Mid-price re-release of the complete recording of Wright & Forrest's classic operetta 'Kismet'.

Kismet is based on a play by Edward Koblock, first performed in 1911 and made into a film with Marlene Dietrich in the 1940's. Wright and Forrest have created a modern operetta classic in adapting virtually every usable piece of music written by the composer Alexander Borodin, most notably from the opera Prince Igor. Tempos have been changed, lyrics have been incorporated, and a wealth of new music has been composed to fashion such lovely standards as "Stranger in Paradise" and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads".

This recording features Valerie Masterson, Donald Maxwell, David Rendall and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Owen Edwards, amongst others.