 | My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: The 2,700 performances of Lerner and Loewe's musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion gracefully spanned the Eisenhower and Camelot eras, then begat a wildly popular film version, whose 1965 Best Picture Oscar capped the show's decade of prominence. The crowning achi... |
 | Camelot (Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: For one brief, shining moment, there was a place known as Camelot--and this 1961 recording is the only document available of JFK's favorite musical, the one that's been used to describe his presidential administration ever since. Truthfully, Lerner and Loewe's musical score for t... |
 | My Fair Lady (1964 Film Soundtrack) [Read More ...]
Description: My Fair Lady is--deservedly--one of the most famous musicals of all time. Its popular 1964 film version, directed by George Cukor, has ensured that for most people Audrey Hepburn is Eliza Doolittle, while Broadway-heads swear by Julie Andrews's stage performance, immortalized on ... |
 | Paint Your Wagon (1969 Film) [Read More ...]
Review: Paint Your Wagon Soundtrack CD:This CD sounded quite "tinny." It didn't seem to be a very good recording. But since the movie is so old, I just figured the technology wasn't good enough to make a better CD from the movie. But I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the lack of ... |
 | Camelot: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1967 Film) [Read More ...]
Review: Camelot is Alive:If you follow my reviews you will find that I enjoy newer, less classical musicals usually. HOWEVER, Camelot was certainly enjoyable to listen to. The songs are enjoyable and give a nice outline of the show, the singers are pleasant, the lyrics are pleasing and c... |
 | M-G-M's Brigadoon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1954 Film) [Read More ...]
Review: A Hollywood Extravaganza!:Cyd Charise, Van Johnson and Gene Kelly what a cast, what a movie, what a Musical. Having seen the Broadway play years ago I can appreciate the wonderful job done making the transformation to the Big Screen. What memorable songs and story line. Definite... |
 | My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: This recording was produced more than 40 years ago, only in mono, but from the day it was released it was a deserved phenomenon. It out-grossed the mega-hit show for months, and it still holds the record for the most weeks as a Billboard Top 40 album: 292. The reasons are many. S... |
 | Camelot (1960 Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Review: Camelot is great!:If you follow my reviews you will find that I enjoy newer, less classical musicals usually. HOWEVER, Camelot was certainly a fine listen. The songs are enjoyable and give a nice outline of the show, the singers are pleasant, the lyrics are pleasing and clever. W... |
 | Gigi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Read More ...]
Description: A blockbuster movie in 1958, lovingly remastered and including of all the film's incidental music reminds us why modern Hollywood can at times be dismissed with the wave of a hand. This is a grand musical, with seeds sown for much of the movie music that would follow, with even h... |
 | Brigadoon (1947 Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Review: beautiful:This is the best version of Brigadoon. The story and music are so romantic and charming, and the original cast always delivers the most heartfelt performance. The voices of David Brooks and Lee Sullivan are sincerely warm, and the ladies hold their own when it comes t... |
 | My Fair Lady (1959 Original London Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: My Fair Lady is without question one of the greatest shows ever created for the musical theater. It's a charming, hilarious, and touching adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, pitting flower girl Eliza Doolittle against Prof. Henry Higgins, the self-absorbed and ill-temp... |
 | Brigadoon (1991 London Studio Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: Lerner and Loewe's classic Brigadoon shines in this 1991 studio recording led by celebrated conductor John McGlinn three years after his stunning reconstruction of Show Boat. Broadway stars Brent Barrett (Chicago) and Rebecca Luker (revivals of The Music Man and The Sound of Musi... |
 | Paint Your Wagon: Original Broadway Cast [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent score; weak story:Having never seen "Paint Your Wagon" on stage, my familiarity is from the synopsis in the recording notes and the movie of the same name (same name and not much same anything else). Story-wise, this musical seems to have the same weakness most of the ... |
 | On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970 Film) [Read More ...]
Review: There's no one like her!:Although I saw this movie when first released...had the soundtrack at some point too...I came across the film the other day on one of the cable networks and found myself mesmerized by a Barbra in her late 20's, singing what isn't one of Lerner's great sco... |
 | My Fair Lady (20th Anniversary Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Description: A young Christine Andreas made her Broadway debut in the 1976 revival of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady and she's terrific as Eliza Doolittle. She's joined by Ian Richardson's fierce and sputtering Henry Higgins, George Rose as her father, Jerry Lanning as Freddy Eynsford-Hill... |
 | The Little Prince (1974 Film Soundtrack) [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful music:I have been waiting for years for this soundtrack to be made available on CD. I imagine the audio is simply taken from the movie, so the purists out there may not think much of the sound quality. BUT this music and the performances are terrific. If you're here... |
 | On A Clear Day You Can See Forever: The Original Broadway Cast Recording [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful Score!:I wore the original LP of this show out from constant play...a wonderful, tuneful score that never fails to please...there is something about the music that prompts repeated playings! I now have the CD, and Barbara Harris never fails to come through for me..I wi... |
 | Royal Wedding (1951 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade) [Read More ...]
Review: Great Music...Bad Mastering:It is indeed great to have "Royal Wedding" back in circulation, as both a DVD and a CD soundtrack. Having said that, I must confess that Rhino's mastering of the CD leaves a lot to be desired. While the music is great, the channel dropout is quite noti... |
![]() | Dance a Little Closer (The Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Read More ...]
Review: Great late Lerner:Poor Alan Lerner. How dreadful it must have been to achieve the kind of success he did with "My Fair Lady" and spend the next 20 or more years having increasingly poor luck in creating a hit show. Part of his trouble, aside from his overwhelming neuroses, was hi... |
 | Coco (1970 Original Broadway Cast) [Read More ...]
Review: Unjustly Maligned:Given the uniformly negative reviews, "Coco" must really not have worked onstage. But you would never know it from this marvelous cast recording. The main draw is, of course, Katherine Hepburn's explosive performance as French fashion icon Coco Chanel. It's t... |
