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Some music from GIVE US THIS NIGHT is on the Citadel Records CD titled "Golden Age Songs and Instrumentals" There are for song numbers. They are re-recordings for singer and piano: http://www.foothillrecords.com/details-pages/citadel-stc/127golden.html I know about this and also have the old Tony Thomas LP "Film Songs by Korngold and Steiner" on Citadel from the end of the 70s with the same piano versions for a long time. But of course these can't be compared with the original versions which were composed for large orchestra and in parts also chorus besides the vocal parts for Jan Kiepura and Gladys Swarthout. So the Tony Thomas LP/CD has only simple re-arranged piano versions of four songs from the film. There is much more impressive music in the film itself. It is just as if you were re-arranging the love theme from ROBIN HOOD or THE SEA HAWK only for voice and piano.
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Oct 15, 2016 - 5:56 PM
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Jim Doherty
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Stefan, I totally understand your viewpoint. For instance, compare the piano and voice arrangement on the Tony Thomas LP (and later the Citadel CD) of "Sweet Melody of Night" to this 78 commercially released in 1936, with Jan Kiepura and full orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWp4wyd8VA Wow, Jan Kiepura was a force to be reckoned with. I am surprised is so overlooked today in the history of great tenors. Not only is he technically gifted, but he brings such HEART to his performances. I have often thought of him as the Polish Mario Lanza (although, chronologically, I guess Lanza should be called the Italian Jan Kiepura), in that they were both able to break beyond the strict classical opera audiences and touch the hearts of other listeners who might never had paid attention to opera otherwise. Stefan, I have done all kinds of research on GIVE US THIS NIGHT. If you wish to email me at thejimdoherty@hotmail.com, I would like to discuss this film in greater detail.
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