Roberta / Song of Norway
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| # | Track | Artist/Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta | |||
| 1. | Overture | Orchestra and Male Chorus | 3:25 |
| 2. | You’re Devastating | Alfred Drake with Chorus | 3:02 |
| 3. | Yesterdays | Kathryn Meisle with Chorus | 3:03 |
| 4. | Something Had To Happen | Paula Laurence and Alfred Drake | 2:30 |
| 5. | The Touch Of Your Hand | Kitty Carlisle, Alfred Drake and Kathryn Meisle | 3:14 |
| 6. | Fashion Show (Rhapsody In Prose) | Alfred Drake with Chorus | 2:41 |
| 7. | Don’t Ask Me Not To Sing | Alfred Drake with Male Chorus | 2:56 |
| 8. | I’ll Be Hard To Handle | Paula Laurence | 2:46 |
| 9. | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Kitty Carlisle and Alfred Drake | 2:30 |
| 10. | Lovely To Look At | Kitty Carlisle and Alfred Drake | 3:11 |
| 11. | Let’s Begin | Paula Laurence and Alfred Drake | 2:48 |
| 12. | Finale | Kitty Carlisle and Alfred Drake | 2:40 |
| Selections from The Song Of Norway | |||
| 13. | Prelude And Legend (A Minor Concerto) | Robert Shafer | 4:25 |
| 14. | Hill Of Dreams (A Minor Concerto) | Lawrence Brooks, Helena Bliss and Robert Shafer | 4:14 |
| 15. | Freddy And His Fiddle (Norwegian Dance No.2, Op. 35) | Kent Edwards, Gwen Jones and Chorus | 2:44 |
| 16. | Now (Waltz Op. 12 and Violin Sonata No.2) | Kitty Carlisle and Chorus | 4:18 |
| 17. | Strange Music (Nocturne and Wedding Day in Troldhaugen) | Lawrence Brooks and Helena Bliss | 3:18 |
| 18. | Midsummer’s Eve (‘Twas on a Lovely Eve in June and Scherzo in E Minor) | Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, Robert Shafer and Chorus | 1:58 |
| 19. | March Of The Trollgers (Mountaineers‘ Song, Halling in G Minor and March of the Dwarfs) | Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, Robert Shafer and Chorus | 1:01 |
| 20. | Hymn Of Betrothal (To Spring: Finale of Act 1) | Ivy Scott, Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, Robert Shafer and Chorus | 4:37 |
| 21. | Bon Vivant (Water Lily) | Sig Arno, Lawrence Brooks and Chorus | 1:33 |
| 22. | Three Loves (Albumblatt and Poem Erotique) | Kitty Carlisle, Lawrence Brooks and Chorus | 1:10 |
| 23. | Finaletto: Part 1 | Kitty Carlisle, Lawrence Brooks and Chorus | 1:04 |
| 24. | Finaletto: Part 2: Nordraak’s Farewell (Springtide): Reprise Of Three Loves (Albumblatt and Poem Erotique) | Robert Shafer, Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle and Chorus | 4:29 |
| 25. | I Love You (Ich Liebe Dich) | Helena Bliss, Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott and Chorus | 2:07 |
| 26. | At Christmastime (Woodland Wanderings) | Helena Bliss, Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott and Chorus | 2:22 |
| 27. | Finale (Poem by Milton Lazarus) | Lawrence Brooks, Helena Bliss, Robert Shafer and Chorus | 4:18 |
| 78:24 |
The score of Jerome Kern’s “Roberta” includes the evergreen “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and “Lovely To Look At”. The tracks featured here are derived from a studio cast recording made in the 1940s headed by star of stage and screen Kitty Carlisle and Alfred Drake (Oklahoma!).
“Song Of Norway” premiered on Broadway in 1944, one hundred years after Edvard Grieg, on whose music the piece is adapted from, was born. The selections here are performed by the Original Broadway Cast with the exception of Kitty Carlisle who sings the role of Louisa Giovanni.
Every track on this CD has been re-mastered with over 75 minutes of playing time.
“Song Of Norway” premiered on Broadway in 1944, one hundred years after Edvard Grieg, on whose music the piece is adapted from, was born. The selections here are performed by the Original Broadway Cast with the exception of Kitty Carlisle who sings the role of Louisa Giovanni.
Every track on this CD has been re-mastered with over 75 minutes of playing time.