(BALIEFF'S) CHAUVE-SOURIS (1925)

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: January 14, 1925
Performances: Closed out of town

I Miss My Swiss (M/L: Abel Baer; Wolfe Gilbert):

1. Annie Lebeaux Performs Rare & Ridiculous Vaudeville Songs (1903-1926), CD/Original Cast OC-6002 (Annie Lebeaux, piano and voice)
How Do You Do?, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5628 (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare)
By The Sea, CD/Rivermont 2237 (Ethan Uslan)
The Magic Of Ronnie Ronalde, CD/EMI 5318922 (Ronnie Ronalde)
20 Golden Yodels, CD/K-Tel (Max McCauley)
Pure Down Home Raw 1950s Country Singin' & Pickin', CD/Jasmine JASCD 715 (Luke Simmons)
Chimes Bells The Best Of Country Yodel, Vol. 3, CD/Jasmine Records JASMCD 3566 (unknown performer)
The Wibbly Wobbly Walk, CD/Saydisc 350 (The Tennessee Happy Boys)
Yodeling Songs Of The Alps, CD/Bescol/Legacy 310 (unknown performer)
Jumpin' & Yodelin', CD/Bear Family Records BCD 15908 (Kenny Roberts)
The Roaring 20's, CD/Saydisc CDSDL 344 (The Golden Gate Orchestra)
Cowboy Songs, CD/Bear Family Records BCD 15939 (Wilf Carter)
Sweet And Low Down, Paul Whiteman Vol. 3, CD/Naxos Nostalgia / HNH 8120628 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra 1924-1925, CD/Classics 633 (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra with Louis Armstrong and the Southern Seranaders)

Katinka (M/L: Czaroulch; Alexei Archangelsky) (previously used in CHAUVE-SOURIS (1922) and CHAUVE-SOURIS (1923)):

1. 78/Victor 18979 (International Novelty Orchestra)


The Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (previously used in CHAUVE-SOURIS (1922) and CHAUVE-SOURIS (1923)):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.


The Shepherdess Interlude (M: Tschaikovsky) (from THE QUEEN OF SPADES):

1. Pique Dame, CD/Sony 45720 (Sofia Festival Orchestra conducted by Emil Tchakarov)
2. Pique Dame, CD/Philips 438141 (Kirov Opera and Orchestra of St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev)
3. The Queen Of Spades, CD/Preiser 90470 (Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashayev)
4. The Queen Of Spades, CD/Opera D’Oro 1329 (orchestra conducted by Samuel Samosud)
5. Pique Dame, CD/RCA Victor 60992 (Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa)
6. Pique Dame, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 000307802 (Orchestre Nationale de France conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich)
7. La Dama Di Picche, CD/Great Opera Performances 66325 (orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinski)
8. Pique Dame, CD/Melodiya 1000574 (Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Mark Ermler)
9. Pique Dame, CD/Gala Records 792 (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala conducted by Nino Sanzogno)


Unrecorded Material:

Amour Et Hierarchie (Love In The Ranks) (M: Alexei Archangelsky; L: Leo Wood)
An Ancient Cameo From Nikita Balieff’s Collection Left Behind In Moscow (M: Weckerlin)
The Arrival At Bethlehem (taken from THE GOLDEN LEGENDS of Yvette Guilbert)
A Country Picnic In A Distant Province Of Russia (M: Alexei Archangelsky)
The Four Corpses (A Tragi-Comic Opera)
The King Orders The Drums To Be Beaten (An Old French Ballad)
The Quarrel Of Two Dutchwomen (M: Edvard Grieg)
The Rendezvous Of Love (M: Traditional)
Siciliana (M: Alexei Archangelsky)
Stenka Razin (A Famous Legend Of The Volga) (M: Alexei Archangelsky)
A Winter Evening
The Zaporoshtsi (The Dnieper Cossacks) (M: Alexei Archangelsky)