SUMMER SONG - SEPIA 1086
1. OVERTURE - Orchestra / I LOVED MY LOVE - Chorus 2:39
2. JUST AROUND THE CORNER - Sally Ann Howes 2:28
3. MY DARLING KAROLKA - Sally Ann Howes 2:27
4. ONCE A YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH - Bonita Primrose 2:41
5. BE SHE DARK, BE SHE FAIR - David Hughes 2:06
6. COTTON TAIL - Edric Connor 2:18
7. NO-ONE TOLD ME - David Hughes 3:30
8. SING ME A SONG - Chorus 1:38
9. MURPHY'S PIG - Bonita Primrose and Chorus 2:34
10. SATURDAY GIRL - David Hughes, Sally Ann Howes 3:16
11. ONE BOY SENDS YOU A ROSE - Sally Ann Howes, Bonita Primrose 3:04
12. DVORAK'S LETTER HOME - Laurence Naismith 2:11
13. DEEP BLUE EVENING - Edric Connor 3:16
14. MILLI'S WEDDING - Edric Connor, Van Atkins, Bonita Primrose 6:02
15. SUMMER SONG - Sally Ann Howes 3:33
16. SMALL TOWN SWEETHEART - David Hughes 3:07
17. NEW YORK '93 - Chorus 1:54
18. I'LL BE REMEMBERING - Sally Ann Howes 3:00
19. FINALE - Sally Ann Howes 2:27
BONUS TRACKS
20. SUMMER SONG SELECTION - The Melachrino Orchestra 7:37
21. CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY - Edric Connor 2:56
22. IF I CAN HELP SOMEBODY - Edric Connor 3:19
23. THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, GO I - David Hughes 2:55
24. LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING - David Hughes 2:45
25. TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS - David Hughes 3:22
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Title:
Summer
Song
(Original
London
Cast)
Artist:
Sally
Ann
Howes,
David
Hughes,
Edric
Connor
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1086
Barcode:
5055122110866
Release
Date:
2
January
2007
Summer
Song
is
a
musical
with
an
American
background
built
around
an
episode
in
the
life
of
Czech
composer
Anton
Dvorak.
Dvorak
had
taken
a
break
from
teaching
and
conducting
to
visit
the
State
of
Illinois
where
he
wrote
his
symphony
‘From
the
New
World'.
Eric
Maschwitz
wrote
the
lyrics
and
collaborated
with
Hy
Kraft
on
the
libretto
while
Bernard
Grun
adapted
the
music
from
the
melodies
of
Dvorak
in
much
the
same
way
as
those
of
Grieg
had
been
in
Song
of
Norway.
The
character
of
Dvorak
could
not
be
the
romantic
lead
as
in
real
life
he
was
a
happily
married
man
with
six
children
and
physically,
a
bespectacled
Puck-like
figure.
Laurence
Naismith
was
the
perfect
choice
to
play
this
eccentric
character.
Sally
Ann
Howes
had
shown
in
a
previous
Maschwitz
musical
Romance
in
Candlelight
that,
as
well
as
being
fresh
and
lovely,
she
had
a
real
singing
voice.
Her
romantic
opposite
number
was
David
Hughes
who
came
from
the
world
of
popular
music.
The
real
life
American
husband
and
wife
team
Bonita
Primrose
and
Van
Atkins
added
the
lighter
side
of
Milli
and
Joe.
The
handsome
Trinidadian
bass-baritone
Edric
Connor
was
cast
as
man-of-all-work
Abe.
Summer
Song
first
played
The
Opera
House
in
Manchester
over
Christmas
1955
and
it
was
a
great
success.
Little
was
changed
for
the
London
opening
in
February
1956
at
the
Princes
Theatre
where
although
the
show
received
mainly
favourable
reviews
it
ran
for
only
148
performances.
A
cast
recording
was
however
recorded
and
it
is
this
tuneful
score
we
have
remastered
for
this
CD
release.
The
selection
by
The
Melachrino
Orchestra
includes
some
melodies
not
heard
in
the
original
cast
recording.
Edric
Connor
and
David
Hughes
were
recording
artists
in
their
own
right
and
we
include
numbers
from
both.
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