Track Listing

1. I'll See You Again - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
2. Dance, Little Lady - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
3. Poor Little Rich Girl - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
4. Room with a View - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
5. Someday I'll Find You - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
6. I'll Follow My Secret Heart - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
7. If Love Were All - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
8. Play, Orchestra, Play - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
9. Uncle Harry - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
10. Loch Lomond - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
11. Bar on the Piccola Marina - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
12. World Weary - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
13. Nina - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
14. Mad Dogs and Englishmen - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
15. Matelot - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
16. Alice Is at It Again - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
17. Room with a View - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
18. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) - No�l Coward, Carl Hayes & His Orchestra
19. I Like America - No�l Coward
20. Louisa - No�l Coward
21. Half-Caste Woman - No�l Coward
22. I Went to a Marvelous Party - No�l Coward
23. Time and Again - No�l Coward
24. Why Must the Show Go On? - No�l Coward
25. What's Going to Happen to the Tots? - No�l Coward
26. Sail Away - No�l Coward
27. Wait a Bit, Joe - No�l Coward
28. Twentieth Century Blues - No�l Coward
29. Party's Over Now - No�l Coward

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40650 in Music
• Released on: 2004-02-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Live
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
Australian pressing. Budget anthology of the recordings of one of the 20th Century's true great artists. Coward was a master showman, witty songwriter and playwright. Here is the best of his long illustrious career. 29 tracks. Sony Classics. 2003.

Customer Reviews

The Essential Noel Coward
If you want to know Noel Coward, and only buy one recording, this should be it. These were two different albums, recordings of his club acts in Las Vegas and New York. Noel needed money for taxes, and Marlene Dietrich told him to try Vegas -- "They pay a fortune!" The composer/playwright who wrote "Private Lives," "Present Laughter," "Hay Fever," and "Blithe Spirit," as well as the films "Cavalcade" and "In Which We Serve" sings 29 of his classics here, in live performances with the incomparable pianist/arranger Peter Matz. All-time hit ballads "I'll See You Again," "Someday I'll Find You," and "If Love Were All" mix with his hilarious song-stories "A Bar On The Piccola Marina," "Nina," and "I Went To A Marvelous Party." Known as the classiest act of the 20th Century, Sir Noel defined his homeland for the world in "Mad Dogs & Englishmen." After he made it acceptable to play Vegas, every other performer in show business wanted to.

fantastic as usual
Noel Coward is one of the past century's greatest playwrights and composers. I love to listen to the songs that conjure up the essence of times gone by. This album combines the perfect English drawing room comic song and the light musical composition to perfection. If you like all things staunchly English, you will love this album (I was born and raised in England so I may speak with authority).

A Great Compendium
This album is a delight. It features the artist in two club appearances from near the end of his life and is a treasure. Contents include some favorites from earlier albums and some new material all freshly cast with his timeless, sharp edged wit. Singer, songwriter, actor, playwright, author. A tough act to follow.