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Der Schatzmeister (arr. F. Bauer) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Michael Ziehrer
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Franz Bauer,
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


1.   Der Schatzmeister, Act I: Do re mi fa so la si - 4:18


Casanova (arr. R. Benatzky) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Ralph Benatzky Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


2.   Casanova, Act I: O Queen of my delight - 3:53


Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess) (arr. L. Wurmser) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
L. Wurmser,
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


3.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess), Act II: Let me dance and let me sing - 3:38


Der Tapfere Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Oscar Straus
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


4.   The Chocolate Soldier, Act I: Aria: My Hero - 4:43


Old Chelsea (more info)
Performed by: London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Fred Tysh
Conducted by: Barry Knight David Parry
Richard Tauber, tenor
Peter Morrison, baritone
Bruce Ford, tenor


5.   Old Chelsea, Act I: My Heart and I - 3:38


Veronique (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Andre Messager
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


6.   Veronique: Trot here and there - 2:31


Naughty Marietta (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Victor Herbert
Conducted by: Barry Knight Rainaldo Zamboni Keith Brion Nils Grevillius
John McCormack, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Peter Morrison, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Virginia Croskery, soprano


7.   Naughty Marietta, Act I: Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! - 3:16


Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Berlin Babelsberg Film Orchestra Prague Philharmonia London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Steven Mercurio Ernst Hauke Richard Hickox Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Heinz Wallberg Heinz Fricke
Michael Heltau, reader
Alfred Sramek, bass
Birgid Steinberger, soprano
Margarita de Arellano, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Nigel Woodhouse,
James Ellis,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Johann Reinprecht, tenor
Johannes Kalpers, tenor
Alexander Klinger, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Mirjana Irosch, mezzo-soprano
Mathias Hausmann, baritone
Marwan Shamiyeh, tenor
Peter Branoff, vocals
Bernd Ander, vocals
Daniel Serafin, tenor
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Daniel Kirch, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Anton Niessner, baritone
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Katharina Richter, soprano
Karl Fath, bass-baritone
Kay Steifermann, vocals
Eva Lind, soprano
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Juan Jose Lopera, tenor
Inga Nielsen, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor
Recording date: 1938


8.   The Merry Widow, Final Act: Love unspoken - 3:28
9.   The Merry Widow: I'm off to Chez Maxim - 2:38


Der Obersteiger (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Zeller
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


10.   Der Obersteiger: Don't be cross - 4:22


The Arcadians (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Lionel Monckton
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


11.   The Arcadians, Act II: Charming Weather - 2:05


Giuditta (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra ORTF Lyric Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Adolphe Sibert Laszlo Kovacs Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Andreas Post, tenor
Julia Bauer, soprano
Alain Vanzo, tenor
Anita Ammersfeld, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
Pieter Schoeman,
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Helge Rosvaenge, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Mehrzad Montazeri,
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Natalia Ushakova, soprano
Markus Heinrich, tenor
Recording date: 1970


12.   Giuditta: On my lips every kiss is like wine - 5:41


Sybil (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Viktor Jacobi
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


13.   Sybil, Act I: The Colonel of the Crimson Hussars - 5:58


Balalaika (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: George Posford
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
A. Blake,


14.   Balalaika: At the Balalaika - 2:55


The Quaker Girl (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Lionel Monckton
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


15.   The Quaker Girl: A Bad Boy and a Good Girl - 3:22


Der arme Jonathan (arr. D. Snell) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Karl Millocker
Conducted by: David Snell Barry Knight
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


16.   Der arme Jonathan: The Doleful Prima Donna - 3:57


Der Schatzmeister (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Michael Ziehrer
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


17.   Der Schatzmeister, Act II: O let me hold your tiny little hand - 3:43


Merrie England (more info)
Performed by: London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Edward German
Conducted by: Barry Knight David Parry
Peter Morrison, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano


18.   Meerie England: The Yeomen of England - 3:48


Der Fremdenfuhrer (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Carl Michael Ziehrer
Conducted by: Barry Knight Walter Goehr
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone


19.   Der Fremdenfuhrer, Act I: Military Life - 2:41

Casanova (arr. R. Benatzky) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Ralph Benatzky Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


1.   Casanova: The Nun's Chorus and Laura's Song - 4:18


Ich liebe alle Frauen (I Love All Women) (arr. C. Michalski) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Robert Stolz
Conducted by: Barry Knight Carl Michalski
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


2.   White Horse Inn, Final Act: My Song of Love - 3:10


Paganini (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Herman Weigert Laszlo Kovacs Hansgeorg Otto Helmut Froschauer Jan Schultsz
Richard Tauber, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone
Carlotta Vanconti, soprano
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Daniel Kirch, tenor
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Recording date: 2 September 1939


3.   Paganini, Act II: Girls were made to love and kiss - 3:20


Die 3 Wunsche (more info)
Performed by: Schonbrunn Music Theater Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Michael Ziehrer
Conducted by: Herbert Mogg Barry Knight
Ariana Strahl, soprano
Valeriy Serkin, tenor
Lorena Espina, mezzo-soprano
Anna Siminska, soprano
Michael Heim, tenor
Alfred Berger, baritone
Martin C. Turba, narrator
Lena Brandt, vocals
Julian Looman, vocals
Andreas Mittermayr, vocals
Nele Moser, vocals
Daniel Schostok, vocals
Peter Szeles, vocals
Volker Vogel, baritone
Peter Morrison, baritone
Donna Ellen, soprano
Cornelia Zink, soprano
Christian Bauer, tenor
Anne Wieben, alto
Klement Slowioczek, bass


4.   Die 3 Wunsche, Act II: Thin, thin is my dear Gwendolin - 3:43


Monsieur Beaucaire (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Andre Messager
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


5.   Monsieur Beaucaire: Lightly, lightly - 3:10
6.   Monsieur Beaucaire: Philome - 4:13


Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Berlin Babelsberg Film Orchestra Prague Philharmonia London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Steven Mercurio Ernst Hauke Richard Hickox Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Heinz Wallberg Heinz Fricke
Michael Heltau, reader
Alfred Sramek, bass
Birgid Steinberger, soprano
Margarita de Arellano, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Nigel Woodhouse,
James Ellis,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Johann Reinprecht, tenor
Johannes Kalpers, tenor
Alexander Klinger, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Mirjana Irosch, mezzo-soprano
Mathias Hausmann, baritone
Marwan Shamiyeh, tenor
Peter Branoff, vocals
Bernd Ander, vocals
Daniel Serafin, tenor
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Daniel Kirch, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Anton Niessner, baritone
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Katharina Richter, soprano
Karl Fath, bass-baritone
Kay Steifermann, vocals
Eva Lind, soprano
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Juan Jose Lopera, tenor
Inga Nielsen, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor
Recording date: 1938


7.   The Merry Widow, Act II: Villa - 5:47


Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream) (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Oscar Straus
Conducted by: Barry Knight Walter Weller Heinz Fricke
Alan Opie, baritone
Peter Morrison, baritone
Bruce Ford, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor


8.   A Waltz Dream, Act I: Waltz of my dreams - 4:22


Der singende Traum (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Richard Tauber, tenor
Peter Morrison, baritone


9.   Der singende Traum: You are the world to me - 4:15


Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) (more info)
Performed by: MGM Studio Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Alfred Berg Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Walter Lutze Selmar Meyrowitz Raffi Armenian Nils Grevillius Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Georgie Stoll Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Andreas Post, tenor
Theodor Weimer, tenor
Henry Raudales, violin
Julia Bauer, soprano
Dietmar Kerschbaum, tenor
Irene Eisinger, vocals
Christine Brewer, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Pieter Schoeman,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Harald Serafin, baritone
Elisabeth Flechl, soprano
Sangho Choi, tenor
Yoku Mitani, soprano
Toru Tanabe, baritone
Gideon Singer, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Alexander Kaimbacher, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Maria Leyer, soprano
Felix Kent, actor
Andre Mattoni, actor
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Mark DuBois, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 31 December 1946


10.   The Land of Smiles, Act I: Dance while you may - 3:24


The Maid of the Mountains (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Harold Fraser-Simpson
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


11.   The Maid of the Mountains, Act II: A Paradise for Two - 3:44


The Fortune Teller (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Victor Herbert
Conducted by: Barry Knight Keith Brion
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Virginia Croskery, soprano


12.   The Fortune Teller, Act I: Romany Life - 3:44


Bruder Straubinger: It's not a sin to kiss (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Edmund Eysler
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


13.   Bruder Straubinger: It's not a sin to kiss - 3:43


Florodora (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leslie Stuart
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


14.   Floradora, Act II: Tell me, pretty maiden - 3:47


Friederike (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra ORTF Lyric Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Adolphe Sibert Laszlo Kovacs Heinz Fricke
Andreas Gotz, organ
Sylvia Schwartz, soprano
Simona Bruninghaus, soprano
Stefanie Ruckel, soprano
Atzuko Suzuki, soprano
Philipp Borner, vocals
Marian Kindermann, vocals
Robert Andrej Augustin, vocals
Georg Liener, violin
Valentin Radutiu, cello
Lina Dachary, soprano
Aime Doniat, baritone
Richard Crooks, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Franz Volker, tenor
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Daniel Behle, tenor
Kristiane Kaiser, soprano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Barbara Fleckenstein, soprano
Leonardo Aramesco, tenor
Recording date: 1928


15.   Friederike: Why did you kiss my heart awake - 3:38


The Geisha: Star of my soul (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Sidney Jones
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Peter Morrison, baritone


16.   The Geisha: Star of my soul - 4:05


Les saltimbanques (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Louis Ganne
Conducted by: Barry Knight
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano


17.   Les saltimbanques, Act I: It is love - 4:43

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