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Author Wright, Robert, 1914-2005, composer, lyricist.

Title Kismet ; including songs from Timbuktu / music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest based on themes by Alexander Borodin ; book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis founded on Kismet by Edward Knoblock ; orchestrations by Arthur Kay.

Publication Info. Ocean, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, [1990]
©1990

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 Talbott Media  CD 5172    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  CD 5172  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 audio discs (98 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
stereo
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Note Musical.
Includes 1 selection from the MGM film version of Kismet, orchestrated by Jack Everly; and 5 songs from the musical Timbuktu, orchestrated by William D. Brohn.
Performer In Kismet: Valerie Masterson, Donald Maxwell, David Rendall, Richard Van Allan ; in Timbuktu: Rosemary Ashe, Bruce Hubbard, Simon Green, Valerie Masterson, Edmund Barham, Bonaventura Bottone ; The Philharmonia Orchestra ; Ambrosian Chorus ; John Owen Edwards, conductor.
Event Recorded 1989 August 16-19 Abbey Road Studios.
Note Title from container verso.
Program notes by Jack Everly (8 pages) laid in container.
Contents Disc 1. Overture -- Sands of time -- Rhymes have I -- Fate -- Hand of fate -- Fate (reprise) -- Bazaar of the caravans -- Entrance of Lalume -- Not since Nineveh -- Not since Nineveh dance -- Stolen oranges -- Baubles, bangles and beads -- Paradise garden -- Stranger in paradise -- He's in love -- Gesticulate -- Finale, act one: Fate (reprise) -- Disc 2. Entr'acte -- Night of my nights -- Stranger in paradise (reprise) -- Was I wazir? -- Rahadlakum -- Rahadlakum dance -- And this is my beloved -- Poets meet -- Olive tree -- Zubbediya -- Samaris' dance -- Finale, act two: Night of my nights/Sands of time (reprise) -- Bored (from the 1956 MGM film) -- In the beginning woman (from Timbuktu) -- Golden land, golden life (from Timbuktu) -- My magic lamp (from Timbuktu) -- Power (from Timbuktu) -- Golden land, golden life (from Timbuktu).
Language Sung in English.
Subject Musicals.
Musicals.
Musicals -- Excerpts.
Musicals -- Excerpts.
Motion picture music -- Excerpts.
Motion picture music -- Excerpts.
Genre/Form Musicals.
Musicals.
Motion picture music.
Motion picture music.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Studio recordings.
Studio recordings.
Adaptations.
Adaptations.
Subject Musicals.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Forrest, George, 1915-1999, lyricist.
Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976, librettist.
Davis, Luther, librettist.
Kay, Arthur, arranger of music.
Brohn, William D., arranger of music.
Everly, Jack, arranger of music, writer of added commentary.
Masterson, Valerie, singer.
Maxwell, Donald, singer.
Rendall, David, singer.
Van Allan, Richard, singer.
Ashe, Rosemary, singer.
Hubbard, Bruce, singer.
Green, Simon (Singer), singer.
Barham, Edmund, singer.
Bottone, Bonaventura, singer.
Owen Edwards, John, conductor.
Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Knoblock, Edward, 1874-1945. Kismet.
Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Works. Selections.
Container of (work): Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Kismet.
Container of (work): Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Timbuktu! In the beginning, woman.
Container of (work): Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Timbuktu! Golden land, golden life.
Container of (work): Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Timbuktu! My magic lamp.
Container of (work): Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Timbuktu! Power.
Philharmonia Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Ambrosian Chorus, singer.
Added Title Musicals. Selections
Kismet (Motion picture : 1955)
Music No. MHS 522667X Musical Heritage Society