Bruce Ford sings Viennese Operetta
FRANZ LEHÁR
(1870-1948)
1.
You are my heart's delight from The Land of Smiles
3:53
(Dein ist mein ganzes Herz)
Pieter Schoeman violin solo
JACQUES OFFENBACH
(1819-1880)
2.
On Mount Ida from La Belle Hélène
3:47
(Au Mont Ida)
JOHANN STRAUSS II
(1825-1899)
3.
Who made us one? from The Gipsy Baron
3:55
(Wer uns getraut?)
with Helen Williams soprano and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
EMMERICH KALMAN
(1882-1953)
4.
Play gipsy from Countess Maritza
5:41
(Komm, Zigan)
JOHANN STRAUSS II
5.
Love is a delicate flower from A Night in Venice
3:14
(Ach, wie so herrlich zu schaun)
FRANZ LEHÁR
6.
Patiently smiling from The Land of Smiles
5:20
(Immer nur lächeln)
JOHANN STRAUSS II
7.
Since I was left an orphan lad from The Gipsy Baron
2:58
(Als florter Geist, doch früh verwaist)
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
CARL ZELLER
(1842-1898)
8.
My old father years ago from The Birdseller
4:17
(Wie main Ahn'l zwanzig Jahr)
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
ROBERT STOLZ
(1880-1975)
9.
Don't ask me why I'm leaving from The Song is Done
4:41
(Frag' nicht, warum ich gehe)
OSCAR STRAUSS
(1870-1954)
10.
Softly, so softly from A Waltz Dream
4:53
(Leise, ganz leise)
with Alan Opie baritone
FRANZ LEHÁR
11.
Comrades, this life is the life for me! from Giuditta
3:23
(Freunde, das Leben is lebenswert!)
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and Pieter Schoeman violin solo
12.
Alone, always alone (Volga Song) from The Czarevitch
5:21
(Allein, imer allein)
EMMERICH KALMAN
13.
Heavens, what's happ'ning to me? from Countess Maritza
3:27
(Herrgott, was ist denn heut' los?)
with Helen Williams soprano
14.
Vienna mine from Countess Maritza
4:19
(Grüss mir mein Wien)
FRANZ LEHÁR
15.
Love! What has given you this magic pow'r? from The Land of Smiles
6:15
(Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt?)
with Helen Williams soprano and Pieter Schoeman violin solo
ROBERT STOLZ
16.
We met in Vienna, my true love and I
4:47
(In Wien hab' ich einmal ein Mädel geliebt)
FRANZ LEHÁR
17.
Words forbidden from The Merry Widow
3:20
(Lippen schweigen)
with Helen Williams soprano
Solo: Bruce Ford tenor
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Walter Weller