Romberg: THE DESERT SONG, THE STUDENT PRINCE & NEW MOON with Gordon MacRae

Sigmund Romberg is one of my favourite composers and is responsible for some of the most beautiful and enduring melodies that stand the test of time to this day. Thanks to the success in 1945 of Romberg’s "Up in Central Park", many young singers of the time showed an interest in performing his earlier works in nightclubs and on the radio. Gordon MacRae, whose glorious voice was an ideal instrument for Romberg’s music, in particular performed condensed versions of Romberg’s 1920s operettas on his popular program, The Railroad Hour. In the early to mid 1950s Capitol Records made studio recordings of nine of these condensed Railroad Hour presentations with MacRae, including three of Sigmund Romberg’s greatest successes of the 1920s. THE DESERT SONG and NEW MOON also feature soprano Lucille Norman with opera star Dorothy Warenskjold joining MacRae on THE STUDENT PRINCE. THE DESERT SONG also includes a solo by the distinctive voice of Tony the Tiger himself, the wonderful Thurl Ravenscroft. Although these recordings do not use the original stage orchestrations, the lush vocal and choral arrangements plus brilliant conducting by George Greeley and Paul Weston compliment the songs beautifully and MacRae, Norman, Warenskjold and company perform Romberg’s music definitively, in my opinion. Certainly no one performing in Musical Theater today could even come close to the caliber of virtuoso musicianship present on these recordings. This file was mastered by me using my professional editing processes from fairly pristine LP and tape sources with lively pre-stereo high fidelity sound that is still astonishing to hear and enjoy.

The Music of SIGMUND ROMBERG:
THREE CLASSIC OPERETTAS with GORDON MACRAE
Hi Rez FLAC:
https://mega.nz/#!QgoSSYIC!xUtBl0IuW5GcAbOI5CuGhmn5hgFYFIN4LebuhIJI5N0
MP3 (320 kbps):
https://mega.nz/#!Q9gknASa!MgmN3stys2qDnvRxxcEms7VDnnEYzXpphtoJgF-3G6Q

Tracks: (the selections within each operetta are programmed to play without pause between tracks)
THE DESERT SONG:
SIGMUND ROMBERG, Composer – OTTO HARBACH, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II & FRED MANDEL, Lyrics – GEORGE GREELEY, Arranger-Conductor
01 OVERTURE – FEASTING SONG – Orchestra & Chorus
02 RIFF SONG – Gordon MacRae & Chorus
03 WHY DID WE MARRY SOLDIERS – Lucille Norman & Chorus
04 FRENCH MILITARY MARCHING SONG – Lucille Norman & Chorus
05 ROMANCE – Lucille Norman
06 THEN YOU WILL KNOW – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & Chorus
07 DESERT SONG – Gordon MacRae
08 LET LOVE COME – Thurl Ravenscroft
09 ONE FLOWER- Bob Sands
10 ONE ALONE – Gordon MacRae
11 DUET – SABRE SONG – Lucille Norman & Gordon MacRae
12 The Desert Song FINALE – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & Chorus
THE STUDENT PRINCE:
SIGMUND ROMBERG, Composer – DOROTHY DONNELLY, Lyrics –
GEORGE GREELEY, Arranger-Conductor
13 PROLOGUE – Orchestra & Chorus
14 GOLDEN DAYS – Harry Stanton & Gordon MacRae
15 STUDENT’S MARCHING SONG and DRINKING SONG – Gordon MacRae & Chorus
16 I’M COMING AT YOUR CALL – COME BOYS – Dorothy Warenskjold & Chorus
17 IN HEIDELBERG FAIR – Dorothy Warenskjold
18 GAUDEAMUS IGITUR – Chorus
19 DUET – Gordon MacRae & Dorothy Warenskjold
20 THE MAGIC OF SPRINGTIME – Gordon MacRae & Dorothy Warenskjold
21 DEEP IN MY HEART, DEAR – Gordon MacRae & Dorothy Warenskjold
22 SERENADE – Gordon MacRae & Chorus
23 THOUGHTS WILL COME – JUST WE TWO – Gordon MacRae & Dorothy Warenskjold
24 The Student Prince FINALE – Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Warenskjold & Chorus
NEW MOON:
SIGMUND ROMBERG, Composer – OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, Lyrics –
PAUL WESTON, Arranger-Conductor
25 OVERTURE – Orchestra
26 STOUT HEARTED MEN – Gordon MacRae & Chorus
27 MARIANNE – Gordon MacRae
28 ONE KISS – Lucille Norman
29 WANTING YOU – Gordon MacRae & Lucille Norman
30 SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE – Gordon MacRae
31 LOVER COME BACK TO ME – Lucille Norman & Chorus
32 New Moon FINALE – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & Chorus

Having a GREAT TIME with these new uploads,THANKS A TON!

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Many thanks for this – had to reinstall Windows the other day, and am trying to rebuild all my downloads! Had been meaning to transfer the files from my PC to one of my hard drives, but hadn’t got round to my music…lesson learnt!

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Please, please, please, someone tell me this can still be tracked down; I’ve been searching for this EXACT THING … and the link is dead. I’m hearing these songs in my head, until my memory fails and I drive myself crazy(er). PLEASE!!!!!

Please, please, please, someone tell me this can still be tracked down; I’ve been searching for this EXACT THING … and the link is dead. I’m hearing these songs in my head, until my memory fails and I drive myself crazy(er). PLEASE!!!!!

Here are new links to this collection. The initial post has also been updated.
The Music of SIGMUND ROMBERG:
THREE CLASSIC OPERETTAS with GORDON MACRAE
Hi Rez FLAC:
https://mega.nz/#!QgoSSYIC!xUtBl0IuW5GcAbOI5CuGhmn5hgFYFIN4LebuhIJI5N0
MP3 (320 kbps):
https://mega.nz/#!Q9gknASa!MgmN3stys2qDnvRxxcEms7VDnnEYzXpphtoJgF-3G6Q

OVER THE MOON! I am thrilled — and very grateful — for your QUICK REPLY and the new links! It no longer matters that it is a cold and rainy day where I live; my day will be bright with this music. And it’s not my birthday, nor Christmas, but almost Thanksgiving — so, Thank you a thousand times! Reputation ADDED!

I’ve just remembered (a good trick these days) that my parents had these for our reel-to-reel tape recorder. I played them over and over and over … Gordon MacRae’s voice was perfect!

THANK YOU, STEVIEFROM ALASKA FOR A GREAT SHARE.

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