Bruce Ford sings Viennese Operetta
FRANZ LEHAR
(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 LEHAR
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 LEHAR
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 LEHAR
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 LEHAR
17
Words forbidden
from
The Merry Widow
3:20
(Lippen schweigen)
with
Helen Williams
soprano
Bruce Ford tenor
Walter Weller
3-10 February 2002