The Finck Album

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Spirited Estonian performers, charming British theatre music: a delightful mix. Selections from Decameron Nights show Hermann Finck at his best. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 7th May 2012
Catalogue No: DDV62402
Label: Divine Art
Series: Diversions
Length: 67 minutes

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Finck, Herman: Cheero!

Work length2:15

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Finck, Herman: In the Shadows

Work length4:06

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Kelli Uustani
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Finck, Herman: Hullo America!

Work length2:43

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Hullo, Girls!

Track length2:43

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Finck, Herman: My Waltz Queen

Work length3:21

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Mart Sander
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra

Finck, Herman: 6 Humorisms

Work length2:48

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

No. 2, Jocoso: Comedy Galop

Track length2:48

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Finck, Herman: Dear old fighting boys

Work length3:11

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Kelli Uustani, Mart Sander
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra

Finck, Herman: Pirouette

Work length2:54

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Finck, Herman: Decameron Nights

Work length4:51

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Pirjo Levandi
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Venetia

Track length4:51

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Finck, Herman: My Lady Dragonfly

Work length15:41

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Pt. 1

Track length2:29

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Pt. 2

Track length2:40

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Pt. 3

Track length1:57

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Pt. 4

Track length2:14

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Pt. 5

Track length2:55

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Pt. 6

Track length3:26

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Finck, Herman: The K-Nuts Medley

Work length3:15

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Kelli Uustani, Mart Sander
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra

Gilbert the Filbert - I'll Make a Man of You yet

Track length3:15

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Finck, Herman: Queen of the flowers

Work length5:03

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Pirjo Levandi, Mart Sander
Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra

Finck, Herman: Moonlight dance

Work length3:50

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

Finck, Herman: Decameron Nights: Suite

Work length13:46

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Theatre Bel-Etage Orchestra
Mart Sander

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Finck is one of many musicians whose style has become (according to the orthodox fashion) out of date, and whose name, once known by every household, has been almost forgotten. Finck’s compositions included about thirty stage shows, two of which are represented on this new CD - the ballet My Lady Dragonfly and the operetta Decameron Nights, a superbly written piece which has not been played since 1923.

Finck continued to enjoy success throughout the 1930s, while light music as a genre was still at the height of popularity. His autobiography,entitled My Melodious Memories, was published by Hutchinson in 1937 and is a witty and entertaining résumé of a different world of entertainment from that we know today. However, a new generation is now beginning once again to appreciate the gentle joy of British light music and to rediscover composers such as Finck, Albert Ketelbey, Hubert Bath, Lionel Monckton and others.

The music is performed by Bel Etage from Tallinn, Estonia, a company which specialises in Edwardian English operetta, under its conductor and lead baritone Mart Sander and featuring female vocalists Pirjo Levandi and Kelli Uustani.

The Bel-Etage company took over an old music hall at the heart of Tallinn, Estonia, in 2000; since then it has produced and recorded many Victorian and Edwardian shows, musical revues and comic operas. The company is well known for championing British music, especially Gilbert and Sullivan, whose work was previously not well known to Estonian audiences. Bel-Etage also supports a ballet troupe and two successful orchestras and is in constant demand at home and abroad.

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May 2012

Spirited Estonian performers, charming British theatre music: a delightful mix. Selections from Decameron Nights show Hermann Finck at his best.

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