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CONVERSATION PIECE – MCSR 3039

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Noel Coward's operetta Conversation Piece had its finest recording moment in 1951 when a distinguished cast was assembled in New York for this studio recording of a 'complete' performance, linked with rhyming verse by Coward himself. One of the Metropolitan's stars, Lily Pons, plays the role originally written for Yvonne Printemps, with Coward and a young Richard Burton co-starring, along with two grande dames of the British theatre, Ethel Griffies and Cathleen Nesbitt. The score, including its immortal waltz song ‘I’ll follow my secret heart’ remains a supreme example of the Coward operettas.


With: Lily Pons, Noel Coward, Richard Burton

 

  
 

 

Tracks:

    
  1. [Overture]
  2. ‘The scene is laid in Brighton’
  3. ‘Good morning, Rose’
  4. ‘Never mind. When you are married’ [I’ll Follow My Secret Heart] (Listen...)
  5. ‘The Marquis of Shere’
  6. ‘You understand, her happiness’
  7. ‘I’m afraid it is too late for that’ [Reprise: I’ll Follow My Secret Heart]
  8. ‘The Regent and his retinue’
  9. [Regency Rakes]
  10. ‘Two English ladies with English names’
  11. [Charming, Charming]
  12. [Dear Little Soldiers] (Listen...)
  13. ‘The mother and father of dear Lord Shere’
  14. ‘We British are an island race’
  15. ‘Imagine a summer evening’
  16. ‘Lord Shere and his father’
  17. ‘My dear Julia’
  18. ‘Once more the house so modest’
  19. [English Lesson]
  20. ‘There’s a lady downstairs to see you’
  21. ‘Melanie, I wish to apologise’
  22. ‘The melody that follows’
  23. ‘Now that you know’
  24. ‘Please try to envisage a social occasion’
  25. ‘What a charming house’
  26. ‘I am glad that you are gay’
  27. ‘The following scene is the following day’
  28. ‘And now for a rather charming scene’
  29. [Nevermore]
  30. ‘Melanie’
  31. ‘All comedies must come to an end’ [Finale]