The Masters' Voice: Noel Coward, His HMV Recordings 1928 to 1953 > Noel Coward


Recording Details

Type
Audio / (Compilation)
Language
English
Music
Irving Berlin (711), Noël Coward (257), Jerome Kern (660), Ivor Novello (105), Cole Porter (925)
Lyrics
Irving Berlin (711), Noël Coward (257), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Ivor Novello (105), Cole Porter (925)
Liner Notes
Sheridan Morley (30)
Conductor
Reginald Burston (11), Carroll Gibbons (58), Clifford Greenwood (21), Mantovani (44), Ray Noble (84)
Performer
Noël Coward (257), Gertrude Lawrence (104)
Notes
4-disc Box set
Shortcode
[r13683]

Releases (2)

Format
4-CD
Label
Angel CDP 54920-2
Released
1993-08-17
Barcode
077775491920
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Also Contains
Just Let Me Look At You / Poor Little Rich Girl - 1938 Noël Coward
Noël Coward Medley - 1932 Noël Coward
# Tracks
79
Lists
14 collectors / 2 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl19534]
Disc: 1
1. A Room with a View [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
2. Dance, Little Lady [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
3. Mary Make-Believe [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
4. Try to Learn to Love [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
5. Lorelei [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
6. The Dream Is Over [independent song]
7. Zigeuner [BITTER SWEET]
8. World Weary [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
9. PRIVATE LIVES: Love Scene Act I (includes "Someday I'll Find You" sung by Gertrude Lawrence) / Scene from Act 2 (includes "I Never Realised" [THE ECLIPSE; words: Cole Porter/music: Melville Gideon] sung by Noel Coward, "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" [independent song; words: Clifford Grey/music: Nat D. Ayer] sung by Gertrude Lawrence, "Someday I'll Find You" sung in duet) -- with Gertrude Lawrence
10. Half-Caste Woman [COCHRAN'S 1931 REVUE]
11. Any Little Fish [COCHRAN'S 1931 REVUE]
12. CAVALCADE Prologue (spoken introduction by Noel Coward): Soldiers of the Queen [music: Sullivan] / Goodbye, Dolly Gray [independent song; words: Will D. Cobb/music: Paul Barnes] / Private Tommy Atkins [independent song; words: Henry Hamilton/music: S. Potter] / When Johnny Comes Marching Home [independent song; w&m: Louis Lambert (believed to be the pen name for Patrick S. Gilmore)] / A Little Bit Off the Top / Goodbye, My Bluebell [independent song; words: Edward Madden. Dolly Morse/music: Theodore F. Morse] / I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside [independent song; w&m: John H. Glover-Kind] (instrumentals)
13. CAVALCADE-Vocal Selection Part I: Soldiers of the Queen [music: Sullivan] / Goodbye, Dolly Gray [independent song; words: Will D. Cobb/music: Paul Barnes] / Lover of My Dreams [CAVALCADE] / I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside [independent song; w&m: John H. Glover-Kind] / Goodbye, My Bluebell [independent song; words: Edward Madden. Dolly Morse/music: Theodore F. Morse] / Alexander's Ragtime Band [independent song; w&m: Irving Berlin] / Everybody's Doing It [independent song; w&m: Irving Berlin]
14. Lover of My Dreams (Mirabelle Waltz) [CAVALCADE]
15. CAVALCADE-Vocal Selection Part 2: Let's All Go Down the Strand [independent song; w&m: Harry Castling, C.W. Murphy] / If You Were the Only Girl in the World [independent song; words: Clifford Grey/music: Nat D. Ayer] / Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty [independent song; w&m: A,J, Mills, Fred Godfrey, Bennett Scott] / There's a Long, Long Trail [independent song; words: Stoddard King/music: Zo Elliott] / Keep the Home Fires Burning [independent song; words: Lena Guilbert Ford/music: Ivor Novello] / Twentieth-Century Blues [CAVALCADE]
16. CAVALCADE Epilogue: Alexander's Ragtime Band [independent song; w&m: Irving Berlin] / Everybody's Doing It [independent song; w&m: Irving Berlin] / Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile [independent song; words: George Henry Powell (under the pseudonym of George Asaf)/music: Fred Powell] / It's a Long Way to Tipperary [independent song; w&m Jack Judge, Harry Williams (Henry James Williams)] / I'll Make a Man of You [independent song; w&m: Arthur Wimperis, Herman Finck] / There's a Long, Long Trail [independent song; words: Stoddard King/music: Zo Elliott] / Keep the Home Fires Burning [independent song; words: Lena Guilbert Ford/music: Ivor Novello] / Dance, Little Lady [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Land of Hope and Glory [independent song; words: Arthur C. Benson/music: Edward Elgar] (instrumentals) /Toast [CAVALCADE] (spoken by Noel Coward)
17. Noel Coward Medley Part I: Intro / Parisian Pierrot [LONDON CALLING] / Poor Little Rich Girl [ON WITH THE DANCE] / A Room with a View [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Dance, Little Lady [THIS YEAR OF GRACE]
18. Noel Coward medley Part 2: Intro / Someday I'll Find You [PRIVATE LIVES] / Any Little Fish [COCHRAN'S 1931 REVUE] / If You Could Only Come with Me [BITTER SWEET] / I'll See You Again [BITTER SWEET]
Disc: 2
1. Let's Say Goodbye [WORDS AND MUSIC]
2. The Party's Over Now [WORDS AND MUSIC]
3. Something to Do with Spring [WORDS AND MUSIC]
4. Mad Dogs and Englishmen [WORDS AND MUSIC]
5. Medley: Tokay [BITTER SWEET] / World Weary [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] (vocal) / Caballero [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Green Carnation [BITTER SWEET] (vocal) / I'll See You Again [BITTER SWEET] / Poor Little Rich Girl [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Zigeuner [BITTER SWEET] (vocal) / Dear Little Cafe [BITTER SWEET] / The Call of Life [BITTER SWEET] (vocal) / Ladies of the Town [BITTER SWEET]
6. I'll Follow My Secret Heart (scene from CONVERSATION PIECE with vocal by Yvonne Printemps)
7. Melanie's Aria Part I [CONVERSATION PIECE] (spoken intro by Noel Coward, sung by Yvonne Printemps and chorus)
8. Melanie's Aria Part II [CONVERSATION PIECE] (scene with Noel Coward, sung by Yvonne Printemps)
9. I Travel Alone
10. Most of Every Day
11. Love in Bloom (words: Leo Robin/music: Ralph Rainger) [film, SHE LOVES ME NOT]
12. Fare Thee Well (w&m: Sam Coslow) [film, MANY HAPPY RETURNS]
13. Mrs Worthington
14. We Were So Young (words: Oscar Hammerstein II/music: Jerome Kern) [film, SWEET ADELINE]
15. Scene from TONIGHT AT 8:30 - SHADOW PLAY: Then / Play, Orchestra, Play (with Gertrude Lawrence)
16. Scene from TONIGHT AT 8:30 - SHADOW PLAY: You Were There (with Gertrude Lawrence)
17. Scene from TONIGHT AT 8:30 - RED PEPPERS: Has Anybody Seen Our Ship? (with Gertrude Lawrence)
18. Scene from TONIGHT AT 8:30 - RED PEPPERS: Men About Town (with Gertrude Lawrence)
Disc: 3
1. Scene from TONIGHT AT 8:30 - FAMILY ALBUM: Here's a Toast / Hearts and Flowers / Music Box (with Gertrude Lawrence, Alison Leggatt, Alan webb, Edward Underdown, Everley Gregg)
2. Parisian Pierrot [LONDON CALLING]
3. We Were Dancing [TONIGHT AT 8:30 - WE WERE DANCING]
4. Dearest Love [OPERETTE]
5. Where Are the Songs We Sung? [OPERETTE]
6. The Stately Homes of England [OPERETTE]
7. Gipsy Melody [cut from OPERETTE; used in PACIFIC 1860]
8. Dearest Love [OPERETTE]
9. I'll See You Again [BITTER SWEET]
10. Just Let Me Look at You (words: Dorothy Fields/music: Jerome Kern) [film, JOY OF LIVING]
11. Poor Little Rich Girl [ON WITH THE DANCE]
12. London Pride [independent song]
13. The Last Time I Saw Paris [independent song; words: Oscar Hammerstein II/music: Jerome Kern]
14. Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun? [independent song]
15. There Have Been Songs in England [independent song]
16. Imagine The Duchess's Feelings! [independent song]
17. It's Only You [independent song; w&m: Carroll Gibbons]
18. Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans [independent song]
19. The Welcoming Land (a poem by Clemence Dane)
20. I'm Old Fashioned (words: Johnny Mercer/music: Jerome Kern) [film, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER]
21. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (w&m: Cole Porter) [film, SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT]
Disc: 4
1. Sigh No More [SIGH NO MORE]
2. I Wonder What Happened to Him [SIGH NO MORE]
3. Matelot [SIGH NO MORE]
4. Nina [SIGH NO MORE]
5. Never Again [SIGH NO MORE]
6. Wait a Bit, Joe [SIGH NO MORE]
7. Bright Was the Day [PACIFIC 1860]
8. This Is a Changing World [PACIFIC 1860]
9. His Excellency Regrets [PACIFIC 1860]
10. One, Two, Three [PACIFIC 1860]
11. Uncle Harry [PACIFIC 1860]
12. I Never Knew [PACIFIC 1860]
13. I Saw No Shadow [PACIFIC 1860]
14. Josephine [ACE OF CLUBS]
15. Don't Make Fun of the Fair [THE LYRIC REVUE]
16. Sail Away [ACE OF CLUBS]
17. Noel Coward Medley-Part I: I'll See You Again [BITTER SWEET] / Dance Little Lady [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Poor Little Rich Girl [ON WITH THE DANCE] / A Room with a View [THIS YEAR OF GRACE] / Parisian Pierrot [LONDON CALLING]
18. Noel Coward Medley-Part II: Any Little Fish [COCHRAN'S 1931 REVUE] / You Were There [TONIGHT AT 8:30 - SHADOW PLAY] / Someday I'll Find You [PRIVATE LIVES] / Let's Say Goodbye [WORDS AND MUSIC] / I'll Follow My Secret Heart [CONVERSATION PIECE] / If Love Were All [BITTER SWEET] / Play, Orchestra, Play [TONIGHT AT 8:30 - SHADOW PLAY]
19. Why Does Love Get in the Way? [ACE OF CLUBS]
20. I Like America [ACE OF CLUBS]
21. Time and Again [independent song]
22. There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner [THE GLOBE REVUE]
Format
4-CD
Label
Warner Classics 3311182
Released
2016-02-29
Barcode
825646574940
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Also Contains
Noel Coward: His HMV Recordings - Noel Coward
# Tracks
78
Lists
4 collectors / 0 wish lists
History
1 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl51835]
1. A Room with a View ("This Year of Grace") (1992 Remastered Version)
2. Dance Little Lady (1992 Remastered Version)
3. Mary Make Believe ("This Year of Grace") (1992 Remastered Version)
4. Try to Learn to Love (1992 Remastered Version)
5. Lorelei ("This Year of Grace") (1992 Remastered Version)
6. Dream Is Over, the (Little Damozel) (1992 Remastered Version)
7. Zigeuner ("Bitter Sweet") (1992 Remastered Version)
8. World Weary (1992 Remastered Version)
9. Private Lives: A) Love Scene from Act 1 / B) Scene from Act 2 (1992 Remastered Version)
10. Half Caste Woman (Cochran's 1931 Revue) (1992 Remastered Version)
11. Any Little Fish (Cochran's 1931 Revue) (1992 Remastered Version)
12. Cavalcade Prologue (1992 Remastered Version)
13. Cavalcade Vocal Selection Part I (1992 Remastered Version)
14. Lover of My Dreams (Mirabelle Waltz) (1992 Remastered Version)
15. Cavalcade Vocal Selection Part 2 (1992 Remastered Version)
16. Cavalcade Epilogue (Medley) (1992 Remastered Version)
17. Noel Coward Medley (Part 1) (1992 Remastered Version)
18. Noel Coward Medley (Part 2) (1992 Remastered Version)
1. Let's Say Goodbye ("Words and Music") (1992 Remastered Version)
2. Party's Over Now, the ("Words and Music") (1992 Remastered Version)
3. Something to Do with Spring ("Words and Music") (1992 Remastered Version)
4. Mad Dogs and Englishmen ("Words and Music") (1992 Remastered Version)
5. I'll Follow My Secret Heart ("Conversation Piece") (1992 Remastered Version)
6. Melanie's Aria Part 1 (1992 Remastered Version) - Yvonne Printemps
7. Melanie's Aria Part 2 (1992 Remastered Version) - Yvonne Printemps
8. I Travel Alone (1992 Remastered Version)
9. Most of Ev'ry Day (1992 Remastered Version)
10. Love in Bloom (From 'She Loves Me Not') (1992 Remastered Version)
11. Fare Thee Well (From 'Many Happy Returns') (1992 Remastered Version)
12. Mrs Worthington (1992 Remastered Version)
13. We Were So Young (Sweet Adeline) (1992 Remastered Version)
14. Then/Play Orchestra Play (1992 Remastered Version) - Gertrude Lawrence
15. You Were There (1992 Remastered Version) - Gertrude Lawrence
16. Has Anybody Seen Our Ship? ("Red Peppers") (1992 Remastered Version)
17. Men About Town ("Red Peppers") (1992 Remastered Version)
1. Family Album (1992 Remastered Version)
2. Parisian Pierrot ("London Calling") (1992 Remastered Version)
3. We Were Dancing (Tonight at 8.30) (1992 Remastered Version)
4. Dearest Love (1992 Remastered Version)
5. Where Are the Songs We Sung? ("Operette") (1992 Remastered Version)
6. The Stately Homes of England ("Operette") (1992 Remastered Version)
7. Gipsy Melody ("Operette") (1992 Remastered Version)
8. Dearest Love ("Operette") (1992 Remastered Version)
9. I'll See You Again ("Bitter Sweet") (1992 Remastered Version)
10. Just Let Me Look at You (Joy of Living) (1992 Remastered Version)
11. Poor Little Rich Girl ("On with the Dance") (1992 Remastered Version)
12. London Pride (1992 Remastered Version)
13. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1992 Remastered Version)
14. Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun (1992 Remastered Version)
15. There Have Been Songs in England (1992 Remastered Version)
16. Imagine the Duchess's Feelings! (1992 Remastered Version)
17. It's Only You (1992 Remastered Version)
18. Don't Lets Be Beastly to the Germans (1992 Remastered Version)
19. The Welcoming Land (1992 Remastered Version)
20. I'm Old Fashioned (1992 Remastered Version)
21. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to (Something to Shout About) (1992 Remastered Version)
1. Sigh No More (1992 Remastered Version)
2. I Wonder What Happened to Him (1992 Remastered Version)
3. Matelot (1992 Remastered Version)
4. Nina (1992 Remastered Version)
5. Never Again (1992 Remastered Version)
6. Wait a Bit Joe (1992 Remastered Version)
7. Bright Was the Day ("Pacific 1860") (1992 Remastered Version)
8. This Is a Changing World ("Pacific 1860") (1992 Remastered Version)
9. His Excellency Regrets ("Pacific 1860") (1992 Remastered Version)
10. One Two Three ("Pacific 1860")
11. Uncle Harry ("Pacific 1860") (1992 Remastered Version)
12. I Never Knew ("Pacific 1860")
13. I Saw No Shadow ("Pacific 1860")
14. Josephine ("Ace of Clubs") (1992 Remastered Version)
15. Don't Make Fun of the Fair (The Lyric Revue) (1992 Remastered Version)
16. Sail Away ("Ace of Clubs") (1992 Remastered Version)
17. Medley Part I (I'll See You Again/Dance Little Lady/Poor Little Rich Girl/A Room with a View) (1992 Remastered Version)
18. Medley Part II (Any Little Fish/You Were There/Someday I'll Find You/I'll Follow My Secret Heart/If Love Were All/Play Orchestra Play (1992 Remastered Version)
19. Why Does Love Get in the Way ("Ace of Clubs") (1992 Remastered Version)
20. I Like America ("Ace of Clubs") (1992 Remastered Version)
21. Time and Again (1992 Remastered Version)
22. There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner (1992 Remastered Version)

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