Excerpts from musicals. Originally issued in 1996 as CDC 7243 5 55563 2 5. Program notes in English in container. Thomas Hampson, baritone ; with Elizabeth Futral, Jerry Hadley, and Jeanne Lehman ; additional soloists ; London Sinfonietta Chorus ; London Sinfonietta ; John McGlinn, conductor. Recorded June 1994, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London.
Contents:
One touch of Venus. Westwind / lyrics by Ogden Nash -- Knickerbocker holiday. It never was you ; How can you tell an American? / lyrics by Maxwell Anderson -- The firebrand of Florence. Song of the hangman ; Come to Florence ; My lords and ladies ; There was life, there was love, there was laughter ; You're far too near me ; Procession ; The world is full of villains ; You have to do what you do do ; Love is my enemy / lyrics by Ira Gershwin -- Love life. Who is Samuel Cooper? ; My name is Samuel Cooper ; Here I'll stay ; I remember it well ; This is the life / lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner -- Johnny Johnson. Johnny's song / lyrics by Paul Green.
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