Conversation Piece and Other Musical Plays

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: Ladies and Gentlemen
  0:46
• 2
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Overture

  Orchestra
  2:45
• 3
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: The scene is laid in Brighton by the sea
  1:19
• 4
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: Good morning, Rose

  Noël Coward, Lily Pons & Ellen Faull
  3:14
• 5
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. A cloud has passed across the sun

  Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  0:55
• 6
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: Go and dress

  Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  0:27
• 7
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. You ask me to have a discrete heart

  Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  1:45
• 8
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. I'll follow my secret heart

  Lily Pons
  2:16
• 9
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: The Marquis of Sheere

  Noël Coward, Ellen Faull & Richard Burton
  3:23
• 10
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: It is a very nice day, is it not?

  Lily Pons & Richard Burton
  4:07
• 11
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: The Regent and his retinue
  0:37
• 12
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Regency rakes
  3:00
• 13
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: Mademoiselle will be with you in a moment

  Ellen Faull, Lily Pons, Eileen Turner & Dorothy Johnson
  3:05
• 14
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Quartet: Charming! Charming! Charming!

  Norah Howard, Dorothy Johnson, Rosalind Nadell & Lily Pons
  3:35
• 15
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Soldiers!

  Dorothy Johnson, Rosalind Nadell, Norah Howard & Lily Pons
  1:59
• 16
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: The mother and father of dear Lord Sheere
  0:44
• 17
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: I am the Duchess of Beneden

  Ethel Griffies, Rex Evans & Lily Pons
  2:16
• 18
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: We British are an island race / There's always something fishy about the French
  2:06
• 19
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction, dialogue: Imagine a summer evening if you please

  Noël Coward, Richard Burton, Rex Evans, Eileen Turner & [unknown]
  1:47
• 20
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: Through the darkening trees comes a lady in green
  0:25
• 21
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: My dear Julia!

  Rex Evans, Cathleen Nesbitt & Richard Burton
  0:59
• 22
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Spoken Introduction: Bows are exchanged
  0:14
• 23
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Dialogue: The seventh!

  Cathleen Nesbitt, Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  1:41
• 24
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Spoken Introduction: Once more the house, so modest, so discreet
  0:29
• 25
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. The tree is in the garden

  Lily Pons & Children’s Chorus
  2:31
• 26
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: There's a lady downstairs to see you

  Ellen Faull, Lily Pons, Cathleen Nesbitt & Noël Coward
  6:18
• 27
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: Do you think that is wise?

  Noël Coward, Cathleen Nesbitt & Lily Pons
  1:27
• 28
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: Julia, Lord Sheere is our only definite proposal so far

  Noël Coward, Cathleen Nesbitt & Lily Pons
  1:17
• 29
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. I'll follow my secret heart (reprise)

  Lily Pons
  0:56
• 30
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Spoken Introduction: The melody that follows
  1:10
• 31
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Whimsical Fate
  0:57
• 32
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Spoken Introduction: Please try to envisage a social occasion
  1:04
• 33
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: What a charming house

  Noël Coward, Cathleen Nesbitt, Lily Pons, Ethel Griffies, Richard Burton, Rex Evans, Eileen Turner & Dorothy Johnson
  3:45
• 34
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Aria: Dear friends

  Lily Pons
  2:34
• 35
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: Thank you, my dear, for being so sweet to me

  Lily Pons, Richard Burton & Noël Coward
  0:21
• 36
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Aria: C'est assez de mensonge

  Lily Pons
  2:54
• 37
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Spoken Introduction: For the benefit of listeners
  0:26
• 38
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dialogue: Well - I hope you are satisfied

  Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  1:39
• CD 2
• 1
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Spoken Introduction: The following scene is the following day
  0:12
• 2
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Dialogue: My dear Paul, such sentimentality

  Cathleen Nesbitt & Noël Coward
  2:38
• 3
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Spoken Introduction: And now for a rather charming scene
  0:31
• 4
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Dialogue: What will we speak of?

  Lily Pons & Richard Burton
  1:05
• 5
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Dear Friend

  Lily Pons
  1:47
• 6
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. Dialogue: I hope I am not intruding

  Noël Coward, Lily Pons & Richard Burton
  2:15
• 7
  Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Three. All comedies must come to an end

  Noël Coward & Lily Pons
  1:19
• 8
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act One. Now then business Melanie / A cloud has passed across the sun / Go and dress / You ask me

  Noël Coward & Yvonne Printemps
  6:17
• 9
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act One. Regency rakes

  Sidney Grammer, George Sanders, Pat Worsley & Anthony Brian
  2:43
• 10
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act One. Charming! Charming! Charming!

  Maidie Andrews, Heather Thatcher, Moya Nugent & Yvonne Printemps
  3:29
• 11
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act One. Soldiers

  Heather Thatcher, Moya Nugent, Maidie Andrews & Yvonne Printemps
  2:35
• 12
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act One. There's always something fishy about the French

  Heather Thatcher & Moya Nugent
  2:45
• 13
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act Two. The tree is in the garden

  Yvonne Printemps
  2:49
• 14
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act Two. Melanie, écoutez / Dear Friends

  Noël Coward, Yvonne Printemps & Ensemble
  2:57
• 15
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act Two. Thank you, my dear, for being so sweet to me / C'est assez de mensonge

  Noël Coward, Yvonne Printemps & Louis Hayward
  3:30
• 16
  Conversation Piece (1934), musical: Act Three. What will we speak of? / Dear Friend

  Yvonne Printemps & Louis Hayward
  3:17
• 17
  Operette, musical: Act One. Countess Mitzi

  Fritzi Massary & Chorus
  3:27
• 18
  Operette, musical: Act One. Dearest love

  Peggy Wood
  3:22
• 19
  Operette, musical: Act One. Gipsy Melody
  3:22
• 20
  Operette, musical: Act One. The stately homes of England

  Hugh French, Ross Landon, John Gatrell & Kenneth Carten
  6:30
• 21
  Operette, musical: Act One. Where are the songs we sung?

  Peggy Wood
  3:39
• 22
  Operette, musical: Act Two. Operette

  Fritzi Massary
  3:19
• 23
  Bitter Sweet, operetta: Act One. I'll see you again

  Peggy Wood & George Metaxa
  4:08
• 24
  Bitter Sweet, operetta: Act Two. If love were all

  Ivy St. Helier
  3:38
• 25
  Bitter Sweet, operetta: Act Two. Dear little cafe

  George Metaxa & Peggy Wood
  4:03
• 26
  Bitter Sweet, operetta: Act Three. Zigeuner

  Peggy Wood
  3:00
• CD 3
• 1
  Cavalcade, musical play: Lover of my dreams
  2:46
• 2
  Cavalcade, musical play: Twentieth Century Blues
  1:20
• 3
  Cavalcade, musical play: Dialogue: Toast to England
  0:38
• 4
  London Calling, revue: Parisian Pierrot
  3:48
• 5
  London Calling, revue: There's life in the old girl yet

  Maisie Gay
  3:23
• 6
  London Calling, revue: What love means to girls like me

  Maisie Gay
  3:32
• 7
  On With the Dance: Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward)
  3:12
• 8
  On With the Dance: Poor Little Rich Girl (Alice Delysia)

  Alice Delysia
  2:47
• 9
  This Year of Grace, revue: A Room with a View
  3:32
• 10
  This Year of Grace, revue: Dance, Little Lady
  2:45
• 11
  This Year of Grace, revue: Mary Make-Believe
  3:13
• 12
  This Year of Grace, revue: Try To Learn To Love
  3:28
• 13
  This Year of Grace, revue: Lorelei
  3:07
• 14
  This Year of Grace, revue: A Dream of Youth (The Dream Is Over)
  3:26
• 15
  Cochran's 1931 Revue: Half caste woman
  3:22
• 16
  Cochran's 1931 Revue: Any Little Fish
  2:24
• 17
  Words and Music: Let's Say Good-bye
  3:24
• 18
  Words and Music: Something To Do With Spring
  2:30
• 19
  Words and Music: The Party's Over Now
  3:39
• 20
  Words and Music: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
  2:56
• 21
  Words and Music: Three white feathers

  Doris Hare
  3:12
• 22
  Words and Music: World Weary
  3:02
• 23
  Words and Music: Mrs. Worthington
  2:03
• 24
  Words and Music: London Pride
  3:20
• 25
  The Lyric Revue: Don't make fun of the festival
  1:40

More by Noël Coward

A Room With a View

A Room With a View 1990

In the USA

In the USA 2022

Cowardy Custard (Original London Festival Cast Recording)

Cowardy Custard (Original London Festival Cast Recording) 2013

Everything Stops for Tea

Everything Stops for Tea 2010

I Went to a Marvellous Party: His 45 Finest

I Went to a Marvellous Party: His 45 Finest 2010

Mad About Noël Coward

Mad About Noël Coward 2008

Release credits

• Alice Delysia
  vocal [8]
• Anthony Brian
  vocal [9]
• Benjamin Frankel
  conductor [17, 17-18, 20-22, 22]
• Carroll Gibbons
  conductor [7, 9-12, 24], piano [13-14, 22]
• Cathleen Nesbitt
  vocal [1.21, 1.23, 1.26-28, 1.33, 2.2]
• Clifford Greenwood
  conductor [23]
• Doris Hare
  vocal [21]
• Dorothy Johnson
  vocal [13-15, 33]
• Eileen Turner
  spoken vocals [19], vocal [13, 33]
• Ellen Faull
  vocal [4, 9, 13, 26]
• Ethel Griffies
  vocal [17, 33]
• Francis M. Collinson
  conductor [19]
• Fritzi Massary
  soprano vocals [17, 22], vocal [17, 22]
• George Sanders
  vocal [9]
• Georges Metaxa
  vocal [23, 25]
• Heather Thatcher
  vocal [10-12]
• His Majesty's Theatre Orchestra
  performing orchestra [8-18, 20-25]
• Hugh French
  vocal [20]
• Ivy St. Helier
  vocal [24]
• J. B. Hastings
  conductor [8]
• John Gatrell
  vocal [20]
• Kenneth Carten
  vocal [20]
• Lehman Engel
  conductor [1.1-38, 2.1-7]
• Lily Pons
  vocal [1.4-8, 1.10, 1.13-15, 1.17, 1.23, 1.25-29, 1.33-36, 1.38, 2.4-7]
• Lionel Salter
  piano [26]
• London Pavilion Orchestra
  performing orchestra [8]
• Louis Hayward
  spoken vocals [15-16]
• Maidie Andrews
  vocal [10-11]
• Maisie Gay
  vocal [5-6]
• Manchester Opera House Orchestra
  performing orchestra [19]
• Moya Nugent
  vocal [10-12]
• New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2]
• Norah Howard
  vocal [14-15]
• Norman Hackforth
  piano [25]
• Noël Coward
  spoken vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.11, 1.16, 1.18-20, 1.22, 1.24, 1.30, 1.32, 1.37, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.14-15, 3.3], vocal [3.1-2, 3.4, 3.7, 3.9-20, 3.22-25, 2.2, 2.6-7, 2.13-16, 2.19, 1.4-7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.23, 1.26-28, 1.31, 1.33, 1.35, 1.38]
• Pat Worsley
  vocal [9]
• Peggy Wood
  vocal [18, 21, 23, 25-26]
• Philip Braham
  conductor [5-6]
• Phoenix Theatre Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4]
• Ray Noble
  conductor [24]
• Ray Noble and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [15-21]
• Reginald Burston
  conductor [8-16]
• Rex Evans
  spoken vocals [19], vocal [17, 21, 33]
• Richard Burton
  spoken vocals [19], vocal [1.9-10, 1.21, 1.33, 1.35, 2.4, 2.6]
• Rosalind Nadell
  vocal [14-15]
• Ross Landon
  vocal [20]
• Sidney Grammer
  vocal [9]
• Yvonne Printemps
  soprano vocals [8, 10-11, 13-16], spoken vocals [8, 14-16], vocal [10-11, 13-16]
• [theatre]
  choir vocals [14]
• [unknown]
  performing orchestra [1]
• Show all credits (50)

Issues

• 

  C
  Conversation Piece and Other Musical Plays

  3x CD
  3 March 2008