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Connecticut Yankee (Rodgers & Hart)
starring Eddie Albert

An Old Fashioned Christmas
Bell Telephone Hour, 1959-1966

New Year’s Concert, 2011
- From the Teatro La Fenice
with Daniel Harding

New Year Concert, 2010
-From the Teatro La Fenice
with Sir John Elliot Gardner

New Year's Concert 2009
-From the Teatro La Fenice
Georges Prêtre

New Year Concert 2008
- From the Teatro La Fenice
Roberto Abbado

Mireille (Abridged)
- & Pelléas et Mélisande (Act 2)
Alarie, Simoneau, Savoie,
Chiocchio, Dulude, Harbour,
Rouleau. Danco, Savoie, Jeanotte.

Harold Arlen:
- An All-Star Tribute

Cole Porter - All Star Tribute
Ethel Merman, John Raitt,
Martha Wright, Gretchen Wyler,
Peter Nero, and Jillana

Bell Telephone Hour!
Great Stars of Opera
- Vol 1, 2 & 3

Producers' Showcase:
Festival of Music, Vol 1 & 2

Great Singers of Russia Vol 1
"Chaliapin to Reizen"
Great Singers of Russia Vol 2
"Petrov to Kazarnovskaya"

Sherrill Milnes - All-Star Gala
Domingo, Freni, Miguenes,
Milnes, Schreier

by artist last name:

Anderson, Marian
A Portrait in Music

Bergonzi, Carlo
In Concert

Britten, Benjamin
Rehearsal & Performance
with Peter Pears

Bumbry, Grace
Art of Grace Bumbry
in Concert

Caballé, Montserrat
In Concert
In Recital, plus Norma Act 1
In Recital (1983)

Cook, Barbara
Bell Telephone Appearances

Curtin, Phyllis
Cosí fan Tutte, Act 1

Del Monaco, Mario
Scenes: Carmen and Pagliacci

De Los Angeles, Victoria
Glory of Spain
with McGill Chamber Orchestra

Di Stefano, Giuseppe
La Voce del Cuore

Drake, Alfred
Kiss Me, Kate

Farrell, Eileen
American Prima Donna

Freni, Mirrela
with Cesare Siepi in Concert

Gray, Dolores
Bell Telephone Hour

Henderson, Florence
First Ladies of Broadway
Bell Telephone Hour

Horne, Marilyn
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Été
In Recital - Milan, 1981
in Concert

Hvorostovsky, Dimitri
Songs of the Russian War Years
In Concert

Jackson, Mahalia
TV from 1957 to 1962

Janowitz, Gundula
in Recital

Jones, Gwyneth
In Concert

Jones, Shirley
First Ladies of Broadway
Bell Telephone Hour

Kraus, Alfredo
Live in Salzburg
In Recital

Larmore, Jennifer
In Performance

Lawrence, Carol
Bell Telephone Hour

London, George
A Tribute

Lenya, Lotte
Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill

Lorengar, Pilar
In Recital

May, Gisela
Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill

Martin, Mary
& Merman, Ethel
Ford's 50th Anniversary

Milnes, Sherrill
An All Star Gala

Moffo, Anna
A Tribute

Morison, Patricia
Kiss Me, Kate

Nikolaidi, Elena
In Recital

Nilsson, Birgit
Bell Telephone Hour

Oberlin, Russell
America's Legendary
Countertenor

Olivero, Magda
Songs and Arias

Pavarotti, Luciano
The 1984 Bari Recital

Pears, Peter
Britten in Rehearsal
& Performance

Price, Leontyne
Art of
Christmas With

Quilico, Louis
Concerto Italiano
A Portrait (w/ Tebaldi)

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
A Viennese Evening

Scotto, Renata
In Budapest

Siepi, Cesare
with Mirrela Freni in Concert

Souzay, Gérard
The Art of Vols. 1 & 2

Steber, Eleanor
Cosí fan Tutte, Act 1

Sutherland, Joan
Complete Bell Telephone
The Art of Joan Sutherland

Tebaldi, Renata
Concerto Italiano
A Portrait

Te Kanawa, Kiri
An Evening with

Vickers, Jon
Four Operatic Portraits
Vickers & Böhm
Early TV Appearances

Harold Arlen: An All Star Tribute
VAI DVD 4371, 29.95

A tribute to the celebrated composer of such classics as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Stormy Weather,” ” Blues in the Night,” “Let’s Fall in Love,” and many others. This 1965 Bell Telephone Hour telecast is hosted by Dinah Shore, with dazzling performances by Miss Shore, Duke Ellington, Gordon MacRae, Leslie Uggams, and Gretchen Wyler. Released in honor of the 100th anniversary of Arlen’s birth. 51 minutes, Color.

HAROLD ARLEN
Bell Telephone Hour • December 5, 1965
Hosted by Dinah Shore

1. Introduction / Come Rain or Come Shine from St. Louis Woman (1946)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Dinah Shore
2. Hooray for Love from the film Casbah (1948)
(Harold Arlen / Leo Robin)
Dinah Shore, Gretchen Wyler, Leslie Uggams
3. Now I Know from the film Up in Arms (1944)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Gordon MacRae
4. Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block from Life Begins At 8:40 (1934)
(Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Gretchen Wyler
5. Let’s Fall in Love from the film Let’s Fall in Love (1933)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Leslie Uggams
6. That Old Black Magic from the film Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Dinah Shore
7. Out of This World from the film Out of This World (1945)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Chorus
8. My Shining Hour from the film The Sky’s the Limit (1943)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Gordon MacRae
9. A Sleepin’ Bee from House of Flowers (1954)
(Harold Arlen / Truman Capote)
Leslie Uggams
10. Last Night When We Were Young (1935)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Dinah Shore
11. The Man That Got Away from the film A Star Is Born (1954)
(Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin)
Dinah Shore
12. Down With Love from Hooray for Love (1937)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Dinah Shore, Gretchen Wyler
13. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues from Earl Carroll’s Vanities of 1932
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Leslie Uggams
14. Stormy Weather from Cotton Club Parade (22nd Edition; 1933)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra*
*Duke Ellington’s appearance TM 2005 Estate of Mercer K. Ellington by CMG Worldwide • www.CMGWorldwide.com
15. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea from Ryth-Mania (1931)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
16. Blues in the Night from the film Blues In the Night (1941)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Dinah Shore; Duke Ellington and his Orchestra*
17. Get Happy from Nine-fifteen Review (1930)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Chorus
18. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive from the film Here Come the Waves (1944)
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Dinah Shore
19. Evelina from Bloomer Girl (1944)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Gordon MacRae
20. Happiness is a Thing Called Joe from the film Cabin In the Sky (1943)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Leslie Uggams
21. I’ve Got the World on a String from Cotton Club Parade (21st Edition; 1932)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
Gretchen Wyler
22. Right as the Rain from Bloomer Girl (1944)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Dinah Shore
23. Over the Rainbow from the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
(Harold Arlen / E. Y. “Yip” Harburg)
Dinah Shore, Leslie Uggams, Gretchen Wyler,
Gordon MacRae, Chorus; Harold Arlen, piano

Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra; Donald Voorhees, conductor
(unless otherwise indicated)