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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, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra
1994
Franz Lehár
Die lustige Witwe, “The Merry Widow”
1:37:54
Introduction. "Verehrteste Damen und Herren" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
John Aler, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, Kurt Azesberger, Thomas Hampson, Dame Felicity Lott, Franz Welser-Möst
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, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, 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, Rudolf Schasching, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Dame Felicity Lott, 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]
Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, Kurt Azesberger, Dame Felicity Lott, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, John Aler, David Angus, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus
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)
Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Aler
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)
Dame Felicity Lott, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Thomas Hampson, Rudolf Schasching, Kurt Azesberger
2:51
"Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Hampson, Rudolf Schasching, Kurt Azesberger, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
2:47
"Der junge Mann tanzt Polka" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, Thomas Hampson, Franz Welser-Möst, Kurt Azesberger, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
4:44
Introduction and Dance. "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" - Vilja Song. "Es lebt eine Vilja" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Franz Welser-Möst, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
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)
Rudolf Schasching, Kurt Azesberger, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Parke, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Franz Welser-Möst
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)
Franz Welser-Möst, Elzbieta Szmytka, 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)
Dame Felicity Lott, Franz Welser-Möst, Elzbieta Szmytka, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton
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, Franz Welser-Möst, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Dame Felicity Lott
2:41
"Ganz nach Pariser Art!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Elzbieta Szmytka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Thomas Hampson, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Christopher Parke, Dame Felicity Lott, Franz Welser-Möst
2:30
"Es waren zwei Königskinder" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Thomas Hampson, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, Christopher Parke, John Aler, Elzbieta Szmytka, Dame Felicity Lott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst
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)
Anna O'Byrne, Elzbieta Szmytka, Thomas Hampson, Philippa Daly, Paula O'Sullivan, Joanna Campion, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Alison Duguid, Michelle Walton, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, Franz Welser-Möst, 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)
Thomas Hampson, Alison Duguid, Elzbieta Szmytka, Rudolf Schasching, Michelle Walton, Anna O'Byrne, Franz Welser-Möst, Christopher Parke, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Poulton, Glyndebourne Chorus, Stuart MacIntyre, Howard Quilla Croft, John Aler, Philippa Daly, Paula O'Sullivan, Joanna Campion, Kurt Azesberger
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

  • Franz Welser-Möst

    Conductor

  • Dame Felicity Lott

    Soprano

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Orchestra

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