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Sinfonia Of London - Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady

Sinfonia Of London - Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady

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John Wilson comments: My Fair Lady is the quintessential American London musical. There is not a semiquaver or a semi-colon in the wrong place. Steven Wilkie, one of the fiddle players in my orchestra, describes it as The Marriage of Figaro of the twentieth century. And when I asked the great opera conductor Richard Bonynge what the finest post-World War Two operas are, he said, 'My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!... they're the great operas that will live on'. We have recorded every note, including underscoring, plus all the music written but cut before opening, with the instrumentation exactly as it was on opening night. Also, thanks to recent research, we have the restored original orchestrations. The reason I want to record everything the composer, lyricist, book-writer, and orchestrator did is that I believe it is a piece of significance by people who were masters of their art and craft. This was not written in an afternoon; it was chiselled away for months. They were ruthless in excising anything they felt would not make the grade. We have a duty to set down as closely as we can their final thoughts on what they created.

Tracklist:

  1. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I.
  2. Overture -
  3. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  4. Outside Covent Garden, after the Opera: 1a. Opening Scene
  5. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  6. Outside Covent Garden, after the Opera:
  7. Why Can't the English?
  8. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  9. Outside Covent Garden, after the Opera:
  10. Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
  11. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  12. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road: Come on, Eliza, slip your old Dad half a crown to go home on -
  13. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  14. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road:
  15. With a Little Bit of Luck
  16. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  17. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road: 4a. Change of Scene (With a Little Bit of Luck)
  18. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  19. Professor Higgins's Study: In six months - in three if she has a good ear and a quick tongue -
  20. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  21. Professor Higgins's Study:
  22. I'm an Ordinary Man
  23. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  24. Professor Higgins's Study: 5a. Change of Scene (I'm an Ordinary Man)
  25. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  26. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road: How'd ya like that? -
  27. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  28. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road:
  29. With a Little Bit of Luck (Reprise)
  30. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  31. Tenement Section, Tottenham Court Road: 6a. Change of Scene (With a Little Bit of Luck)
  32. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  33. Professor Higgins's Study: Say your vowels -
  34. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  35. Professor Higgins's Study:
  36. Just You Wait
  37. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  38. Professor Higgins's Study:
  39. The Servants' Chorus
  40. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  41. Professor Higgins's Study:
  42. The Rain in Spain
  43. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  44. Professor Higgins's Study: 1
  45. I Could Have Danced All Night
  46. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  47. Professor Higgins's Study: 10a. Change of Scene. Race Track Fanfare
  48. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  49. Outside Ascot: Colonel Pickering, I don't understand
  50. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  51. Ascot: 1
  52. Ascot Gavotte
  53. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  54. Ascot: 1
  55. End of Gavotte and Blackout Music
  56. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  57. Outside Higgins's House, Wimpole Street: Officer, I know this is Wimpole Street -
  58. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  59. Outside Higgins's House, Wimpole Street: 1
  60. On the Street Where You Live
  61. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  62. Professor Higgins's Study: 1
  63. Eliza's Entrance
  64. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene
  65. Professor Higgins's Study: Introduction to Promenade
  66. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene 1
  67. Outside the Ballroom of the Transylvanian Embassy: Promenade
  68. My Fair Lady, musical~Act I. Scene 1
  69. The Ballroom of the Transylvanian Embassy: Embassy Waltz
  70. My Fair Lady, musical~Entr'acte
  71. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  72. Professor Higgins's Study: 1
  73. You Did It
  74. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  75. Professor Higgins's Study: 2
  76. Just You Wait (Reprise)
  77. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  78. Outside Higgins's House, Wimpole Street: On the Street Where You Live (Reprise)
  79. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  80. Outside Higgins's House, Wimpole Street: Show Me
  81. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  82. Covent Garden, The Flower Market: 2
  83. The Flower Market
  84. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  85. Covent Garden, The Flower Market: 2
  86. Get Me to the Church on Time
  87. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  88. Covent Garden, The Flower Market: 2
  89. Change of Scene (Get Me to the Church on Time)
  90. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  91. The Upstairs Hall, Higgins's House: Now, see here, my good man -
  92. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  93. The Upstairs Hall, Higgins's House: 2
  94. A Hymn to Him
  95. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  96. The Upstairs Hall, Higgins's House: 24a. Change of Scene (A Hymn to Him)
  97. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  98. The Garden of Mrs Higgins's House: Well, Eliza, you've had a bit of your own back -
  99. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  100. The Garden of Mrs Higgins's House: 2
  101. Without You
  102. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  103. Outside Higgins's House, Wimpole Street: 2
  104. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - / Scene
  105. Professor Higgins's Study: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  106. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  107. Professor Higgins's Study: 2
  108. Music for Curtian Calls
  109. My Fair Lady, musical~Act II. Scene
  110. Professor Higgins's Study: 2
  111. Exit Music
  112. My Fair Lady, musical~Appendices Original End, Act I: Come to the Ball
  113. My Fair Lady, musical~Appendices Original End, Act I: Dressing Eliza Ballet
  114. My Fair Lady, musical~Appendices Original End, Act I: Say a Prayer for Me Tonight
  115. My Fair Lady, musical~Appendices Original End, Act I: Bridge after 'Say a Prayer for Me Tonight
  116. My Fair Lady, musical~Appendices Original End, Act I: Ballroom Introduction - Embassy Waltz (Original Version)
  117. My Fair Lady, musical~Original Version of Freddy's Song, Act I: End of Ascot
  118. My Fair Lady, musical~Original Version of Freddy's Song, Act I: On the Street Where You Live
  119. My Fair Lady, musical~Utility Cues: Why Can't the English?
  120. My Fair Lady, musical~Utility Cues: Get Me to the Church on Time
  121. My Fair Lady, musical~Utility Cues: Why Can't a Woman?

UPC: 0095115535820
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 9.26.25
Format: CD
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