The Glory (????) of the Human Voice
A Faust Travesty

Florence Foster Jenkins

1992: BMG/RCA 09026-61175-2

Florence Foster Jenkins, soprano
Cosme McMoon at the piano

1. Die Zauberflöte / La flûte enchantée:
   Der Hölle Rache (Queen of the Night Area / Air de la reine de la nuit)

   Mozart

2. The Musical Snuff-Box / Die Musikdose / Une tabatière à musique

   Liadoff [English version by Adele Epstein]

3. Like a Bird

   Cosme McMoon [words by Mme Jenkins]

4. Lakmé: Où va la jeune Hindoue ? (Bell Song / Glöckchenarie / Air des clochettes)

   Délibes

5. Serenata Mexicano

   Cosme McMoon

6. La Perle du Brésil: Charmant oiseau
   (with flue and piano)

   David

7. Biassy

   Bach-Pavlovich [words by Pushkin; based on Bach Prelude XVI]

8. Die Fledermaus / La Chauve-souris:
   Adele’s Laughing Song / Air d’Adèle / “Mein Herr Marquis”

   Johann Strauss, Jr [English version by Lorraine Noel Finley]

   
    
   A Faust Travesty / Parodie de Faust

   Jenny Williams, soprano
   Thomas Burns, baritone
   with piano accompaniment

   Gounod

9. Valentine’s Aria / Invocation de Valentin
   (Ere I leave my native land / Avant de quitter les lieux)
10. Jewel Song / Air des bijoux
    (O heavenly jewels)
11. Salut, demeure chaste et pure
    (Emotions strange / Cavatine du Faust)
12. Final Trio (sung as a duet / chanté en due)
    (My heart is overcome with terror)

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