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Candide : opera house version, 1982

Title
Candide : opera house version, 1982 / music by Leonard Bernstein ; book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler ; lyrics by Richard Wilbur ; with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and John Latouche.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : New World Records, ℗1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987.
  • Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.
  • Sondheim, Stephen.
  • Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
  • Mills, Erie.
  • Castle, Joyce.
  • Clement, Maris.
  • Lankston, John.
  • Harrold, Jack.
  • Eisler, David, 1955-1992.
  • Billings, James.
  • Reeve, Scott.
  • Mauceri, John.
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • New York City Opera. prf
  • Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
Description
2 audio discs (1 hr., 31 min., 45 sec.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
  • Musicals
  • Operas
  • Operas
Genre/Form
  • CDs.
  • Musicals.
Note
  • New World Records: NW 340/341-2 (container spine); NW 340-2--NW 341-2 (discs).
  • Comic operetta.
  • Compact discs.
  • "Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc."
  • Program notes by Theodore S. Chapin, John Mauceri and Harold Prince, synopsis, biographical notes on the performers, and libretto (35 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at the Manhattan Center, New York, May 1985.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Contents
Disc 1. Overture -- Fanfare ; Life is happiness indeed -- The best of all possible worlds -- Happy instrumental ; Oh, happy we -- Candide begins his travels -- It must be so : (Candide's meditation) -- Westphalian fanfare ; Chorale ; Battle music ; It must be so (reprise) -- Entrance of the Jew -- Glitter and be gay -- Earthquake music ; Dear boy -- Auto-da-fé : (What a day) -- Candide's lament -- You were dead, you know -- Travel (to the stables) ; I am easily assimilated -- Quartet finale. Disc 2. Entr'acte -- Ballad of the New World -- My love -- Barcarolle -- Alleluia -- Eldorado -- Sheep song -- Governor's waltz -- Bon voyage -- Quiet -- Constantinople ; What's the use -- Finale : Make our garden grow.
LCCN
2014620866
OCLC
  • ocm14371655
  • 14371655
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries