Comments on: Ivor Novello’s “The Dancing Years”: The First Complete Recording

By: vera schonberg

vera schonberg — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:09:25 +0000

My Father was Ivor’s best friend. He painted all this shows. Even the First one The Rat My father also painted 12 shows at Drury Lane. In those days the artist was never mentioned. Hi name was Thomas James Lake. He took the Schonberg off in the 1st World War where he was a Raginmental Sargent Major in France. He had me at 58 and died when I was 16. His nickname was Long Tom as he was very tall. He as a young Man worked with Harker and there is signatures on his family on the wall. In glass. My Father painted all the Black Out Curtians and I have one framed. Now I am in financial difficulty stuck in South Africa and I need money to move back home to Leatherhead where Stage Scenery was. at 83 I really need some lluck.

By: John Groves

John Groves — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:19:55 +0000

Decca have reissued a CD of Hilde Gueden singing Novello and Coward – and Eloquence have a2CD set of Joan Sutherland singing Romberg, Kern, Friml etc. A bottle of vodka to hand is recommended before listening to the latter!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:04:59 +0000

Ah….. KIri and Novello. That surely is one of the great unmade recordings of the century!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:39:07 +0000

I find it surprising that Novello has rarely been recorded by singers whom I would love to hear in this repertoire. I am thinking of Julie Andrews, Maria Friedman, Barbara Cook and Teresa Stratas – and perhaps Dorothy Kirsten, Beverly Sills and Kiri Te Kanawa; and even (perhaps even more) Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford and Rosemary Clooney.

By: John Groves

John Groves — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:26:20 +0000

Unfortunately I agree wholeheartedly! There is no magic – just listen to the pedantic overture! DULL!