Candide
Subtitle: final revised version, 1989
By: Leonard Bernstein
Contributors: Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984, librettist; Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017, lyricist; Latouche, John, 1914-1956, lyricist; Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967, lyricist; Anderson, June, 1952- singer; Ludwig, Christa, singer; Jones, Della, singer; Hadley, Jerry, singer; Jenkins, Neil, singer; Treleaven, John, 1950- singer; Gedda, Nicolai, singer; Benson, Lindsay, singer; Ollmann, Kurt, singer; Bayley, Clive, singer; Suart, Richard, singer; Green, Adolph, singer; Voltaire, 1694-1778; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Limited edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] :
Notes: Originally released in 1991.

Title from container.

Comic operetta in two acts.

Book by Lillian Hellman ; lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker.

Based on the novella by Voltaire.

Bonus DVD includes filmed version of the performance with optional subtitles in English, French, or German.

June Anderson, soprano ; Christa Ludwig, Della Jones, mezzo-sopranos ; Jerry Hadley, Neil Jenkins, John Treleaven, Nicolai Gedda, tenors ; Lindsay Benson, Kurt Ollmann, baritones ; Clive Bayley, Richard Suart, basses ; Adolph Green, singer ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor, narrator.

recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, December 1989.

filmed live in concert at the Barbican Centre, London, England, December 1989.
Table of contents: title: CD 1. Act I. Overture; title: Westphalia chorale; title: Life is happiness indeed; title: The best of all possible worlds; title: Universal good; title: Oh, happy we; title: I must be so; title: Westphalia; title: Battle music; title: Candide's lament; title: Dear boy; title: Auto-da-fé; title: Candide begins his travels - It must be me (Candide's second meditation); title: Paris waltz; title: Glitter and be gay; title: You were dead, you know; title: I am easily assimilated (Old lady's tango); title: Quartet finale; title: CD 2. Act II. Universal good; title: My love (Governor's serenade); title: We are women (Polka); title: The pilgrims' procession/Alleluia; title: Quiet; title: Introduction to Eldorado (instrumental); title: The ballad of Eldorado; title: Words, words, words (Martin's laughing song); title: Bon voyage; title: The King's barcarolle; title: Money, money, money; title: What's the use; title: Venice gavotte; title: Nothing more than this; title: Universal good (Life is neither); title: Make our garden grow (finale).