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Bust of Victor Herbert by Edmond T. Quinn in Central Park, New York City. The following is a list of some of the best-known recordings of Herbert's music. The Music of Victor Herbert, Album C-1, conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor, 1927; The Music of Victor Herbert, Album C-11, Victor Salon Group and Orchestra, conducted by Shilkret, RCA ...
This list of compositions by Victor Herbert is sorted by genre. Stage works. Title Genre Subdivisions Libretto Première date Place and theatre Prince Ananias:
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RCA Victor issued an album using studio singers and Al Goodman's orchestra on 78-RPM records in 1947. These highlights were issued on Lp by RCA Victor in 1951 and on their budget label RCA Camden in 1958. A 2008 CD release combines these recordings with selections from Naughty Marietta and The Red Mill. [5]
Herbert's Victor Herbert Orchestra recorded selections from Babes in Toyland in 1911–1912 for the Victor Talking Machine Company as single releases, including "March of the Toys", "The Toymaker's Shop" and "The Military Ball". [14] Decca Records recorded ten selections from the score (on five 10-inch 78-RPM records) in 1944.
This version was released on CD in 2008 as The Music of Victor Herbert (Anteater Records AECD-1004), along with selections from Naughty Marietta and Sweethearts. [5] A stereo recording was made by Reader's Digest for their 1963 album Treasury of Great Operettas. Each of the 18 operettas in the set is condensed to fill one LP side.
Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert.Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Pique" – and how he is helped and hindered by a high-spirited runaway, Contessa Marietta.
Mlle. Modiste is an operetta in two acts composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Henry Blossom.It concerns hat shop girl Fifi, who longs to be an opera singer, but who is such a good hat seller that her employer, Mme. Cecil, discourages her in her ambitions and exploits her commercial talents.