Lehár
1 The Land of Smiles 'You are my heart's delight'
with Pieter Schoeman, violin solo
Offenbach
2 La Belle Hélčne 'On Mount Ida'
J. Strauss II
3 The Gipsy Baron 'Who made us one?'
with Helen Williams, soprano & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Kálmán
4 Countess Maritza 'Play, gipsy'
J. Strauss II
5 A Night in Venice 'Love is....'
Lehár
6 The Land of Smiles 'Patiently smiling'
J. Strauss II
7 The Gipsy Baron 'Since I was left...'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Zeller
8 The Birdseller 'My old father years ago'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Stolz
9 The Song is Done 'Don't ask me why I'm leaving'
Oscar Straus
10 A Waltz Dream 'Softly, so softly'
with Alan Opie, baritone
Lehár
11 Giuditta 'Comrades, this life...'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & Pieter Schoeman, violin solo
Lehár
12 The Czarevitch 'Alone, always alone'
Kálmán
13Countess Maritza
'Heavens, what's happ'ning to me?'
with Helen Williams, soprano
Kálmán
14 Countess Maritza 'Vienna mine'
Lehár
15 The Land of Smiles
'Love! What has given you this magic pow'r?'
with Helen Williams, soprano & Pieter Schoeman, violin solo
Stolz
16 'We met in Vienna, my true love and I'
Lehár
17 The Merry Widow 'Words forbidden' with Helen Williams, soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 3-10 February 2002
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineers - Christopher Brooke & Michael Common
