, Christopher Parke, Paula O'Sullivan, Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, Philippa Daly, Anna O'Byrne, Kurt Azesberger, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Michelle Walton
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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