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)