Of Thee I Sing/Let 'em Eat Cake (1987 Studio Recording)
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Composer: George GershwinConductor: Robert Fisher
Orchestra: New York Choral Artists
Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Orchestra: Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestra: Russell Warner
Orchestra: William Daly
Performer: Jack Gilford
Performer: Larry Kert
Performer: Maureen McGovern
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture - Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Tilson Thomas
- Wintergreen for President - Chorus
- Who Is the Lucky Girl to Be? - Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Dimple on My Knee - Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Because, Because - Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Never Was There a Girl So Fair - Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Larry Kert, Frank Kopyc, Paige O'Hara, Raymond Thorne, Zi, Chorus
- Some Girls Can Bake a Pie - Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Larry Kert, Frank Kopyc, Paige O'Hara, Raymond Thorne, Zi, Chorus
- Love Is Sweeping the Country - George Dvorsky, Louise Edeiken, Chorus
- Of Thee I Sing - Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- Finale Act 1/Supreme Court Judges - Company, Larry Kert, Casper Roos, Chorus
- Kiss for Cinderella/Some Girls Can Bake a Pie (Reprise)/Of Thee I S - Company, Larry Kert, Chorus
- Hello, Good Morning - George Dvorsky, Louise Edeiken, Chorus
- Who Cares? - Larry Kert, Marry McGovern, Chorus
- Illegitimate Daughter/Because, Because (Reprise) - Jack Dabdoub, Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Who Cares? (Reprise) - Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern
- Senator from Minnesota - Jack Gilford, Chorus
- Senate - George Dvorsky, Jack Gilford, Walter Hook, Raymond Thorne, Mark Zimmermann, Chorus
- Jilted/I'm About to Be a Mother - Jack Gilford, Maureen McGovern, Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Posterity Is Just Around the Corner - Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- Trumpeter Blow Your Horn - George Dvorsky, Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Frank Kopyc, Mark Zimmermann, Chorus
- Finale Ultimo - Company, Michael Tilson Thomas
- Of Thee I Sing (Reprise) - Company, Larry Kert
- Overture - Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Tilson Thomas
- Tweedledee for President - Chorus
- Union Square - David Garrison, Chorus
- Shirts by the Millions - Chorus
- Comes the Revolution - Jack Gilford, Chorus
- Mine - Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- Climb up the Social Ladder - Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- Union League - Chorus
- On and on and On - Jack Dabdoub, Larry Kert, Chorus
- Introduction - George Dvorsky
- I've Brushed My Teeth - Jack Dabdoub, Chorus
- General's Gone to a Party - Company, George Dvorsky, Gordon Haskell, Larry Kert, Chorus
- Mothers of the Nation - Marry McGovern, Chorus
- Let 'Em Eat Cake - Gordon Haskell, Larry Kert, Chorus
- Blue, Blue, Blue - Chorus
- Who's the Greatest? - Larry Kert, Chorus
- League of the Nations - Jack Dabdoub, George Dvorsky, Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh! - David Garrison, Larry Kert, Chorus
- When Nations Get Together - Larry Kert, Marry McGovern, Chorus
- Why Speak of Money?/Who's the Greatest (Reprise) - David Garriosn, Larry Kert, Chorus
- Up and at 'Em - Casper Roos, Chorus
- That's What He Did - David Garrison, Jack Gilford, Larry Kert, Chorus
- I Know a Foul Ball - David Garrison, Jack Gilford, Chorus
- Throttle Throttlebottom - David Garrison, Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Larry Kert, Frank Kopyc, Raymond Thorne, Chorus
- It Isn't What You Did - David Garrison, Merwin Goldsmith, Walter Hook, Larry Kert, Frank Kopyc, Raymond Thorne, Chorus
- Mine (Reprise) - Larry Kert, Maureen McGovern, Chorus
- First Lady and First Gent - David Garrison, Paige O'Hara
- Hanging Throttlebottom in the Morning - Chorus
- Fashion Show - David Garrison, Maureen McGovern, Paige O'Hara, Chorus
- Finale Ultimo: Of Thee I Sing (Reprise) - Company, Michael Tilson Thomas
Music reviews of Of Thee I Sing/Let 'em Eat Cake (1987 Studio Recording)
Music Review: Of Thee I Sing, Baby!
Rating: 5 Stars
What a terrific recording. I am surprised that some enterprising producer hasn't mounted this tuneful and hilarious Gershwin musical (Of Thee I Sing) in this election year. And it is a crime that the CD has gone out of print (thank God I bought a copy in my free-spending days in the '80s!). If you can afford it at the current OOP prices, by all means go for it!
Description of Of Thee I Sing/Let 'em Eat Cake (1987 Studio Recording)
Of Thee I Sing/Let 'Em Eat Cake was one of the leading recordings during the Gershwin CD revival of the late 1980s. Led by Gershwin expert Michael Tilson Thomas using some newly discovered materials, it resuscitated two nearly forgotten satires from the 1930s sung by casts who were better able to capture the spirit of the music than the opera stars who were in vogue at the time. Larry Kert (the original Tony in West Side Story) played goofy U.S. presidential candidate John P. Wintergreen, who decides to run his campaign on a theme of love. He promises to marry the winner of a beauty contest, only to reject her (played by Paige O'Hara) for secretary Mary Turner (played by cabaret singer Maureen McGovern), in great part because Mary can make corn muffins. Jack Gilford is his hapless vice president candidate Throttlebottom. The story is silly fun (who can forget the Supreme Court's question of "Which is more important, corn muffins or justice?") and the great songs include "Who Cares," "Love Is Sweeping the Country," and the title tune. The second disc features the follow-up musical, Let 'Em Eat Cake with the same principal characters plus a fiery revolutionary played by David Garrison. It's not as fun as Of Thee I Sing nor is its score as memorable ("More" is the only standard that emerged). But the two-disc set is an impressive achievement, and paved the way for the even more comprehensive and scholarly series of Nonesuch Gershwin recordings a few years later. --David HoriuchiClassic Musicals CDs
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