Going into the family business was not what the grandson of songwriting icon Richard Rodgers originally had in mind, but composer/lyricist Adam Guettel rose to the occasion while grabbing the ring at his own steady pace. His musical THE LIGHT ...
Originally released on ABCS (OC3). Includes liner notes by Rick Ward, Jule Styne, Peter Filichia.
The 1964 Broadway musical Fade Out - Fade In seemed to have an unbeatable creative and performing team, including veteran songwriters Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and ...
In his seventies, Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim's production of entire new shows may have slowed (only Bounce, which closed out of town in 2003, appeared after 1994's Passion), but the remounting of his earlier works became a torrent in the ...
Described by theater historian Gerald Bordman as "essentially...an extended Jewish joke" about the complications leading up to a wedding, the 1962 musical flop A Family Affair marked the Broadway debuts (at least, in these jobs) of composer and co-lyricist John ...
After a chance meeting with her ex-lover, an actress sets out to win him back in this tale of changing partners in 1905 Vienna. Academy Awards: Best Original Song Score, Best Costume Design.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
On the Town Soundtrack music CDs. Winner of the Lieder prize at the 1989 Cardiff 'Singer of the World' competition AND Gramophone magazine's 'Young Artist of the Year' for 1992, Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel has proven himself in a wide variety of repertoire, including all three baritone roles in 'Don Giovanni'; English songs and orchestral works; lieder; and many operatic roles. SOMETHING WONDERFUL, which received a 1997 Gramophone Award, shows Terfel completely at home in the American musical theater by way of the songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
The program is drawn from seven of Rodgers & Hammerstein's nine Broadway musicals and includes one selection from the film 'State Fair'. The result is a mix of the familiar--"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin" and "Edelweiss"--and the unknown--"Come Home" from 'Allegro' receives its first recording here. Terfel is in fine voice throughout, and his interpretations of the songs are perfectly suited. This is not the stiff "opera-singer" Rodgers & Hammerstein of Samuel Ramey, but rather it is sensitive, thoughtful work by a singer who might well be at home on any of today's musical revival recordings. His commitment to the material is evident in every word, his comprehension of the characters complete.
The musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are neo-operettas that provide many opportunities for big baritone voices to ...
On the Town Soundtrack songs. Michael Tilson Thomas and the Philharmonia Orchestra perform a splendid version of the Christmastime classic, with highlights featured here. Songs include "Arrival of Drosselmeyer," "Clara and the Nutcracker," "Waltz of the Snowflakes," "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," "Decoration of the Christmas Tree," "Grandfather's Dance" and "Waltz of the Flowers." ~ Gina Boldman
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