Wonderful Town: First Complete Recording (1998 Studio Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Box set, Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1998-11-03
Music Label: Jay Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture
- Christopher Street
- Ohio
- Conquering The City
- 100 Easy Ways
- What A Waste
- Ruth's Stories
- A Little Bit In Love
- Pass The Football
- Conversation Piece
- A Quiet Girl
- Quiet Ruth
- Conga!
- Entr'acte
- My Darlin' Eileen
- Swing!
- Ohio (Reprise)
- Swing! (Orchestral Reprise)
- It's Love
- Ballet At The Village Vortex
- The Wrong Note Bag
- Finale Act Two
- Exit music
- A Little Bit In Love (Full Version)
- Christopher Street (Sans Scenes)
Music reviews of Wonderful Town: First Complete Recording (1998 Studio Cast)
Music Review: A wonderful recording, worthy of a classic musical
Rating: 5 Stars
Wonderful Town easily ranks among West Side Story, The Music Man, and all the other greatest musicals of the fifties and sixties; why it has been utterly forgotten by most is beyond me. Leonard Bernstein delivers one of the theater's best scores (when has he not?); the overture has more personality than many more successful shows have in their entire scores. This recording is the perfect representation of an amazing show. True, there is nothing particularly wrong with the original; however, this one is even better. Rosalind Russel gave a brilliant performace- or so Im told - but she is fundamentally an actress, and although her voice is passable, she couldnt really do justice to the fantastic songs, chosing to use her personality more than her singing ability in many instances. Nothing wrong with that. But here we have Karen Mason, who, while not as forceful a personality as Russel, has just enough no-nonsense attitude to pull off the part, and boy, can she sing. Rebecca Luker is the perfect Eileen- she combines a lovely voice with ditzy charm, just what her songs require. Ron Raines and Gregg Edelman both sing perfectly. Add to all this the presence of the National Symphony Orchestra, which allows Don Walker's sparkling orchestrations to shine far more than could any pit band, and you have a fantastic recording of Leonard Bernstein's fantastic score.
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