Irma La Douce [Sony]

by Irma La Douce / O.C.R.

Overview

Sony has done a first-class job with the Broadway cast recording of Irma La Douce -- not only is the original recording from 1960 mastered with clarity and richness of tone, but the accompanying booklet (which requires that the single CD go into a wide double-CD jewel case) is nicely annotated and printed, and filled with photographs of the cast -- including Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell, Clive Revill, and George S. Irving -- at work. This CD will be a special treat for any of the millions of people who know the underlying work through its non-musical treatment onscreen by director/producer Billy Wilder, who made a great movie out of the play without using any of the songs. But the film score contains the melodies and the music, and hearing that material in the proper setting will only enhance the value of the original, even for those who prefer Wilder's non-singing approach to the material. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/1991
Label:	SONY MASTERWORKS
UPC:	0074644801828

Tracks

1. Overture
2. Valse Milieu
3. Sons of France
4. The Bridge of Caulaincourt
5. Our Language of Love
6. She's Got the Lot
7. Dis-Donc, Dis-Donc
8. Le Grisbi Is le Root of le Evil in Man
9. The Wreck of a Mec
10. That's a Crime
11. From a Prison Cell
12. Irma la Douce
13. There Is Only One Paris for That
14. But
15. Christmas Child

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Keith Michell   Primary Artist,Vocals
George del Monte   Primary Artist,Vocals
George S. Irving   Primary Artist,Vocals
Aric Lavie   Primary Artist,Vocals
Clive Revill   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Elizabeth Seal   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Rudy Tronto   Primary Artist,Vocals
Osborne Smith   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stuart Damon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Zack Matalon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Fred Gwynne   Primary Artist,Vocals
Elliot Gould   Guest Artist
Keith Mitchell   Guest Artist
Stanley Lebowsky   Director
Peter Brook   Director

Technical Credits

Aric Lavie   Performer
Keith Michell   Performer
Marguerite Monnot   Composer
Andre Popp   Orchestration
Elizabeth Seal   Performer
Bud Graham   Engineer
Alexandre Breffort   Composer
George del Monte   Performer
Fred Gwynne   Performer
Robert Ginzler   Orchestration
Rudy Tronto   Performer
Bert Waller   Vocal Arrangement
Tim Tiedemann   Remastering,Digital Remastering
Stanley Green   Photography
Zack Matalon   Performer
Stuart Damon   Performer
George S. Irving   Performer
Osborne Smith   Performer
Clive Revill   Performer
Didier C. Deutsch   Liner Notes,Remixing,Producer
Fred Plaut   Engineer
Vernon Smith   Photography
Stanley Lebowsky   Vocal Arrangement
Teo Macero   Producer