Listen to Candide, Act I: No. 3, The Best of all Possible Worlds by June Anderson, Della Jones, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Candide, Act I: No. 3, The Best of all Possible Worlds

June Anderson, Della Jones, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

June Anderson

Soprano

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

Della Jones

Mezzo-Soprano

Adolph Green

Vocals

Jerry Hadley

Tenor

Kurt Ollmann

Baritone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Composer

Hugh Wheeler

Book

Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman

Librettist

John Latouche

Lyrics

Dorothy Parker

Lyrics

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Lyrics

Richard Wilbur

Lyrics

John Mauceri

Orchestrator

Voltaire

Writer

Hershy Kay

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Hans Weber

Producer

Alison Ames

Executive Producer

Gregor Zielinsky

Gregor Zielinsky

Balance Engineer

Jobst Eberhardt

Jobst Eberhardt

Recording Engineer

Wolf-Dieter Karwatky

Wolf-Dieter Karwatky

Recording Engineer

Andrew Wedman

Editing Engineer

Lyrics

Let us review

Lesson eleven!

Paragraph two

Axiom seven

Once one dismisses

The rest of all possible worlds

One finds that this is

The best of all possible worlds

Once one dismisses

The rest of all possible worlds

One finds that this is

The best of all possible worlds

Pray classify

Pigeons and camels

Pigeons can fly

Camels are mammals

There is a reason

For everything under the sun

There is a season

For everything under the sun

Objection!

What about snakes?

Snakes!

'Twas Snake that tempted mother Eve

Because of Snake we now believe

That though depraved

We can be saved

From hellfire and damnation

Because of Snake's temptation!

If Snake had not seduced our lot

And primed us for salvation

Jehovah could not pardon all

The sins that we call cardinal

Involving bed and bottle

Now onto Aristotle

Mankind is one

All men are brothers

As you'd have done

Do unto others

It's understood in

This best of all possible worlds

All's for the good in

This best of all possible worlds

Objection!

What about war?

War!

Though war may seem a bloody curse

It is a blessing in reverse

When cannon roar

Both rich and poor

By danger are united

'Til every wrong is righted

Philosophers make evident

The point that I have cited

'Tis war makes equal, as it were

The noble and the commoner

Thus war improves relations

Now onto conjugations

Amo, amas

Amat, amamus

Amo, amas

Amat, amamus

Proving that this is

The best of all possible worlds

With love and kisses

The best of all possible worlds

Quod erat demonstrandum!

Q. E. D.

Quod erat demunstrandum!

Q. E. D.

Quod erat demunstrandum!

Q. E. D.

Amo, amas

Amat, amamus

Quod erat demunstrandum!

Q. E. D.

Amo, amas

Amat, amamus

Quod erat demunstrandum!

Q. E. D.

Amo, amas

Q. E. D.

Quod erat demunstrandum!

Amo, amas

Quod erat demonstrandum

In this best of all

Possible, possible, possible worlds!

Quod erat demonstrandum!

Q!

E!

D!

Written by: Dorothy Parker, Hugh Wheeler, John Latouche, John Wells, Leonard Bernstein, Lillian Hellman, Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, Voltaire

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