Candide
Album by Leonard Bernstein & Jerry Hadley & June Anderson & Christa Ludwig & Adolph Green & Nicolai Gedda & Della Jones & Kurt Ollmann & London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus & Leonard Bernstein
Candide is an operetta by American composer Leonard Bernstein, first staged in 1956. The score blends classical and Broadway traditions with operatic vocal writing, brisk orchestral passages and satirical lyricism, and it occupies a notable place in Bernstein's mid‑20th‑century output for bridging concert-hall techniques and musical-theatre idioms.
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Disc 1
- 1.Candide: No. 1. Overture4:29
- 2.Candide: Act I, No. 1a. Westphalia Chorale1:00
- 3.Candide: Act I, No. 2. Life Is Happiness Indeed2:59
- 4.Candide: Act I, No. 3. The Best of All Possible Worlds2:42
- 5.Candide: Act I, No. 3a. Universal Good0:55
- 6.Candide: Act I, No. 4. Oh, Happy We2:04
- 7.Candide: Act I, No. 5. It Must Be So (Candide’s Meditation)2:15
- 8.Candide: Act I, No. 6. Westphalia0:53
- 9.Candide: Act I, No. 6a. Battle Music0:55
- 10.Candide: Act I, No. 7. Candide’s Lament6:21
- 11.Candide: Act I, No. 8. Dear Boy4:20
- 12.Candide: Act I, No. 9. Auto‐da‐fé7:55
- 13.Candide: Act I, No. 10. Candide Begins His Travels / Act I, No. 10a. It Must Be Me3:11
- 14.Candide: Act I, No. 11. The Paris Waltz3:17
- 15.Candide: Act I, No. 12. Glitter and Be Gay6:48
- 16.Candide: Act I, No. 13. You Were Dead, You Know3:01
- 17.Candide: Act I, No. 14. I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady’s Tango)4:13
- 18.Candide: Act I, No. 15. Quartet Finale3:24
Disc 2
- 2.Candide: Act II, No. 16. Universal Good1:07
- 3.Candide: Act II, No. 17. My Love (Governor’s Serenade)2:29
- 4.Candide: Act II, No. 18. We Are Women (Polka)3:34
- 5.Candide: Act II, No. 19. The Pilgrims’ Procession – Alleluia2:41
- 6.Candide: Act II, No. 20. Quiet4:18
- 7.Candide: Act II, No. 21. Introduction to Eldorado1:17
- 8.Candide: Act II, No. 22. The Ballad of Eldorado3:47
- 9.Candide: Act II, No. 23. Words, Words, Words (Martin’s Laughing Song)3:11
- 10.Candide: Act II, No. 24. Bon Voyage2:43
- 11.Candide: Act II, No. 25. The Kings’ Barcarolle3:53
- 12.Candide: Act II, No. 26. Money, Money, Money (Venice Gambling Scene)0:44
- 13.Candide: Act II, No. 27. What’s the Use4:30
- 14.Candide: Act II, No. 28. The Venice Gavotte4:25
- 15.Candide: Act II, No. 29. Nothing More Than This4:03
- 16.Candide: Act II, No. 30. Universal Good (Life Is Neither)2:23
- 17.Candide: Act II, No. 31. Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)5:41













