The Finck Album

PRINCIPALS AND ORCHESTRA OF THEATRE BEL-ETAGE
present the music of Herman Finck

The English stage musical reached its zenith in the period from 1910 to around 1930, combining the genres of musichall and operetta to wonderful effect, before the Broadway musical style became the rage. Most of the composers of these fabulous shows have been long forgotten except by enthusiasts, but now their light and joyful tunes are being rediscovered. This disc follows 'The Monckton Album' - one of our best sellers, and features orchestral and vocal works by Herman Finck, director of the Palace Theatre in London and one of England's best loved composers and conductors in his day. Superb performances by Pirjo Levandi and Keli Uustani (sopranos), Mart Sander (baritone) and the Orchestra of Bel Etage. tracks: Cheero!; In the Shadows; Hullo, Girls!; My Waltz Queen; Jocoso; Dear Old Fighting Boys; Pirouette; Venetia; My Lady Dragonfly Ballet Suite; The K-Nuts Medley; Queen of the Flowers; Moonlight Dance; Decameron Nights - Suite