ARC DE TRIOMPHE
Composer: Ivor
Novello
Lyricists: Christopher Hassall; Ivor Novello
Opened: November 9, 1943, Phoenix Theatre, London
Performances: 222
Dark Music:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
2. 78/HMV B9357 (Elisabeth Welch with the Phoenix Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom
Lewis) [reissued on We'll Gather Lilacs: The
Songs Of Ivor Novello, CD/ASV CD AJA 5396]
3. The Girl I Knew… The Music Of Novello & Kern,
CD/Harbinger HCD 1501 (Lorna Dallas with musical direction by
Christopher Denny)
4. Marilyn Hill Smith Sings Ivor Novello, CD/Chandos CHAN 6677
(Marilyn Hill Smith with Gordon Langford, piano, and the Chandos
Concert Orchestra conducted by Stuart Barry)
If You Are In Love:
1. 78/Parlophone RO-20419
(Richard Tauber and Nancy Browne with orchestra conducted by
Richard Tauber) [reissued on Richard Tauber In Operettas And
Shows, CD/Vocalion 1911]
2. 78/HMV B9318 (New Mayfair Orchestra conduced by Richard
Tauber)
3. Old Chelsea, Sounds Rare SR-5007 (Richard Tauber and Nancy
Brown with the B.B.C. Orchestra conducted by Serge Krisch)
[reissued as CD/Bel Age 103003]
Easy To Live With:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
2. 78/HMV B9357 (Mary Ellis and Peter Graves with the Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis) [reissued on Arc De
Triomphe/Crest Of The Wave/Gay's The Word, World (M) SH 216]
A radio recording performed by Kitty Whately and Simon Lepper,
piano, is also known to exist.
France Will Rise Again:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
2. 78/HMV C3522 (Helen Hill and Webster Booth with orchestra conducted
by Harry Acres)
Josephine:
1. The Girl I Knew… The
Music Of Novello & Kern, CD/Harbinger HCD 1501 (Lorna Dallas
with musical direction by Christopher Denny)
Man Of My Heart:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
2. 78/HMV B9356 (Mary Ellis with the Phoenix Theatre Orchestra
conducted by Tom Lewis) [reissued on Arc De Triomphe/Crest Of
The Wave/Gay's The Word, World (M) SH 216]
Paris Reminds Me Of You:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
The Shepherd's Song:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
(Waking Or) Sleeping:
1. 78/HMV C-3377 (Phoenix
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Tom Lewis)
2. 78/HMV B9356 (Mary Ellis with the Phoenix Theatre Orchestra
conducted by Tom Lewis) [reissued on Arc De Triomphe/Crest Of
The Wave/Gay's The Word, World (M) SH 216]
3. Ivor Novello: My Dreams, My Songs, CD/NVS CD1 (Sandra Watkins
and Jason Pimblett with Pauline Knight, piano)