CD 1
Ball im Savoy (Ball at the Savoy) (arr. A. Barrese, M. Grimminger and H. Hagedorn for voices and orchestra) (Sung in English)
1. Prelude: Waltz: Ball at the Savoy
2. Introduction: My dear Venezia bella Venezia! - Will you be true? (Chorus, Madeleine, Aristide)
3. Act I Scene 1: Where are they? (Lily, Paulette, Hermence, René, Ernst)
4. Act I Scene 1: Sevilla: A toast to madame, a toast to Marquis! (Chorus, Madeleine, Aristide)
5. Act I Scene 2: What a pleasure it is to see you all again (Aristide, Madeleine, René, Hermence, Paulette, Lily, Ernst, Archibald)
6. Act I Scene 2: There's only one lady for me - Duet: Without your love, where would I be? (Aristide, Madeleine)
7. Act I Scene 3: What a lovely garden (Lily, Paulette)
8. Act I Scene 4: Who needs gin when I'm here! (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
9. Act I Scene 4: My father, on the other hand - At Home along the Bosporus: Halla, halla, hai! (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
10. Act I Scene 5: Aristide! How was the honeymoon? (Mustafa, Aristide)
11. Act I Scene 6: Hey, do you know who just pulled up outside? (Ernst)
12. Act I Scene 6: Hi everybody! I'm here! - Kangaroo: Nobody wants to do the foxtrot today (Daisy, René, Ernst, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé, Archibald)
13. Act I Scene 7: Daisy! When did you get here? (Aristide, Daisy, Mustafa, Madeleine)
14. Act I Scene 8: Did you really cross the ocean just to see me? (Madeleine, Daisy)
15. Act I Scene 8: What's it like to be newlyweds? - The Wedding Night: Duet: The very first thing I recall (Daisy, Madeleine)
16. Act I Scene 9: Mustafa, there's no time to waste (Aristide, Mustafa, Archibald)
17. Act I Scene 10: Aristide, I'm so excited to have you all to myself tonight (Madeleine, Aristide, Mustafa, Daisy, Archibald)
18. Act I Scene 11: I can't believe he's leaving me on our first night at home (Madeleine, Daisy)
19. Act I Scene 11: An eye for an eye, a kiss for a kiss! - A Woman is Faithful, but Why?: A man doesn't have to be faithful (Madeleine)
20. Act I Scene 12: Ah, Miss Daisy, en grande toilette! (Mustafa, Daisy)
21. Act I Scene 12: Duet: Mr. Brown and Lady Claire: Every night at the bar (Daisy, Mustafa)
22. Act I Scene 13: Finale: I'll have a ball at the Savoy! (Aristide, Archibald, Ernst, Mustafa, Radio Announcer, Bébé, Monsieur Albert, Madeleine, Lily, Paulette, Hermence)
23. Act II: Entrance Music
24. Act II Scene 1: Gentlemen, you won't believe who's here! - Entrance of Tangolita: Tangolita! (Maurice, René, Radio Announcer, Bartender, Archibald, Tangolita)
25. Act II Scene 1: Bella Tangolita: The fellas call me "Bella Tangolita" (Tangolita, Archibald, René, Bartender, Maurice, Radio Announcer)
26. Act II Scene 2: To see all six of you here together… (Mustafa, Pomerol, Trude, Ilonka, Mizzi, Bessie, Lucia, Giulette)
27. Act II Scene 2: We Turks are all 'polygamied' out - Turkish Kissing: Constantinople isn't a place (Mustafa, Lily, Paulette, Hermence, Bébé)
28. Act II Scene 3: Come out of retirement, Marquis? (Pomerol, Aristide, Mustafa, Maurice, Radio Announcer, Bartender, Madeleine)
29. Act II Scene 3: How could a man betray a woman of such beauty and charm? - Toujours L'amour: I was in love (Aristide, Madeleine)
CD 2
1. Act II Scene 4: How did it go? (Mustafa, Aristide, Maurice, Célestin)
2. Act II Scene 5: Where have you been, Mr. Mustafa? (Daisy, Mustafa)
3. Act II Scene 5: Duet: Out on the Town: I've studied it every which way (Mustafa, Daisy, Ilonka, Trude, Giulette, Bessie, Mizzi)
4. Act II Scene 6: Oh, you've got it all wrong, Aristide (Tangolita, Aristide, Pomerol)
5. Act II Scene 7: Room eight? With her? (Madeleine)
6. Act II Scene 7: I Kiss As Well As Any Tangolita: It's in my blood (Madeleine)
7. Act II Scene 8: There's no time to lose (Madeleine, Célestin, Pomerol)
8. Act II Scene 8: Reminiscence: Toujours L'amour (Madeleine)
9. Act II Scene 9: Séparée Scene: How charming! (Madeleine, Célestin, Pomerol, Aristide, Tangolita)
10. Act II Scene 9: Ladies dressed at the height of fashion (Chorus, Mustafa, Radio Announcer, Crowd, Daisy)
11. Act II Scene 9: Niagara Fox: Here's the latest new craze (Daisy, Ilonka, Trude, Giulette, Bessie, Mizzi, Maurice, René, Pomerol, Radio Announcer, Archibald, Bébé, Bartender)
12. Act II Scene 10: Bravo, Pasodoblé! (Mustafa, Daisy, Chorus)
13. Act II Scene 10: What 'do' I like about you? - Why Am I in Love with You?: When women look at you my dear (Daisy, Mustafa, Chorus)
14. Act II Scene 10: Madeleine's Confession: La, la, la… I am a more alluring senorita (Madeleine, Aristide, Tangolita)
15. Act II Scene 10: Finale: He Swore that He'd Be Faithful (Madeleine)
16. Act III: Entrance Music
17. Act III Scene 1: Melodrama: Unbelievable! The wife of the Marquis de Faublas would never do a thing like that (Archibald, Bébé)
18. Act III Scene 2: Bébé, where's my wife? (Aristide, Bébé, Archibald, Mustafa)
19. Act III Scene 3: Reminiscence: I'll have a ball at the Savoy (Madeleine, Bébé, Aristide, Archibald)
20. Act III Scene 3: Take a Trip with Me to Alma-ata: One thing I know now (Madeleine, Mustafa)
21. Act III Scene 4: What's all the fuss about? (Daisy, Archibald, Mustafa)
22. Act III Scene 4: Why Am I in Love with You? (reprise) (Mustafa, Daisy)
23. Act III Scene 5: Is everything packed? (Madeleine, Bébé, Daisy)
24. Act III Scene 6: Madame, the attorney has arrived (Archibald, Madeleine, Célestin, Daisy)
25. Act III Scene 7: So, you're Maitre Levy's representative? (Aristide, Célestin, Madeleine, Daisy, Mustafa)
26. Act III Scene 8: Thank you (Célestin, Mustafa, Aristide, Daisy)
27. Act III Scene 9: What a fine young man (Mustafa, Daisy, Aristide, Madeleine, Archibald)
28. Act III Scene 9: Postlude: Oh, why am in in love with you (Daisy, Madeleine, Mustafa, Aristide, Chorus)
Hungarian composer Paul Abrahám enjoyed huge success across Europe with his ‘jazz operettas’, not least in Weimar Berlin where his works scored for an orchestra augmented by a jazz band caused a sensation. Ball im Savoy (‘Ball at the Savoy’) has a plot reminiscent of Die Fledermaus and its variety of influences, some European and some reflective of contemporary American popular song, won the kind of acclaim only equalled by Franz Lehár. The premiere, which took place in December 1932, was for some the last major cultural event of Weimar Germany.