Essential Operetta (1997)

Track Listing

1. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437): I Long for Vienna (arrangement heard in the film "The Great Waltz")
2. Paganini, operetta in 3 acts: I Have Been in Love Before
3. Boccaccio, operetta: Medley
4. Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe")
5. Der Vogelhändler, operetta: Roses from Tyrol

1. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437): I Long for Vienna (arrangement heard in the film "The Great Waltz")
2. Paganini, operetta in 3 acts: I Have Been in Love Before
3. Boccaccio, operetta: Medley
4. Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe")
5. Der Vogelhändler, operetta: Roses from Tyrol
6. Song of Norway, musical play (based on the life and works of Edvard Grieg): Strange Music
7. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of "Endlich Allein"): Darling, Trust Me
8. You Are Love, song (from the 1936 film "Show Boat")
9. Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream), operetta: Lovesong of May
10. The New Moon, operetta: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
11. The Merry Widow Waltz, for orchestra (from "Die lustige Witwe")
12. Der Graf von Luxemburg, operetta in 3 acts: Medley
13. Why Do I Love You, song (from "Show Boat")
14. Der Opernball, operetta: In Our Secluded Rendevous
15. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns")
16. Song of Norway, musical play (based on the life and works of Edvard Grieg): I Love You
17. Paganini, operetta in 3 acts: Love, You Invaded My Senses
18. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of "Endlich Allein"): Wonderful World
19. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Women
20. Kismet, musical (after works by Alexander Borodin): Stranger in Paradise (based on themes of Alexander Borodin)
21. Frasquita, comic opera in 3 acts (revised version of operetta): Frasquita's Serenade
22. Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien, Wien, nur du allein")