- Annie Get Your Gun, musical~There's No Business Like Show Business
- Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers)
- Show Boat, musical in 2 acts~Ol' Man River
- Anything Goes, musical play~You're the Top
- Oklahoma!, musical~Oklahoma!
- Guys and Dolls, musical~Luck Be a Lady
- My Fair Lady, musical~I Could Have Danced All Night
- West Side Story, musical~America
- The Sound of Music, musical~My Favorite Things
- Funny Girl, musical~People
- Fiddler on the Roof, musical~If I Were a Rich Man
- Man of la Mancha, musical~The Impossible Dream
- Cabaret, musical play~Cabaret
- Hair, musical~Let the Sunshine In
- A Little Night Music, musical~Send in the Clowns
- A Chorus Line, musical~One
- Annie, musical~Tomorrow
- Cats, musical~Memory
- Phantom of the Opera, musical~The Music of the Night
- Hairspray, musical play~Good Morning Baltimore
- Wicked, musical play~Defying Gravity
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0602498635360
Lon Hoyt Primary Artist,Conductor
Rene Wiegert Primary Artist,Conductor
Milton Greene Primary Artist,Conductor
Neil Warner Primary Artist,Conductor
The Guys Primary Artist
Michael Crawford Primary Artist,Vocals
Al Jolson Primary Artist,Vocals
Glynis Johns Primary Artist,Vocals
Idina Menzel Primary Artist,Vocals
Jay Blackton Primary Artist,Conductor
Robert Alda Primary Artist,Vocals
Marissa Jaret Winokur Primary Artist,Vocals
Jill Haworth Primary Artist,Vocals
Barbra Streisand Primary Artist,Vocals
Melba Moore Primary Artist,Vocals
Zero Mostel Primary Artist,Vocals
Ensemble Primary Artist
Milton Rosenstock Primary Artist,Conductor
Frederick Dvonch Primary Artist,Conductor
Irving Actman Primary Artist,Conductor
Chita Rivera Primary Artist,Vocals
Kristin Chenoweth Primary Artist,Vocals
Peter Howard Primary Artist,Conductor
Galt MacDermot Primary Artist,Conductor
Lynn Kellogg Primary Artist,Vocals
Ethel Merman Primary Artist,Vocals
James Rado Primary Artist,Vocals
Max Goberman Primary Artist,Conductor
Don Pippin Primary Artist,Conductor
Harold Hastings Primary Artist,Conductor
Victor Young & His Orchestra Primary Artist,Orchestra
Marilyn Cooper Primary Artist,Vocals
Chorus Primary Artist
Johnny Green & His Orchestra Primary Artist,Orchestra
Phillipa Bevan Primary Artist
Julie Andrews Primary Artist,Vocals
Richard Kiley Primary Artist,Vocals
Michael Reed Primary Artist,Conductor
Alfred Drake Primary Artist,Vocals
Paul Robeson Primary Artist,Vocals
Andrea McArdle Primary Artist,Vocals
Mary Martin Primary Artist,Vocals
Betty Buckley Primary Artist,Vocals
Franz Allers Primary Artist,Conductor
Wicked: A Musical Play Pit Orchestra Orchestra
A Chorus Line Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Annie Get Your Gun Orchestra Orchestra
My Fair Lady Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Fiddler on the Roof Pit Orchestra Orchestra
West Side Story Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
Oklahoma! Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Guys & Dolls Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
Cabaret Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Sinbad Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Annie Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Guys and Dolls Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Funny Girl Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Donald Pippin Conductor
Man of La Mancha pit orchestra Orchestra
A Little Night Music Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Victor Young Conductor
Stephen Oremus Conductor
Phantom of the Opera Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Sound of Music Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Oklahoma Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
West Side Story Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Hair Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Cats Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Hairspray Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Teese Gohl Music Direction
Alex Lacamoire Conductor
Johnny Green Conductor
Michael Kantor Compilation Producer,Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Ken Fredette Design
Paul Kolnik Cover Photo,Photography
Steve Berkowitz Compilation Producer
Martin Starger Concept,Development
Adam Zucker Editing
Hairspray Cast Ensemble Cast
Peter Kszan Packaging Manager
Annie Get Your Gun Cast Ensemble Cast
Gerome Ragni Composer
Brian Drutman Compilation Producer
George R. Marek Producer
Goddard Lieberson Producer
Marc Shaiman Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Stephen Sondheim Composer,Lyricist
James Orofino Artist Coordination,A&R
Randy Dry Project Director
Joy Gilbert Monfried Project Director
Bill ODonnell Supervising Producer
Jerry Bock Composer
Mitch Leigh Composer
Patti Matheny A&R,Artist Coordination
Jack Kapp Producer
Lisa Sparagano Design
Jac Venza Executive Producer
Fred Ebb Lyricist,Composer
Irving Berlin Composer,Lyricist
Cole Porter Composer,Lyricist
Alan Jay Lerner Composer,Lyricist
Marvin Hamlisch Composer
Edward Kleban Composer,Lyricist
James Rado Composer,Lyricist
Darcy Proper Mixing,Mastering,Compilation Producer
Nicole Dean-Taubert Project Director
A Chorus Line Cast Ensemble Cast
Dick Jones Producer,Producer
Joy Monfried Project Director
David Horn Executive Producer
Joan Marcus Photography
Martha Swope Cover Photo,Photography
George Gershwin Composer
Charles Hart Composer,Lyricist
Didier C. Deutsch Compilation Producer
Leonard Bernstein Composer
Scott Wittman Composer,Lyricist
Sam Rosenthal Producer
Jule Styne Composer
Jeffrey Peisch Project Director
Philip Greenberg Photography
Martin Levan Producer
Michael "Mickey" Kapp Producer
Andrew Lloyd Webber Producer
T.S. Eliot Lyricist
Frederick Loewe Composer
Frank Loesser Composer,Lyricist
Trevor Nunn Composer,Lyric Adaptations
John Kander Composer
Jerome Kern Composer
Steven Berkowitz Compilation Producer
Martin Charnin Composer,Lyricist
Joe Darion Composer,Lyricist
Ken Robertson Transfers
Sheldon Harnick Composer,Lyricist
Stephen Schwartz Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Andy Wiswell Producer
Bob Merrill Composer,Lyricist
Irving Caesar Composer
Larry Morton Producer
Charles Strouse Composer,Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers Composer
Broadway: The American Musical [Highlights]
by Best Of Broadway: The American
Best Of Broadway: The American
Broadway: The American Musical [Highlights]
by Best Of Broadway: The American
Best Of Broadway: The American
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Overview
By now, the merchandising program is always in place when PBS sponsors another documentary series, whether one of Ken Burns' historical efforts or the films grouped under the heading The Blues in 2003, organized by Martin Scorsese: among other keepsakes, there is the coffee-table companion book, the DVD set, and, for the musical programs, the CD box set. All of these were rolled out in connection with Broadway: The American Musical, a six-part documentary broadcast in October 2004. And this single-disc CD is the cheapest item in the bunch (unless, perhaps, there's also a coffee mug), much less expensive than the box set of five CDs. Although it is called The Best of Broadway: The American Musical, it is not exactly a reduction of that set. The compilers have taken the opportunity to make alternate choices of material (one song per show) in several instances. Here, the title song from Oklahoma! is picked instead of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "America" from West Side Story replaces "Tonight," and the title song from Cabaret is employed instead of "Willkommen." The other 18 tracks all appear on the box set. Even at nearly 77 minutes, of course, this sort of collection is nothing more than a sampler, but since there are many similar compilations in the marketplace, it's worth noting that this one ranges across record labels and presents the original Broadway cast recordings wherever possible in excellent sound quality. (Tracks like "Swanee" and "You're the Top" date from before the era of original-cast recordings that began in the 1940s, but do feature the original stage performers.) Taking the Broadway musical from the 1910s to the 2000s in such a short length of time naturally makes for the occasional odd juxtaposition, but then that gives a sense of the variety of kinds of music subsumed under the term "show music." When Hair's "Let the Sunshine In" (as it is called here; actually, the correct title is "The Flesh Failures") gives way to "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music, you can't help thinking that there's room on Broadway for some very different musical sensibilities, a notion only reinforced by the appearance of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber ("Memory," "The Music of the Night") toward the end. This also means that, no matter what Broadway fan listens to this disc, there will be some music likely not to appeal, which may indicate that the compilers have gotten it just about right. (Not so impressive are Laurence Maslon's liner notes, which would have benefited from a more careful editor and proofreader, but even so are needlessly pretentious. Readers are likely to be sent to the dictionary after reading that "You're the Top" is a "bit of stichomythia" or that Michael Crawford is "gracefully crepuscular," only to discover that Maslon could have used simpler words to greater effect.) ~ William Ruhlmann
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/05/2004 |
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Label: | Universal Classics & Jazz |
UPC: | 0602498635360 |
Rank: | 179664 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Shark Girls Primary ArtistLon Hoyt Primary Artist,Conductor
Rene Wiegert Primary Artist,Conductor
Milton Greene Primary Artist,Conductor
Neil Warner Primary Artist,Conductor
The Guys Primary Artist
Michael Crawford Primary Artist,Vocals
Al Jolson Primary Artist,Vocals
Glynis Johns Primary Artist,Vocals
Idina Menzel Primary Artist,Vocals
Jay Blackton Primary Artist,Conductor
Robert Alda Primary Artist,Vocals
Marissa Jaret Winokur Primary Artist,Vocals
Jill Haworth Primary Artist,Vocals
Barbra Streisand Primary Artist,Vocals
Melba Moore Primary Artist,Vocals
Zero Mostel Primary Artist,Vocals
Ensemble Primary Artist
Milton Rosenstock Primary Artist,Conductor
Frederick Dvonch Primary Artist,Conductor
Irving Actman Primary Artist,Conductor
Chita Rivera Primary Artist,Vocals
Kristin Chenoweth Primary Artist,Vocals
Peter Howard Primary Artist,Conductor
Galt MacDermot Primary Artist,Conductor
Lynn Kellogg Primary Artist,Vocals
Ethel Merman Primary Artist,Vocals
James Rado Primary Artist,Vocals
Max Goberman Primary Artist,Conductor
Don Pippin Primary Artist,Conductor
Harold Hastings Primary Artist,Conductor
Victor Young & His Orchestra Primary Artist,Orchestra
Marilyn Cooper Primary Artist,Vocals
Chorus Primary Artist
Johnny Green & His Orchestra Primary Artist,Orchestra
Phillipa Bevan Primary Artist
Julie Andrews Primary Artist,Vocals
Richard Kiley Primary Artist,Vocals
Michael Reed Primary Artist,Conductor
Alfred Drake Primary Artist,Vocals
Paul Robeson Primary Artist,Vocals
Andrea McArdle Primary Artist,Vocals
Mary Martin Primary Artist,Vocals
Betty Buckley Primary Artist,Vocals
Franz Allers Primary Artist,Conductor
Wicked: A Musical Play Pit Orchestra Orchestra
A Chorus Line Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Annie Get Your Gun Orchestra Orchestra
My Fair Lady Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Fiddler on the Roof Pit Orchestra Orchestra
West Side Story Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
Oklahoma! Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Guys & Dolls Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
Cabaret Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Sinbad Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Annie Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Guys and Dolls Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Funny Girl Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Donald Pippin Conductor
Man of La Mancha pit orchestra Orchestra
A Little Night Music Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Victor Young Conductor
Stephen Oremus Conductor
Phantom of the Opera Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Sound of Music Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Oklahoma Cast Ensemble Choir/Chorus
West Side Story Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Hair Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Cats Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Hairspray Pit Orchestra Orchestra
Teese Gohl Music Direction
Alex Lacamoire Conductor
Johnny Green Conductor
Technical Credits
Laurence Maslon Liner Notes,Liner NotesMichael Kantor Compilation Producer,Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Ken Fredette Design
Paul Kolnik Cover Photo,Photography
Steve Berkowitz Compilation Producer
Martin Starger Concept,Development
Adam Zucker Editing
Hairspray Cast Ensemble Cast
Peter Kszan Packaging Manager
Annie Get Your Gun Cast Ensemble Cast
Gerome Ragni Composer
Brian Drutman Compilation Producer
George R. Marek Producer
Goddard Lieberson Producer
Marc Shaiman Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Stephen Sondheim Composer,Lyricist
James Orofino Artist Coordination,A&R
Randy Dry Project Director
Joy Gilbert Monfried Project Director
Bill ODonnell Supervising Producer
Jerry Bock Composer
Mitch Leigh Composer
Patti Matheny A&R,Artist Coordination
Jack Kapp Producer
Lisa Sparagano Design
Jac Venza Executive Producer
Fred Ebb Lyricist,Composer
Irving Berlin Composer,Lyricist
Cole Porter Composer,Lyricist
Alan Jay Lerner Composer,Lyricist
Marvin Hamlisch Composer
Edward Kleban Composer,Lyricist
James Rado Composer,Lyricist
Darcy Proper Mixing,Mastering,Compilation Producer
Nicole Dean-Taubert Project Director
A Chorus Line Cast Ensemble Cast
Dick Jones Producer,Producer
Joy Monfried Project Director
David Horn Executive Producer
Joan Marcus Photography
Martha Swope Cover Photo,Photography
George Gershwin Composer
Charles Hart Composer,Lyricist
Didier C. Deutsch Compilation Producer
Leonard Bernstein Composer
Scott Wittman Composer,Lyricist
Sam Rosenthal Producer
Jule Styne Composer
Jeffrey Peisch Project Director
Philip Greenberg Photography
Martin Levan Producer
Michael "Mickey" Kapp Producer
Andrew Lloyd Webber Producer
T.S. Eliot Lyricist
Frederick Loewe Composer
Frank Loesser Composer,Lyricist
Trevor Nunn Composer,Lyric Adaptations
John Kander Composer
Jerome Kern Composer
Steven Berkowitz Compilation Producer
Martin Charnin Composer,Lyricist
Joe Darion Composer,Lyricist
Ken Robertson Transfers
Sheldon Harnick Composer,Lyricist
Stephen Schwartz Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Andy Wiswell Producer
Bob Merrill Composer,Lyricist
Irving Caesar Composer
Larry Morton Producer
Charles Strouse Composer,Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers Composer
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