OA1019: A Soldier's Promise (2 CDs)

Emmerich Kálmán's A SOLDIER ’S PROMISE

Operetta in Two Acts

This is the same performance as OA 1015, released earlier on DVD. This CD version contains a 32-page color booklet with the complete libretto.

CD 1 Contents

1.  Orchestral prelude

2.  Now the hope of peace, dear Mother

3.  A mail coach driver came each day   Audio Sample

4.  Mother, Mother, I’ll come back forever

5.  Minuet

6.  French is such a noble art  Audio Sample

7.  In my need, in my strife

8.  Fighting Hussars tell a story

9.  Dear God, I weaken with fear

10.  Flying meatballs!

11.  Here, inside this gate, mem’ries awaken

12.  In the field of the battle

13.  My brother, my brother


CD 2 Contents

1.  Minuet

2.  This is the court minuet

3.  We were made for one another

4.  Tenderly, waltz with me  Audio Sample

5.  Please tell me how I can be of service

6.  You are my rose of spring, Marlene

7.  My dear old Franz, I am Marlene’s suitor

8.  Oh Mother, please, he should not leave us

9.  Dear Mother and my dearest sister Marlene

2-CD set           32-page color booklet enclosed        Total playing time:  2 hr. 4 min.