BAL NEGRE



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: November 7, 1946, Belasco Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 54


Apollon (Carnival Meringue):

1. Voulouz Loar/Velluto Di Luna, CD/Coop Breizh 16 (Annie Erbel & Riccardo Fra Del) (unverified)
2. Latino Hits, CD/Caravage (Enrique Santamaria) (as "Merengue del Carnaval") (unverified)
3. Caribe, CD/Palma/BMG (Las Chicas del Can) (as "Merengue de Carnaval") (unverified)
4. La Excitante, CD/Fania TRSLP1186 (Celia Cruz) (as "Merengue de Carnaval") (unverified)


Choucounne:

1. Afro-Caribbean Songs And Rhythms, 78/Decca album 511 (Jean Leon Destine and Katherine Dunham)
2. Songs From Haiti, CD/EPM 995342 (unknown performer)


La Comparsa (M: Ernesto Lecuona):

1. 78/Musicraft 438 (Miguelito Valdes, vocal, with the Miguelito Valdes Sextet)
2. 78/Victor 25744 (Leo Reisman and His Orchestra)
3. 45/London BEP.6134 (Armando Orefiche with Armando Orefiche's Havana Cuban Boys)
4. 45/Columbia 7-1254 (Morton Gould conducting the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia)
5. 45EP/Victor ERA 176 (Edwin Fadiman)
6. Su Musica Y Sus Interpretes, CD/Orfeon 13074 (Ernesto Lecuona)
7. Bebo, CD/Union Records 601012 (Bebo Valdes)
8. Clair De Lune, CD/Towerhill 72017 (Paul Bisaccia)
9. Cuba Piano, CD/ENY 9722 (Luis de Moura Castro)
10. Cuba!, CD/ EMI Classics 56757 (Manuel Barrueco)
11. Des Abends, CD/AO-NRW 3022 (Andreas Muhlen)
12. Ernesto Lecuona: A Musical Legacy, CD/Brio 101 (Marco Rizo)
13. On A Night Like This: Ernesto Lecuona Love Songs, CD/BIS 1374 (Carole Farley)
14. Flash Cubano, CD/Ayva 029 (Tensy Krismant)
15. Into The Blue, CD/Albany Music 834 (Cumberland Quintet)
16. Jungle Drums, CD/RCA Victor 68173 (Morton Gould and His Orchestra)
17. La Cuba Eterna, CD/Begui Records 2143 (Enrique Chia)
18. La Misa Criolla, CD CDDP 1232 (Alfredo Matos Dominguez)
19. Malagueña: Piano Music From Cuba & The Philippines, CD/Orion 83121 (Adolovni Acosta)
20. Musica Latino Americana 1, CD/Clásicos Mexicanos 27105 (Silvia Navarrete)
21. Phoenix, CD/Raymond Spasovski (Raymond Spasovski)
22. Place Pigalle/Music Of Lecuona, CD/Vocalion 4176 (Stanley Black)
23. Rapsodía De Cuba, CD/Montilla 21 (unknown performer)
24. Siempre En Mi Corazon, CD/Montilla 2094 (Alfred Munar)
25. The Art Of The Spanish Guitar, CD/Mastersound 027 (Elias Barreiro)
26. Two Spheres, CD/Virgin Artists 001 (Felix Spengler)
27. Viva España And Mexico, CD/Naxos 8555026 (Richard Hayman and His Orchestra)
28. Always In My Heart, CD/Sony (Placido Domingo)


Congo Paillette - Haitian Corn Sorting Ritual (Native Air):

1. Music of Haiti, Vol. 2: Drums of Haiti, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 4403 (unknown performer) (as "Congo Payette Dance") (unverified)


Nanigo (M: Gilberto Valdes):

1. Afro-Caribbean Songs And Rhythms, 78/Decca album 511 (Julio Mendez)
2. Drum Rhythms of Haiti Cuba Brazil: The Singing Gods, CD/Caney 523 (Katherine Dunham with Francisco Aguabello and Julio Collazo)


Soleil, Oh! (Invocation):

1. Afro-Caribbean Songs And Rhythms, 78/Decca album 511 (Jean Leon Destine)


Unrecorded Material:

Blues (M: Floyd Smith) Choro (M: Vadico Gogliano) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE and subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1950) and (1955) and BAMBOCHE!)
Flaming Youth…1927 (M: "Brad" Gowans) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE and subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1950) and (1955) and BAMBOCHE!)
Haitian Roadside (M: Paquita Anderson; Gilberto Valdes)
Havana 1910 (M: Mercedes Navarro) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE)
L'Ag'Ya (M: Robert Sanders) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE and subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY)
Para Que Tu Veas (M: Bobby Capo) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE)
Rhumba (M: Gilberto Valdes)
Shango (Ritual and Dance) (M: Baldwin Bergerson) (subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1955))
Son (Cuban Slave Lament) (previously used in TROPICAL REVUE)
Ylenko-Ylembe (M: Gilberto Valdes)