House Of Flowers [remaster]

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
May 13, 2003
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARLEN, HAROLD
    • PERFORMER
      1954 Broadway Cast
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 13, 2003
    • UPC
      696998685727
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SK86857
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Spoken Commentary
    Works ⌄

    1. Oveture

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    2. Act I: Waitin (Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Ada Moore, Dolores Harper, Enid Mosier

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    3. Act I: One Man Ain't Quite Enough (Madame Fleur)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Pearl Bailey

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    4. Act I: A Sleepin' Bee (Ottilie alias Violet, Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Diahann Carroll, Ada Moore, Dolores Harper, Enid Mosier

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    5. Act I: Bamboo Cage (Champion, Steel Band, Do, Don't, Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola, Madame Tango, Chief of Police, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Ada Moore, Dolores Harper, Enid Mosier

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    6. Act I: House of Flowers (Royal, Ottilie)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Diahann Carroll, Rawn Spearman

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    7. Act I: Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree (Pansy, Gladiola, Carmen, Tulip, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Ensemble, House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Ada Moore, Enid Mosier

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    8. Act I: What Is a Friend For? (Madame Fleur)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Pearl Bailey

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    9. Act I: Mardi Gras Waltz (Mother, Carmen, Alvin, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Ensemble, House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Burton

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    10. Act I: I Never Has Seen Snow (Ottilie)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Diahann Carroll

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    11. Act II: Can I Leave Off Wearing My Shoes? (Ottilie, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Ensemble, House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Diahann Carroll

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    12. Act II: Has I Let You Down? (Madame Fleur, Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Ada Moore, Dolores Harper, Enid Mosier, Pearl Bailey

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    13. Act II: Slide, Boy, Slide (Madame Tango, Alvin, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Ensemble, House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Juanita Hall

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    14. Act II: Don't Like Goodbyes (Madame Fleur)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Pearl Bailey

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    15. Act II: Turtle Song (Royal, Ottilie, Ensemble)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: House of Flowers Ensemble, House of Flowers Orchestra

      Performer: Diahann Carroll, Rawn Spearman

      Conductor: Jerry Arlen

    16. House of Flowers, Act I: Mardi Gras Waltz

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: Percy Faith Orchestra

    17. House of Flowers, Act I: Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: Enid Mosier Trinidad Steel Band

    18. Ottilie and the Bee

      Performer: Truman Capote

    19. House of Flowers, Act I: A Sleepin' Bee

      Performer: Harold Arlen


Music composed by Harold Arlen. Lyrics written by Truman Capote.
Principal Cast: Pearl Bailey (Madame Fleur); Diahann Carroll (Ottilie/Violet); Juanita Hall (Madame Tango); Ray Walston (Captain Jonas); Rawn Spearman (Royal); Geoffrey Holder (The Champion); Ada Moore (Gladiola); Enid Mosier (Pansy); Winston George Henriques (Do); Solomon Earl Green (Don't); Miriam Burton (Mother); Pearl Reynolds (Mamselle Ibo Lele); Dolores Harper (Tulip); Geoffrey Holder (The Champion); Alvin Ailey (Alvin).
Recorded at CBS Studios, New York, New York on January 9, 1955. Originally released on Columbia (ML 4969). Includes liner notes by Didier Deutsch, Howard Kissel.
This is part of Columbia Records "Broadway Masterworks" series.