Allegro

by Allegro / O.B.C.

Overview

Rodgers & Hammerstein were coming off the twin successes of Oklahoma! (1943) and Carousel (1945) when they produced this, their third Broadway musical. Not surprisingly, the pre-opening box office was record-breaking, but that was all that kept the show going for 315 performances that disappointed audiences. Today, it is remembered for experimental effects that eventually made their way into later musicals, but this cast album (10 songs originally issued as a five-disc 78 r.p.m. set, now a short CD) indicates that it wasn't one of R&H's better scores. Only Lisa Kirk's showstopper "The Gentleman Is A Dope" is really worthwhile. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/09/1993
Label:	SONY MASTERWORKS
UPC:	0078635275827

Tracks

1. Joseph Taylor, Jr./I Know It Can Happen Again
2. One Foot, Other Foot
3. A Fellow Needs a Girl
4. So Far
5. You Are Never Away
6. Wedding: To Have and to Hold/Wish Them Well
7. Money Isn't Everything
8. The Gentleman Is a Dope
9. Allegro
10. Come Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lisa Kirk   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kathirine Lee   Primary Artist
William Ching   Primary Artist,Vocals
Roberta Jonay   Primary Artist,Vocals
Julie Humphries   Primary Artist,Vocals
Muriel O'Malley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Robert Reeves   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sylvia Karlton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Gloria Wills   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Battles   Primary Artist,Vocals
Annamary Dickey   Primary Artist,Vocals
Allegro Singing Ensemble   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Patricia Bybell   Primary Artist,Vocals
David Gusikoff   Drums
Winston Collymore   Violin
Robert Stanley   Violin
Jack Schwartz   Cello
Albert Gusikoff   Trombone
Natzy Marino   Trumpet
Vladimir Wernek   Clarinet
Max Buzett   Violin
Peter Staluppi   French Horn
Louis Druzinsky   Viola
Frederick Wilkins   Flute
Abe Torchin   Tuba
Aaron Kass   Violin
William Maccaro   French Horn
Donald Corrado   French Horn
Bob Burger   Bassoon
Frank Tozzo   Trumpet
Alphonso Dellisola   Oboe
Walter Lewis   Clarinet
Irving M. Klein   Cello
Sidney Zwilling   Violin
Leo C. Alberti   Viola
Oscar Kosarin   Piano
Salvatore Dell'Isola   Conductor

Technical Credits

Eli Oberstein   Producer
Jay Newland   Engineer
Lisa Kirk   Performer
Robert Russell Bennett   Orchestration
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Bert Fink   Liner Notes
Kathirine Lee   Performer
Muriel O'Malley   Performer
Alfred Simon   Liner Notes
Patricia Bybell   Performer
Sylvia Karlton   Performer
Gloria Wills   Performer
John Battles   Performer
Annamary Dickey   Performer
Allegro Singing Ensemble   Performer