Alan Jay Lerner, Andre Previn - Coco (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
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Artist: Alan Jay Lerner, Andre PrevinEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1997-10-07
Music Label: Decca U.S.
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- But That's the Way You Are - Jack Dabdoub
- World Belongs to the Young - Katharine Hepburn
- Let's Go Home - David Holliday
- Mademoiselle Clich? de Paris on the Corner of the Rue Cambon - Katharine Hepburn
- Money Rings Out Like Freedom - Katharine Hepburn
- Brand New Dress - Gayle Dixon
- Woman Is How She Loves - David Holliday
- Medley: Gabrielle/Coco - Jon Cypher, Katharine Hepburn
- Fiasco - Rene Auberjonois
- When Your Lover Says Goodbye - George Rose, George Rose
- Orbach's, Bloomingdale's, Best & Saks - Will B. Abel, Chad Block, Robert Fitch, Katharine Hepburn, Dan Siretta
- Medley: Always Mademoiselle/Coco (Reprise) - Katharine Hepburn
Music reviews of Coco (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: Theater History Poorly Recorded
Rating: 2 Stars
While CoCo was not the greatest musical ever written, the score does have it's merits, and Lerner's wit shines through in the lyrics. Previn composed a gorgeous final ultimo in Always Mademoiselle, just beautiful. The rest of the score is seviceable, pleasant if unmemorable.
Now to Hepburn. She could do no wrong, and apparently pulled a musical out of the "whatwasit?" category and into the hit column. Sure, she was no singer but she was melodic, and could manage to sing-song talk her way through each number, adding her own personal zest to each one. And she totally immersed herself in Chanel, so it worked. She kept the show running for her year contract. After she left Danielle Darrieux replaced her, an accomplished French leading lady, much closer to Chanel, and a better singer. However, she was not Hepburn and could not overcome the weaknesses in the show and it soon petered out.
My biggest criticism of the CD is the quality of the recording. Didn't anyone listen to it before it was released? It is tinny, staticky and uneven. The sound quality is atrocious. Be warned if you play it on a player with a disc changer, when this cd comes on it will be decibels louder than any other. And wasn't it possible to re-mix it before re-releasing it?
Theater history that should be a treasure to own becomes an annoying recording.
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