英國演員、劇作家、流行音樂作曲家諾維‧考沃爵士的作品以結合機智幽默與流行的時髦風格深受喜愛。他出生於英國一個最普通的中產階級家庭,祖父是英國水晶宮的管風琴家,父親是個喜歡唱歌的二流鋼琴調音師,家中的音樂氣息讓諾維‧考沃從小就接受音樂的薰陶。但是1910年,母親注意到《每日鏡報》上甄選童星的消息後,十一歲的諾維‧考沃站上舞台,從此展開超過一甲子的舞台、電影表演與導演生涯。1943年,諾維‧考沃以電影《效忠祖國》得到奧斯卡終身成就獎,1969年被授予爵位。
除了舞台劇與電影劇本,諾維‧考沃也寫過上百首歌曲與十多部劇場音樂、小歌劇,還創作詩歌、短篇小說⋯⋯許多劇作不只在1960年代到1970年代之間大受歡迎,至今依然在全球各大劇院上演不輟並且影響了流行文化。
這一套四張的專輯儘量以編年來安排軌序,收錄了從1925年八月以來,諾維‧考沃在HMV長達二十五年的錄音,其中高達九成的曲子是諾維‧考沃本人的作品。如果母帶庫裡有同樣的歌曲,則以諾維‧考沃親自演唱的版本為首選版本。除此以外,再加上柯爾‧波特、傑若米‧克恩等人的作品。
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | “A Room with a View” |
2. | “Dance, Little Lady” |
3. | “Mary Make Believe” |
4. | “Try to Learn to Love” |
5. | “Lorelei” |
6. | “The Dream Is Over |
7. | “Zigeuner |
8. | “World Weary” |
9. | Private Lives |
10. | “Half-Caste Woman” |
11. | “Any Little Fish” |
12. | Cavalcade: Prologue |
13. | Cavalcade: Vocal Selection I |
14. | “Lover of My Dreams” |
15. | Cavalcade: Vocal Selection II |
16. | Cavalcade: Epilogue |
17. | Noel Coward Medley (part one) |
18. | Noel Coward Medley (part two) |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | “Let’s Say Goodbye” |
2. | “The Party’s Over Now” |
3. | “Something to Do with Spring” |
4. | “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” |
5. | “I’ll Follow My Secret Heart” |
6. | “Melanie’s Aria” (part one) |
7. | “Melanie’s Aria” (part two) |
8. | “I Travel Alone” |
9. | “Most of Ev’ry Day” |
10. | “Love in Bloom” |
11. | “Fare Thee Well” |
12. | “Mrs Worthington” |
13. | “We Were So Young” |
14. | “Then” / “Play Orchestra Play” |
15. | “You Were There” |
16. | “Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?” |
17. | “Man about Town” |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Family Album |
2. | “Parisian Pierrot” |
3. | “We Were Dancing” |
4. | “Dearest Love” |
5. | “Where Are the Songs We Sung?” |
6. | “The Stately Homes of England” |
7. | “Gipsy Melody” |
8. | “Dearest Love” |
9. | “I’ll See You Again” |
10. | “Just Let Me Look at You” |
11. | “Poor Little Rich Girl” |
12. | “London Pride” |
13. | “The Last Time I Saw Paris” |
14. | “Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?” |
15. | “There Have Been Songs in England” |
16. | “Imagine the Duchess’s Feelings” |
17. | “It’s Only You” |
18. | “Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans” |
19. | “The Welcoming Land” |
20. | “I’m Old Fashioned” |
21. | “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | “Sigh No More” |
2. | “I Wonder What Happened to Him?” |
3. | “Matelot” |
4. | “Nina” |
5. | “Never Again” |
6. | “Wait a Bit, Joe” |
7. | “Bright Was the Day” |
8. | “This is a Changing World |
9. | “His Excellency Regrets” |
10. | “One, Two, Three” |
11. | “Uncle Harry” |
12. | “I Never Knew” |
13. | “I Saw No Shadow on the Sea” |
14. | “Josephine” |
15. | “Don’t Make Fun of the Fair” |
16. | “Sail Away” |
17. | Noel Coward Medley (part one) |
18. | Noel Coward Medley (part two) |
19. | “Why Does Love Get in the Way?” |
20. | “I Like America” |
21. | “Time and Again” |
22. | “There Are Bad Times Just around the Corner” |