Broadway: The American Musical (2004) (5 Cd)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00827969289921 Release Date: 10/19/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63911200 Item#: MWKKCK Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Give My Regards To Broadway - Joel Grey (from "George M!") ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Swanee - Al Jolson (from "Sinbad") ~ Original Soundtrack 3. When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine - Bert Williams (from "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919") ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A - John Steel (from "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. My Man - Fanny Brice (from "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1921") ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Fascinating Rhythm - Fred Astaire/Adele Astaire (from "Lady Be Good") ~ Original Soundtrack 7. If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) - Eddie Cantor (from "Big Boy") ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Someone To Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence (from "Oh Kay!") ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Bill - Helen Morgan (from "Show Boat") ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson (from "Show Boat") ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong (from "Hot Chocolate") ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Ten Cents A Dance - Ruth Etting (from "Simple Simon") ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Body And Soul - Libby Holman (from "Three's A Crowd") ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime - Bing Crosby (from "Americana") ~ Original Soundtrack 15. Night And Day - Fred Astaire (from "Gay Divorcee") ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Heat Wave - Ethel Waters (from "As Thousands Cheer") ~ Original Soundtrack 17. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Tamara (from "Roberta") ~ Original Soundtrack 18. You're The Top - Ethel Merman (from "Anything Goes") ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Summertime - Anne Brown (from "Porgy & Bess") ~ Original Soundtrack 20. September Song - Walter Huston (from "Knickerbocker Holiday") ~ Original Soundtrack 21. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Mary Martin (from "Leave It To Me") ~ Original Soundtrack 22. It Never Entered My Mind - Shirley Ross (from "Higher & Higher") ~ Original Soundtrack 23. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered - Vivienne Segal (from "Pal Joey") ~ Original Soundtrack 24. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin (from "This Is The Army") ~ Original Soundtrack 25. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning - Alfred Drake (from "Oklahoma!") ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. New York, New York - Chris Alexander/Adolph Green/John Reardon (from "On The Town") ~ Original Soundtrack 2. If I Loved You - John Raitt/Jan Clayton (from "Carousel") ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Ruby Hill/Harold Nicholas (from "St. Louis Woman") ~ Original Soundtrack 4. There's No Business Like Show Business - Ensemble (from "Annie Get Your Gun") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan (from "Finian's Rainbow") ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Once In Love With Amy - Ray Bolger (from "Where's Charley?") ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Wunderbar - Alfred Drake/Patricia Morison (from "Kiss Me Kate") ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza (from "South Pacific") ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Lost In The Stars - Todd Duncan (from "Lost In The Stars") ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Carol Channing (from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes") ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Luck Be A Lady - Robert Alda (from "Guys & Dolls") ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Getting To Know You - Gertrude Lawrence (from "The King & I") ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Who Cares? - Jack Carson/Betty Oakes (from "Of Thee I Sing") ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Stranger In Paradise - Doretta Morrow/Richard Kiley (from "Kismet") ~ Original Soundtrack 15. Ballad Of Mack The Knife - Gerald Price (from "Threepenny Opera") ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Hey There - John Raitt (from "The Pajama Game") ~ Original Soundtrack 17. Whatever Lola Wants - Gwen Verdon (from "Damn Yankees") ~ Original Soundtrack 18. I Could Have Danced All Night - Julie Andrews (from "My Fair Lady") ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Standing On The Corner - Shorty Long/John Henson/Alan Gilbert (from "The Most Happy Fella") ~ Original Soundtrack 20. Party's Over, The - Judy Holiday (from "Bells Are Ringing") ~ Original Soundtrack 21. Glitter And Be Gay - Barbara Cook (from "Candide") ~ Original Soundtrack 22. Tonight - Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence (from "West Side Story") ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Seventy-Six Trombones - Robert Preston (from "The Music Man") ~ Original Soundtrack 2. I Enjoy Being A Girl - Pat Suzuki (from "The Flower Drum Song") ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Everthing's Coming Up Roses - Ethel Merman (from "Gypsy") ~ Original Soundtrack 4. My Favorite Things - Mary Martin (from "The Sound Of Music") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Put On A Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke (from "Bye Bye Birdie") ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Try To Remember - Jerry Orbach (from "The Fantasticks") ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Camelot - Richard Burton (from "Camelot") ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Love Makes The World Go 'Round - Anna Maria Alberghetti/Jerry Orbach/Pierre Olaf (from "Carnival") ~ Original Soundtrack 9. I Believe In You - Robert Morse (from "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying") ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Sweetest Sounds, The - Diahann Carroll/Richard Kiley (from "No Strings") ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Comedy Tonight - Zero Mostel (from "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum") ~ Original Soundtrack 12. What Kind Of Fool Am I? - Anthony Newley (from "Stop The World--I Want To Get Off") ~ Original Soundtrack 13. As Long As He Needs Me - Georgia Brown (from "Oliver!") ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Hello, Dolly! - Carol Channing (from "Hello, Dolly!") ~ Original Soundtrack 15. People - Barbra Streisand (from "Funny Girl") ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Anyone Can Whistle - Lee Remick (from "Anyone Can Whistle") ~ Original Soundtrack 17. If I Were A Rich Man - Zero Mostel (from "Fiddler On The Roof") ~ Original Soundtrack 18. Night Song - Sammy Davis Jr. (from "Golden Boy") ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Impossible Dream, The - Richard Kiley (from "Man Of La Mancha") ~ Original Soundtrack 20. If My Friends Could See Me Now - Gwen Verdon (from "Sweet Charity") ~ Original Soundtrack 21. Open A New Window - Angela Lansbury (from "Mame") ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Willkomen - Joel Grey (from "Cabaret") ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Let The Sunshine In - James Rado/Lynn Kellogg/Melba Moore (from "Hair") ~ Original Soundtrack 3. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Jill O'Hara/Jerry Orbach (from "Promises, Promises") ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Ladies Who Lunch, The - Elaine Stritch (from "Company") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Tea For Two - Roger Rathburn/Susan Watson (from "No, No Nanette") ~ Original Soundtrack 6. I'm Still Here - Yvonne De Carlo (from "Follies") ~ Original Soundtrack 7. I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (from "Jesus Christ Superstar") ~ Original Soundtrack 8. We Go Together - Adrienne Barbeau/Barry Bostwick/Walter Bobbie (from "Grease") ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Corner Of The Sky - John Rubenstein (from "Pippin") ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns (from "A Little Night Music") ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Ease On Down The Road - Stephanie Mills/Tiger Haynes/Ted Ross/Hinton Battle (from "The Wiz") ~ Original Soundtrack 12. One - Cast (from "A Chorus Line") ~ Original Soundtrack 13. All That Jazz - Chita Rivera (from "Chicago") ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle (from "Annie") ~ Original Soundtrack 15. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Patti LuPone (from "Evita") ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Come Follow The Band - Jim Dale (from "Barnum") ~ Original Soundtrack 17. Lullaby Of Broadway - Jerry Orbach (from "42nd Street") ~ Original Soundtrack 18. And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Holliday (from "Dreamgirls") ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Bells Of St. Sebastian, The - Raul Julia (from "Nine") ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 5 Song Title Sample 1. Memory - Betty Buckley (from "Cats") ~ Original Soundtrack 2. I Am What I Am - George Hearn (from "La Cage Aux Folles") ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Move On - Bernadette Peters/Mandy Patinkin (from "Sunday In The Park With George") ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Do You Hear The People Sing? - Michael Maguire (from "Les Miserables") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Music Of The Night, The - Michael Crawford (from "Phantom Of The Opera") ~ Original Soundtrack 6. You're Nothing Without Me - James Naughton/Gregg Edelman (from "City Of Angels") ~ Original Soundtrack 7. American Dream, The - Jonathan Pryce (from "Miss Saigon") ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Doctor Jazz - Gregory Hines (from "Jelly's Last Jam") ~ Original Soundtrack 9. With One Look - Glenn Close (from "Sunset Boulevard") ~ Original Soundtrack 10. On Broadway - Adrian Bailey/Frederick B. Owens/Kenny Ard/Victor Trent Cook (from "Smokey Joe's Cafe") ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Le Jazz Hot - Julie Andrews (from "Victor/Victoria") ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Seasons Of Love - Company (from "Rent") ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Hakuna Matata - Max Casella/Tom Alan Robbins/Scott Irby-Ranniar/Jason Raize (from "The Lion King") ~ Original Soundtrack 14. I Wanna Be A Producer - Matthew Broderick (from "The Producers") ~ Original Soundtrack 15. Dancing Queen - Louise Plowright/Jenny Galloway (from "Mamma Mia!") ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Good Morning Baltimore - Marissa Jaret Winokur (from "Hairspray") ~ Original Soundtrack 17. Movin' Out - Michael Cavanaugh (from "Movin' Out") ~ Original Soundtrack 18. I Go To Rio - Hugh Jackman (from "Boy From Oz") ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Defying Gravity - Kristin Chenoweth/Idina Menzel (from "Wicked") ~ Original Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This boxed set includes a 55 page booklet containing annotations about each track and photographs from each production. Personnel: Tom Waring, George Gershwin (piano). Audio Mixer: Darcy Proper. Liner Note Authors: Michael Kantor; Lawrence Maslon. Recording information: 06/30/1919-11/10/2003. Photographers: Don Hunstein; Springer; Paul Kolnik; Martha Swope; Joan Marcus; Fred Fehl; Carol Rosegg; Friedman Abeles. This five-CD box set, containing 106 tracks and running six-and-one-third-hours, is an audio companion to the six-part PBS documentary series Broadway: The American Musical, but not the soundtrack to that series. Rather, it is a sampler covering 84 years of recordings and 99 years of show tunes. One song has been chosen from each of 102 musicals. (There are also two shows that get two songs each, the landmark musical Show Boat and, oddly, Ziegfeld Follies of 1919.) This restriction actually gives the collection a broader reach than the TV series, which focuses attention on particularly significant shows, songwriters, and performers, but it also gives the set less depth, since great shows tend to have more than one great song in them. As with the series, the compilers give greatest emphasis to the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, decades that contribute 50 of the tracks here. This is in part by necessity; the original Broadway cast album only came into vogue in the '40s, and show music from before that period is not as well represented on record, at least as performed by the stage stars. For example, there are no recordings from the cast of the 1932 revue Americana, which forced the compilers to include a recording of the show's hit song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" as sung by Bing Crosby, who did not include Broadway shows among his credits. In part, too, however, the de-emphasis on music from before the 1940s comes from the compilers' decision to ignore operetta; there are no compositions here by Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg, or Rudolf Friml, for instance. Instead, this is the history of the Tin Pan Alley-style 32-bar song as perfected by Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin, among others. Drawing from the major record labels that recorded original Broadway cast albums from the '40s on, the compilers hit their stride by the end of the first disc, and from then to the beginning of the fourth disc they present one memorable song from a memorable show after another. A true show music fan might have quibbles about what's left out (no Yul Brynner or Rex Harrison, nothing from House of Flowers or Peter Pan), but the choices are solid for the most part. By the '70s and '80s, however, things begin to seem more questionable, and the selection falls apart completely in the '90s and 2000s, from which only 13 tracks are featured. The compilers, who include songs from nine shows still running in New York as of the album's release date (early 2005), seem only too willing to abandon Broadway for pop/rock anthology shows like Mamma Mia! and Movin' Out. In fact, of those 13 tracks, only seven come from newly written scores of the '90s/'00s. Meanwhile, however, the Tony Award-winning scores to such shows of the period as The Will Rogers Follies, Falsettos, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Passion, Titanic, Ragtime, Parade, Aida, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Avenue Q have been ignored. Clearly, the compilers are historians with a much better sense of the distant past than of the near-present. The collection contains a 56-page booklet dominated by brief comments on the shows from which the songs came. These notes would have benefited from a proofreader, who might have known how to spell Meredith Willson's last name, and a fact-checker, who might have known that Dave Kapp, not Jack Kapp, produced Guys and Dolls and that Tim Rice did not co-produce Cats. ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Cy Coleman; David J.P. Kapp; Manie Sachs; Dick Jones; George Avakian; George R. Marek; Goddard Lieberson; Henry Jerome; Hugh Fordin; Arnold Maxin; E.O. Welker; Jack Kapp; Joe Carlton; Jerry Leiber; Jerry Wexler; Joe Linhart; Larry Morton; Marc Shaiman; Ma   Technical Info Release Date : 10/19/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 92899 Label : Columbia (USA) Number of Discs : 5 Runtime : 378m : 47s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00827969289921   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (p.85) - "[With an] awesome expanse....Selections range from standard to surprising to clever..." - Grade: A-    Product Image