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Herbert: Naughty Marietta / Blazer, Harrington, Morris, Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, Millennium Chamber Orchestra
Harbinger Records

Herbert: Naughty Marietta / Blazer, Harrington, Morris, Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, Millennium Chamber Orchestra

$19.99

Details

Composer
HERBERT, VICTOR
Artist
Morris
Format
CD
Label
Harbinger Records
Released
Jun 25, 2021
Catalog #
HCD3702
UPC
632433370223

About

For the first time on album, the Smithsonian Institution’s 1981 first complete recording of Victor Herbert’s classic musical, Naughty Marietta, is available through Harbinger Records. This is the most complete recorded performance of the original score of a Victor Herbert operetta. It provides the listener with an opportunity to hear this brilliant score as if complete for the first time. The recording began as a concert at the Smithsonian Institution in 1981. The reception was so great, the company went right into the studio and recorded the 2-LP set under the direction of the Division of Performing Arts’ Director, James R. Morris. A young Judy Blazer played Marietta, an early step toward her becoming a Broadway star. Naughty Marietta is Herbert’s best and most popular score and became a key bridge between the English, French and Viennese operettas popular in the late 19th-century and the thoroughly American style of entertainment that dominated our musical stages after 1920. Herbert’s collaborator on the project was Rida Johnson Young, who supplied the libretto and the lyrics. She was the first significant lyricist of the 20th-century American musical theater. Her best work transforms the florid language of European operettas into colloquial speech. She wrote plays, acted, and wrote the standard, “Mother Machree” for the show Barry of Ballymore. She wrote the lyrics for over 500 songs including works by Jerome Kern, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml, all giants in the world of musical theater. Naughty Marietta has become a staple of light opera companies throughout the world. After the Broadway engagement the show toured the United States to rave reviews and sold-out houses. Nearly two decades later the show returned to Broadway to great acclaim.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Overture 05:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  2. 2 Act I: Opening Chorus (Vendors, Street Sweepers, Flower Girls) 05:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Opening Chorus (Vendors, Street Sweepers, Flower Girls)
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  3. 3 Act I: Mysterious Melody (Fanchon) 00:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Mysterious Melody (Fanchon)
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Helen Bickers
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  4. 4 Act I: We've hunted the wolf in the forest, "Tramp, tramp, tramp" (Dick, Simon, Rangers) 02:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: We've hunted the wolf in the forest, "Tramp, tramp, tramp" (Dick, Simon, Rangers)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Leslie Harrington, Steve Liebman
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  5. 5 Act I: Taisez-Vous (Casquette Girls and Men) 01:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Taisez-Vous (Casquette Girls and Men)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  6. 6 Act I: Song From the Fountain (Marietta) 00:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Song From the Fountain (Marietta)
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  7. 7 Act I: Naughty Marietta (Marietta) 03:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Naughty Marietta (Marietta)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  8. 8 Act I: It Never, Never Can Be Love (Marietta, Dick) 03:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: It Never, Never Can Be Love (Marietta, Dick)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer, Leslie Harrington
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  9. 9 Act I: If I Were Anybody Else but Me (Simon, Lizette) 03:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: If I Were Anybody Else but Me (Simon, Lizette)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Steve Liebman, Dana Dreuger
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  10. 10 Act I: 'Neath the Southern Moon (Adah) 03:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: 'Neath the Southern Moon (Adah)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Elvira Green
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  11. 11 Act I: Italian Street Song (Marietta, Chorus) 02:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I: Italian Street Song (Marietta, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  12. 12 Act I: Finale (Adah, Marietta, Etienne, Dick, Rudolfo, Lieutenant Governor, Chorus) 04:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I: Finale (Adah, Marietta, Etienne, Dick, Rudolfo, Lieutenant Governor, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Elvira Green, Judith Blazer, Wayne Turnage, Leslie Harrington, Harry Winter, Joseph diGenova
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  13. 13 Act II: Dance of the Marionettes (Marietta, Rudolf) 02:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Dance of the Marionettes (Marietta, Rudolf)
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer, Harry Winter
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  14. 14 Act II: You Marry a Marionette (Etienne) 04:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: You Marry a Marionette (Etienne)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Wayne Turnage
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  15. 15 Act II: Loves of New Orleans (Quadroons, Spanish Girls, French Girls and Men) 06:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Loves of New Orleans (Quadroons, Spanish Girls, French Girls and Men)
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  16. 16 Act II: The Sweet Bye and Bye (Lizette) 03:04
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II: The Sweet Bye and Bye (Lizette)
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Dana Dreuger
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  17. 17 Act II: Prelude to Live for Today 00:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II: Prelude to Live for Today
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  18. 18 Act II: Live for Today (Marietta, Adah, Dick, Etienne, Chorus) 05:49
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II: Live for Today (Marietta, Adah, Dick, Etienne, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Judith Blazer, Elvira Green, Leslie Harrington, Wayne Turnage
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  19. 19 Act II: I'm falling in love with someone (Simon, Chorus) 03:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II: I'm falling in love with someone (Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Steve Liebman
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  20. 20 Act II: It's Pretty Soft for Simon (Simon) 04:15
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II: It's Pretty Soft for Simon (Simon)
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Steve Liebman
    Ensemble
    The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris
  21. 21 Act II: Finale Ultimo (Dick, Marietta, Etienne, Simon, Chorus) 03:56
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act II: Finale Ultimo (Dick, Marietta, Etienne, Simon, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Victor Herbert
    Performer
    Leslie Harrington, Judith Blazer, Wayne Turnage, Steve Liebman
    Ensemble
    Catholic University of America A Cappella Choir, The Millennium Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Morris