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The Merry Widow & The Desert Song

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The Merry Widow & The Desert Song
Music Price: $19.98
As of Oct 11 23:19 EDT (details)

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StudioBox Office
Release DateJanuary 1, 2000
UPC Code764805119526
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As of Oct 11 23:19 EDT (details)
1 Audio CD, Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks, Cast Recording
 

Tracks

  1. The Merry Widow: Overture - Franz Lehar
  2. The Merry Widow: In Marsovia - Kitty Carlisle And Chorus
  3. The Merry Widow: Maxim's - Wilbur Evans
  4. The Merry Widow: Finale Of Act I - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  5. The Merry Widow: Down In Dear Marsovia - Jeffry Alexander
  6. The Merry Widow: Vilia - Kitty Carlisle
  7. The Merry Widow: Women - Wilbur Evans/Felix Knight
  8. The Merry Widow: Love In My Heart - Felix Knight
  9. The Merry Widow: Finale Of Act II - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  10. The Merry Widow: The Girls At Maxim's - Lisette Verea
  11. The Merry Widow: I Love You So (The Merry Widow Waltz) - Wilbur Evans/Kitty Carlisle
  12. The Merry Widow: Finale - Wilbur Evans/Kitty Carlisle
  13. The Desert Song: Opening Chorus And Riff Song - Wilbur Evans
  14. The Desert Song: French Military Marching Song - Kitty Carlisle
  15. The Desert Song: Romance - Kitty Carlisle
  16. The Desert Song: Then You Will Know - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  17. The Desert Song: The Desert Song - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans
  18. The Desert Song: Finale Of Act I - Kitty Carlisle/Wilbur Evans/Felix Knight/Vicki Vola
  19. The Desert Song: One Flower In Your Garden - Felix Knight
  20. The Desert Song: One Alone - Wilbur Evans
  21. The Desert Song: The Sabre Song - Kitty Carlisle
  22. The Desert Song: Finale - Kitty Carlisle
  23. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum - Carmen Jones/Georges Bizet/Oscar Hammerstein II
  24. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Jalousie - Jacob Gade/Vera Bloom
  25. Kitty Carlisle Selections: Good Night Sweetheart - Ray Noble/James Campbell/Peg Connelly/Rudy Vallee

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User Reviews

Average user review: 2.0 (3 reviews)

rating: 1 QuoteOperettasQuote
The recording quality of this CD is very poor. I was very disappointed in this recording and cannot give it a high rating. March 10, 2008

rating: 1 QuoteDO NOT BUY THIS CD!!!Quote
The performances are great and both THE MERRY WIDOW and THE DESERT SONG are given very theatrical recordings here.

The problem is sound quality. These are bootleg Cds dubbed from poor quality 78 RPMS with no attempt to clean up the sound. It is muddy, scratchy, noisy and distant. Also several of the sides were transferred running off-speed!!

Happily Decca Broadway has sued to have these bogus discs taken off the market and have announced plans to issue these same titles under their own label. Decca owns the original masters so the sound will be much better. Do yourself a favour and wait a few months for the Decca releases, and avoid at all costs this an any other releases from Encore/Box-Office!! March 27, 2002

rating: 4 QuoteRobin Hood RevisitedQuote
Many years ago, when i was a child, I used to listen to The Desert Song on the original 78 rpm records. Since one song took in an entire record side, I got to be choosy as to what i wanted to hear, and in what order. Somehow, no matter what the record selection might be on the turntable stack, it always included the musical tale of the Red Shadow (aka Paul, the French commander's son), in his quest for justice, love, and adventure in North Africa.

The Desert Song is one of those old-time musicals that they just don't seem to make any more...perhaps we have become too cynical, too worldly, to believe that once upon a time, people would go out by themselves, shuck off their privilaged existance, get together with a band of loyal henchmen (the Riffs in this case), and right wrongs, chastise villians, win the girl, and reveal their secret identity at the very end....and do all this set to some well-written music, including one of the great polyamorous love ballads of all time - "If One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden".

Put some fun, adventure, and old-fashioned idealism back into your life and let yourself be recruited by the Red Shadow and his band, happily roistering in the secret cave hide-out, as they plan their next sorty against the evil-doers of a simpler - and possibly better - world.

The Merry Widow ain't half bad, either! April 4, 2001

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