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'Those Dreaming Years' - Original Cast Recordings of the music of Ivor Novello: Careless Rapture, The Dancing Years, King's Rhapsody / Ivor Novello, Dorothy Dickson, Olive Gilbert, Mary Ellis / Pearl Audio CD 2003 Mono / GEM 0185
UPC 727031018520
Made in England
Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (1914), which was enormously popular during the First World War. His 1917 show, Theodore & Co, was a wartime hit. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. He wrote his musicals in the style of operetta and often composed his music to the libretti of Christopher Hassall.
In the 1920s he turned to acting, first in British films and then on stage, with considerable success in both. He starred in two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, The Lodger and Downhill (both 1927). On stage, he played the title character in the first London production of Liliom (1926). Novello briefly went to Hollywood but soon returned to Britain, where he had more successes, especially on stage, appearing in his own lavish West End productions of musicals. The best-known of these were Glamorous Night (1935) and The Dancing Years (1939).
From the 1930s he often performed with Zena Dare, writing parts for her in his works. He continued to write for film, but he had his biggest late successes with stage musicals: Perchance to Dream (1945), King's Rhapsody (1949) and Gay's the Word (1951).
The Ivor Novello Awards were named after him in 1955.
| Label: | Pearl – GEM 0185 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2003 |
Tracklist:
CARELESS RAPTURE (1936)
1. Music in May — Dorothy Dickson 2:58
2. Why is there ever goodbye? — Olive Gilbert 4:29
3. Love made the song — Sybil Crawley & Eric Starling 3:12
4. The miracle of Nichaow — Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra/Charles Prentice 3:39
5. Bridge of lovers — Olive Gilbert (401°)
6. Used to you — Dorothy Dickson & Ivor Novello (3'38”)
THE DANCING YEARS (1939)
7. Waltz of my heart — Mary Ellis & Ivor Novello, piano 3:19
8. Wings of sleep — Mary Ellis, Olive Gilbert & Ivor » Novello, piano 3:19
9. My life belongs to you — Mary Ellis, Dunstan Hart & Ivor Novello, piano 3:30
10. I can give you the starlight — Mary Ellis 3:37
11. My dearest dear — Mary Ellis and Ivor Novello 3:46
12. Primrose — Roma Beaument & Ivor Novello, piano 2:43
13. Leap year waltz - Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra/ Charles Prentice 3:16
14. Three Ballet Tunes — Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra / Novello 2:48
KING’S RHAPSODY (1949)
15. Someday my heart — Vanessa Lee 3:20
16. Take your Girl 2:06
17. Fly home little heart 2:22
18. The Mayor of Perpignan 0:55
19. The gates of Paradise 0:58
20. Mount Dove 1:14
21. If this were love 1:16
22. The violin began to play 1:28
23. Muranian Rhapsody — Ivor Novello 10:59
24. Coronation Scene and finale 4:33
