Saturday 14 December 2013

WEBSTER BOOTH AND ANNE ZIEGLER'S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PODCAST





A special podcast for the Christmas season featuring Anne and Webster, Harmony Choristers, Norman Allin, Dora Labbette, Rawicz and Landauer, Layton and Johnstone.

Read more about Anne and Webster at: Anne Ziegler-Webster Booth

Listen to many of Webster and Anne's solo and duet recordings on my You Tube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/duettists

Look at my books - both fiction and non-fiction - at: http://www.lulu.com/duettists

 I wish all my readers a very happy Christmas and everything of the best in 2014.
 

Saturday 17 August 2013

PLAYLISTS - A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF ANNE ZIEGLER AND WEBSTER BOOTH - PODCASTS

After Episode 12 of On Wings of Song - Webster Booth as Soloist I will be uploading a podcast every second week rather than weekly.  The dates of forthcoming podcasts are included in these playlists.

Here are the playlists for the podcast series - A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF ANNE ZIEGLER AND WEBSTER BOOTH.  The last podcast playlist appears first in the list and the date of the upload is given. I may have added a playlist for a podcast which is yet to be uploaded.

I have added some of the earlier podcasts to the Internet Archive and will gradually be removing them from Podomatic when I run out of storage space there. The list of my podcasts at the Internet archive is:

http://archive.org/bookmarks/JeannieC

I have included some photos of people who sing and play in these podcasts.

                                                     John McCormack

Leslie Henson

                                                                        Debroy Somers

Tommy Handley


Harold Williams

                                  








 Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon
    Fred Hartley

                                 Peter Dawson, Webster Booth, George Baker, Ray Noble (standing extreme left)

 Albert Sandler


Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler


Richard Tauber
                                                       









Maggie Teyte
                                                              
Arthur Askey

Turner Layton (r) and Clarence Johnstone (l)


Eric Coates


 
Eric Robinson

 Marion Rawicz and Walter Landauer (piano duettists)

                            Adele Dixon
 
Billy Mayerl

Evelyn Laye



Playlist - Episode 19 - 1 May 2014


Love’s Old Sweet Song (Molloy), Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Ronnie Munro, May 1940

The Kerry Dance (Molloy) John McCormack

Liebestraum (Liszt) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, recorded in 1940 C3139

Liszt Medley, played by Rawicz and Landauer

The English Rose (German) MERRIE ENGLAND, Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood, recorded on 18 July 1939. B8947

Beneath Her Window/Serenade Medley, Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr and Herbert Dawson (Organ) Recorded in 1938 C3051
 
Playlist - Episode 18 - 29 March 2014

OUR GREATEST SUCCESSES (Medley 1- both sides) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, recorded in 1940 HMV B9120



One Kiss THE NEW MOON (Romberg) Evelyn Laye

Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart /Behold and See MESSIAH (Handel), Webster Booth, with the City of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by George Weldon, recorded on 22 May 1945, HMV C3430.

Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Gilbert and Sullivan) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler in an extract from the film, Lord Oom Piet (1962)

Waltzing Matilda, Peter Dawson with male chorus (including Webster Booth and George Baker) recorded on 3 March 1938

Polly Oliver (arr. Britten) Jennifer Vyvian, recorded early 1950s.
 


Playlist - Episode 17 - 1 March 2014

Star of My Soul THE GEISHA (Greenbank/Jones) Webster Booth, June 1942 HMV B9244



All Down Piccadilly THE ARCADIANS (Lionel Monckton). with cast and orchestra conducted by Gilbert Vintner

The Golden Song LILAC TIME (Schubert) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite. Recorded 10 June 1941.

Gems from THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE (Jerome Kern) The New Mayfair Orchestra, conducted by Ray Noble. Webster Booth is the unnamed soloist, singing The Night is Made for Love, recorded 1932. Victor3603-A

Russian Nightingale (Aliablev) Mimi Coertse accompanied by Jose Rodriguez Lopez.

Merry Widow Waltz (Lehar) WB & AZ from a Music Hall Broadcast (1940s)

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Playlist - Episode 16 - 1 February 2014

Liefling, kom terug na my THE NEW MOON (Romberg) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. from the LP Net Maar ’n Roos (1959/60)



Deep in My Heart, Dear THE STUDENT PRINCE (Romberg) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood. Recorded 8 May 1940 HMV B9051



He Was Cut Off/But Thou Dids’t Not Leave His Soul in Hell MESSIAH (Handel) Webster Booth with City of Birmingham Orchestra, conducted by George Weldon. Recorded on 22 May 1945 HMV C3430

Stuttering Lovers (trad. arr Hughes), sung by Kathleen Ferrier.

Gems from HOME AND BEAUTY/THE COCHRANE CORONATION REVIEW, Webster Booth, Janet Lind, and Magda Neeld. Recorded in 1937, HMV C2890

Throw Open Wide Your Window, Dear, (Hans May) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson, recorded in 1949, HMV B9786


 
Playlist - Episode 15 - 28 December 2013

Hear My Song Violetta (Luckesch/Klose), Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by George Melachrino. Recorded in 1949. HMV B9738



The Spider A DROP OF A HAT, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann



The Dream Duet LA BELLE HELENE (Offenbach) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. Recorded in April 1947, HMV B9581

The Drinking Song ROSE OF PERSIA (Sullivan) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Mark Lubbock, recorded on 11 July 1950. HMV B9999

Where the Bee Sucks (Arne) Jennifer Vyvian.

Andaluza (Enrique Granados) Peter Katin (piano).

Someday My Heart Will Awake KING’S RHAPSODY (Novello) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Mark Lubbock, recorded in 1950. HMV B9992
 



Playlist –  Episode 14 - 30 November 2013


Gems from SNOW WHITE Nora Savage, Webster Booth, orchestra and vocal quartet, conducted by George Scott-Wood. Recorded in 1938. Columbia DX832  Thanks to Peter Wallace for giving me permission to use his remastered recording.



Wanting You NEW MOON (Sigmund Roberg) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood. Recorded October 1939 HMV B8982



I leave My Heart in an English Garden DEAR MISS PHOEBE (Parr-Davies) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by by Mark Lubbock. Recorded on 20 December 1950. HMV B10027



Selection from OVER SHE GOES (Billy Mayerl) Adele Dixon, Billy Mayerl, Saville Orchestra (1936)

Canterbury Fair THE PURITAN LULLABY (Kenneth Leslie-Smith) Julie Andrews

Life and Love PRINCESS CHARMING (George Posford) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, recorded in April 1947. B9581
 



Playlist - Episode 13 - 2 November 2013

Indian Love Call ROSE MARIE (Friml) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 9 March 1944. HMV B9370



MERRIE ENGLAND Medley (German) Foden’s Work Band, conducted by Harry Mortimer.



Extracts from THE STORY OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN (The Yeomen of the Guard/The Mikado) Webster Booth



IVOR NOVELLO VOCAL GEMS, Webster Booth, Helen Hill, orchestra conducted by Harry Acres C3521



Passing By (Purcell) Webster Booth with Gerald Moore, 6 June 1941 B9193 OEA9322/3

Bartholomew Fair AND SO TO BED (Vivian Ellis) Leslie Henson

Love’s Garden of Roses (Haydn Wood), Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, 10 June1941/August 1941 HMV B9177
  


Playlist - Episode 12 - 5 October 2013

Noel Coward Vocal Gems 2 with Anne Ziegler, JoyceGrenfell, Graham Payn, conductor: Harry Acres, Part 3 (Mad About The Boy – Joyce Grenfell/Sigh No More – Graham Payn/Zigeuner/I'll Follow My Secret Heart – Anne Ziegler) HMV C3636



Waltz medley, Marion Rawicz and Walter Landauer (pianists)



Lift up your hearts (Simpson/Morian) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Mark Lubbock, Recorded in 1951



There's a Land, a Dear Land (Frances Allitsen) Webster Booth, accompanied by Gerald Moore, Recorded 1941, HMV B9167



The Empire Builders March (Hubert Bath) Louis Levy with the Gaumont Cinema Orchestra.


Mud (Flanders and Swann) Ian Wallace

Love, Calling Me Home (Parr-Davies) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, Recorded in April 1952 Decca F 9887
 



Playlist - Episode 11 - 13 September 2013



The World is Mine Tonight (George Posford) Webster Booth, recorded in 1934. HMV B8393


Swing High, Swing Low VÉRONIQUE (Méssager) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. Recorded 1950. HMV B9870

I Lift Up My Finger, and I Say Tweet-Tweet/Diddy-om, Bom,Bom, Tommy Handley recorded in 1929.
 


The Long Day Closes (Arthur Sullivan) Webster Booth and the Tommy Handley Memorial Choir, recorded in March 1949. Sales of this record donated to Boys and Girls Clubs. HMV C3844

Clear the Way (Léhar) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Mark Lubbock in 1951.

Count Your Blessings (Reginald Morgan) The Luton Girls’ Choir, conducted by George Melachrino. Recorded in 1948

The Lost Chord (Arthur Sullivan) Webster Booth accompanied by Herbert Dawson (organ). Recording made at the Kingsway Hall, London, December 1939. HMV C3130



Playlist - Episode 10 - 31 August 2013


This Year in Theatreland – 1936. Webster Booth, Janet Lind and Male chorus. Recorded 1936. HMV C2867

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Chopin). Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

There’s Something about a Soldier (Noel Gay) Cicely Courtneidge HMV B4418

We’ll Find a Way (Peter Hart) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. Recorded on Decca, 1952.

Knightsbridge March (Eric Coates)

Now is the Hour (Clement Scott) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. Recorded on 10 March 1948. HMV B9642


Playlist - Episode 9 - 17 August 2013

Love is My Song (Alan Murray) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice. Recorded in May 1940. HMV B9040


Break of Day (Hans May) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Jack Byfield. Recorded in February 1946 and released in April 1948. HMV B9633


Shy Serenade (George Scott-Wood) Albert Sandler (violin)



Laugh at Life THE LAUGHING LADY (FILM) (Hans May) Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth. Recorded in May 1945. HMV B9490



Morning Glory SWEET YESTERDAY (Kenneth Leslie-Smith) Webster Booth with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Lodge. Recorded 12 July 1945. HMV B9429



Sweet Yesterday SWEET YESTERDAY (Kenneth Leslie-Smith) Anne Ziegler with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Lodge. Recorded 12 July 1945. HMV B9429



Too Tired to Sleep (Alan Murray) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. Recorded in May 1948. HMV B9642


 

Playlist - Episode 8 - 3 August 2013  

Always THE PURITAN LULLABY (Kenneth Leslie-Smith) Webster Booth, recorded May 1947. HMV B9534

The Keys of Heaven (Broadwood) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, recorded September 1941. HMV B9226

Snowbird - a North American Indian Song of the Great Lakes (Sievier/Thayer) Peter Dawson and male chorus, recorded January 1938

Pale Moon - An Indian Love Song (Frederick Knight Logan) Webster Booth with orchestra conductedby George Scott-Wood. Recorded October 1934. HMV B8393

Nocturne (Chopin – arranged by Maurice Besly) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, recorded 1945. HMV C3460.

Serenade in the Night (Bixio) Webster Booth. Recorded in November 1936. HMV B8498

Blue Smoke (Ruru Karaitiana) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, recorded in 1948
   



Playlist -  Episode 7 - 20 July 2013



Only a Rose THE VAGABOND KING (Friml) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. May 1940 HMV B9065

Don’t Let Nobody Steal You From Me (Weston/Lee) Layton and Johnstone, recorded 1926

So Deep As the Night GANGWAY (Chopin/Parr-Davies) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers, recorded on 20 December 1941 HMV B9247

Plain Winnie Waller, Monologue spoken by comedienne Suzette Tarri, circa 1945.

Gems from THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE (Jerome Kern) The New Mayfair Orchestra, conducted by Ray Noble. Webster Booth is the unnamed soloist, recorded 1932. Victor3603-A

A Brown Bird Singing (Haydn Wood) Vera Lynn

Charlie Kunz medley

Music for Romance THE MAGYAR MELODY (Grun/Maschwitz/Sherwin) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. Recorded in 1949. HMV B9804.



Playlist - Episode 6 - 6 July 2013



Deep in the Heart of a Rose (Horatio Nicholls) Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson 1949 HMV B9760



Song of the Vagabonds THE VAGABOND KING (Friml) Webster Booth with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 20 December 1941 HMV B9255



Love Me Tonight THE VAGABOND KING (Friml) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 5 January 1943.



Vocal Gems from WEST END NIGHTS: GAY DECEIVERS:You are Me, Serenade, STOP PRESS: You and the Night and the Music, Easter Parade,

Webster Booth, Muriel Barron and Marjorie Stedeford, chorus, with Debroy Somers’ orchestra. Recorded 1935. Columbia DX 691



The Fleet’s Not in Port Very Long (Noel Gay), Peter Dawson, with male chorus including Webster Booth and George Baker. Recorded 1937.



 My Grandfather's Clock, Harold Williams with male voice chorus.



The Fruits of the Earth (Purdell) News of the World National Garden Song. Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. 1949, HMV B9760


 

Playlist - Special podcast commemorating Anniversaries of a Birth and a Death  – 22 June 2013



Dearest of All (Lathom Sharp) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. Recorded in 1951



The Pink Lady (Ivan Caryll) Anne Ziegler in BBC Music Hall broadcast (1940s)



Gianinna Mia THE FIREFLY (Friml) Webster Booth (with vocal refrain) with Carlo Santana’s (Harry Bidgood) accordion band , recorded in 1938. Rex9201



Father of Heav’n JUDAS MACCABEUS (Handel) Sarah Connolly.



Sylvia (Oley Speaks) Peter Dawson



A Song in the Night (Raymond Loughborough) Anne Ziegler, accompanied by Charles Forwood. Recorded in 1941 HMV B9243



Goodbye (Tosti) Webster Booth, with orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite in 1940. HMV C3139
 

Playlist - Episode 6 - 29 June 2013



Deep in the Heart of a Rose (Horatio Nicholls) Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson 1949 HMV B9760



Song of the Vagabonds THE VAGABOND KING (Friml) Webster Booth with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 20 December 1941 HMV B9255



Love Me Tonight THE VAGABOND KING (Friml) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 5 January 1943.



Vocal Gems from WEST END NIGHTS: GAY DECEIVERS:You are Me, Serenade, STOP PRESS: You and the Night and the Music, Easter Parade,

Webster Booth, Muriel Barron and Marjorie Stedeford, chorus, with Debroy Somers’ orchestra. Recorded 1935. Columbia DX 691



The Fleet’s Not in Port Very Long (Noel Gay), Peter Dawson, with male chorus including Webster Booth and George Baker. Recorded 1937.



 My Grandfather's Clock, Harold Williams with male voice chorus.



The Fruits of the Earth (Purdell) News of the World National Garden Song. Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. 1949, HMV B9760


 

Playlist – Episode 5 – 15 June 2013

Gems from the film: LAND WITHOUT MUSIC, Webster Booth with the Lindonel Three, recorded in 1937. HMV B8520

Little Sir Echo (Smith/ J. S. Fearis), Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, with The Three Ginx.

My Paradise GANGWAY (Harry Parr Davies) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers. Recorded 20 December 1941. HMV B9247

If You Had But Known (Denza) Webster Booth, with piano accompaniment by Ernest Lush and violin obbligato by Jean Pougnet. Recorded in 1939. HMV C3116

Can I Forget You? HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME (Kern) Richard Tauber.

Démande et Réponse (Coleridge-Taylor) Albert Sandler (violin)

Trot Here and There VERONIQUE (Méssager) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, with orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson. Recorded in 1950. HMV B9870


Playlist - Episode 4 – 8 June 2013

A Paradise for Two THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS  (Tate) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood. Recorded in october 1939. HMV B8982

HEARTS DESIRE Vocal Gems, Webster Booth, orchestra and chorus, recorded1935, HMV B8385

THEATRELAND AT CORONATION TIME (1937) with Webster Booth, Garda Hall, Stuart Robertson and Sam Costa. HMV C2903, December 1937

The Way You Look Tonight  from SWING TIME (Kern) Webster Booth, November 1936, HMV B8498

Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss), Anne Ziegler with Charles Forwood (live performance)

Throw Open Wide Your Window, Dear (Hans May) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson, 1949, HMV B9786.

Playlist – Episode 3 – 1 June 2013

Gems from MERRIE ENGLAND (Edward German), HMV Light Opera Company, HMV C2106

Gems from GOODNIGHT VIENNA (Posford) with Webster Booth and Olive Groves, Recorded 1932. Decca K644.

Waltz Song, MERRIE ENGLAND (German) Anne Ziegler (test recording for HMV) 1935

The Train That’s Taking You Home,Will Fyffe

BALALAIKA Jacqueline Francell  and Réda Caire singing a song from Balalaika (Robert Stolz).

Romance (Sung in Italian) THE ROBBER SYMPHONY Feher, Webster Booth, January 1936. HMV B8405

Gems from PORGY AND BESS (Gershwin)Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, Orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons.


Playlist – Episode 2 – 24 May 2013

Waltz Medley – Because I love you, All alone by the telephone, Always (Irving Berlin), Webster Booth, New Mayfair Orchestra, conducted by Ray Noble 22 December 1930. Bb2 1098-2

Waiata Poi (New Zealand Song) Peter Dawson with male chorus.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Friml) Orchestral selection

The Thingummy Bob Arthur Askey

One Alone THE DESERT SONG (Sigmund Romberg) December 1941 HMV B9255

LIDO LADY selection (Richard Rodgers) Savoy Hotel Orpheans, conducted by Carroll Gibbons (1927) Part 1: Lido Lady; Here In My Arms; Try Again Tomorrow.
Piano duet by Carroll Gibbons and possibly Frank Herbin
Recorded at Hayes, Middlesex on Friday 14th January 1927
Originally recorded for HMV in 1927, this 12" 78rpm disc has been remastered by this user.

You, Just You WILD VIOLETS (Robert Stolz) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler. Recorded 1940.

Playlist – Episode 1 - 18 May 2013

If You Were the Only Girl in the World THE BING BOYS ARE HERE (Ayer). Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood, October 1939, HMV B8982

Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes THE GONDOLIERS (Gilbert and Sullivan) Webster Booth, Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward, 23 September 1941. HMV C3261

White Roses BY APPOINTMENT (Kennedy Russell) Maggie Teyte EMI “L’Exquise” Maggie Teyte (HLM 792 (8))

From the Sunny Spanish Shore THE GONDOLIERS (Gilbert and Sullivan) Webster Booth, George Baker, Essie Ackland, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. EMI SHB 74

A Brown Bird Singing (Haydn Wood) New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble with nightingale song. September 1929. HMV B3319

We’ll Gather Lilacs PERCHANCE TO DREAM (Ivor Novello) Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, conducted by Jack Byfield, 4 June 1946. HMV B9489