Noel Coward - Pacific 1860: A Musical Romance (1946 Original London Cast)
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Artist: Noel CowardEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2000-01-01
Music Label: Encore
Soundtracks:
- His Excellency Regrets - Peter Evans, Irlin Hall, Anne Martin, Denise Martin, , Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson, John Warwick
- If I Were a Man/Uncle Harry - Irlin Hall, Anne Martin, Pat McGrath, , Graham Payn, Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson
- Dear Madame Salvador/My Horse Has Cast a Shoe - Mary Martin, Graham Payn
- Bright Was the Day - Mary Martin, Graham Payn
- One, Two, Three/I Never Knew - Mary Martin
- I Saw No Shadow - Mary Martin
- Invitation to the Waltz - Peter Evans, Irlin Hall, Anne Martin, Denise Martin, , Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson, John Warwick
- I Wish I Wasn't Quite Such a Big Girl - Daphne Anderson, Irlin Hall, Anne Martin, , Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson
- Pretty Little Bridesmaids/Mother's Lament - Maidie Andrews, Gil Bateman, Irlin Hall, Rose Hignell, Anne Martin, , Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson
- This Is a Changing World - Sylvia Cecil
- Fumfumbolo - Irlin Hall, Anne Martin, , Graham Payn, Daphne Peretz, Ann Sullivan, Peggy Thompson
- This Is a Night for Lovers/The Toast Music/Finale - Sylvia Cecil, Winefride Ingham, Mary Martin, Graham Payn, Maria Perilli
- Selection, Pt. 1 - Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra
- Twin Soliloquies - Wilbur Evans, Mary Martin
- Finale/Some Enchanted Evening - Wilbur Evans, Mary Martin
- Selection, Pt. 2 - Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra
Music reviews of Pacific 1860: A Musical Romance (1946 Original London Cast)
Music Review: Dreadful sound quality lets Noel Coward fans down badly
Rating: 2 Stars
A charming and romantic little operetta by Noel Coward (his first post-war work) - set in a fictional South Pacific outpost of Empire in the nineteenth century that has somehow attained the glamour of the Indian Raj. In spite of starring Mary Martin it had a disappointing run - although it does have some wonderful Coward songs ("Uncle Harry", and "I wish I wasn't quite such a big girl" in particular).
Alas, it was never well recorded. A set of 78 RPM discs covered most of the music, but they were of unusually poor sonic quality for the 1940s - sounding more like something from the 1920s! They were re-released on an LP that in spite of some "cleaning up" remained a very poor representation of how the original production must have sounded.
And, sadly, this CD release is if anything WORSE than the LP - there is no discernible trace of any attempt to improve the sound at all.
ONLY worth it if you are a very keen Noel Coward fan, and then only because, pending a revival or a decent studio recording of the work, this is the only recording available.
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