THE GREAT WALTZ

Composer: Johann Strauss Jr.; Johann Strauss Sr.
Lyricist: Desmond Carter

Opened: August 17, 1931, Alhambra Theatre, London; September 22, 1934, Center Theatre, N.Y.C., and closed on June 8, 1935; reopened on August 5, 1935, Center Theatre, N.Y.C., and closed on September 16, 1935.
Performances: 607 (London); 347 (N.Y.C.)

Note: The show was called WALTZES FROM VIENNA in London. Only recordings of numbers not found on the 1960 studio cast album Waltzes From Vienna, HMV (S) CSD1289 [reissued on A Waltz Dream/Waltzes From Vienna, CD/EMI 0946 3 35990 2 4], are noted below.

Night:

1. The Great Waltz, AEI (M) AEI 1153 (Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Al Goodman)


Radetsky March:

I have not attempted to compile discological information beyond orginal cast performances.
1. The Great Waltz, AEI (M) AEI 1153 (The Brass Band with orchestra conducted by Al Goodman)
2. The Great Waltz, Capitol (S) SVAS-2426 (Lynn Fields, Leo Fuchs, Eric Brotherson, Lucy Andonian, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Karl Kritz) [reissued as CD/DRG 19084]


While You Love Me:

1. The Great Waltz, AEI (M) AEI 1153 (Jessica Dragonette with orchestra conducted by Al Goodman)


Unrecorded Material:

Ballet
On Love Alone
Quadrille