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| ARTIST: | Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, National Symphony Orchestra, David Frith, David Green, Ethan Freeman, Gregg Edelman, Judy Kaye, Kim Criswell, Louise Gold |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Jay Records |
| FEATURES: | Cast Recording, Cast Recording |
| TYPE: | Music Theater, Pop, Showtunes / B'way |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Act One: Overture - Leonard Bernstein, Act One: Opening/New York! Newyork! - Michael Bauer, Act One: Miss Turnstiles - Nicolas Colicos, Act One: Come Up to My Place - Kim Criswell, Act One: Carried Away - Tim Flavin, Act One: Lonely Town - Ethan Freeman, Act One: High School Girls (Lonely Town Pas de Deux) - Leonard Bernstein, Act One: Lonely Town [Choral] - Ethan Freeman, Act One: Carnegie Hall Pavane - Valerie Masterson, Act One: I Can Cook Too - Kim Criswell, Act One: Lucky to Be Me - Ethan Freeman, Act One: Times Square/Finale Act 1 - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: Entr'acte - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: So Long Baby - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: I Wish I Was Dead (Nightclub Sequence) - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: Ya Got Me - Kim Criswell, Act Two: Slam Bang Blues - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: Pitkin's Song - Michael Bauer, Act Two: Subway Ride/Imaginary Coney Isand - Leonard Bernstein, Great Lover Displays Himself (Pas de Deux) - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: Some Other Time - Kim Criswell, Act Two: The Real Coney Island - Leonard Bernstein, Act Two: Finale Act II - Kim Criswell, Act Two: Exit Music - Leonard Bernstein, Gabey's Coming [*] - Gregg Edelman |
| UPC: | 605288123122 |
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Customer Reviews of On The Town (1995 Studio Cast)
great cd this show is amazing......my advice is to buy the cd.....it is well worth the money!!!! u'll love it too!!
A superb recording of this great score
"On the Town" has one of the greatest scores of any American musical. Of the three currently available, this can stand on an equal level with the great 1960 recording conducted by Bernstein and featuring most of the original principals, and a bit ahead of the Michael Tilson Thomas recording. This recording does suffer a bit from the fact that most of the singers have never played their roles on stage, but they are all such good theatre singers that they make up for it. And although occasionally John Owen Edwards's tempi choices are just too slow, for the most part his slowish tempi pay off. The ballet music, in particular, has perhaps never been recorded so powerfully. This recording captures the sadness underlying the piece far more than the other recordings do. The Bernstein recording may be first choice in many ways, but in the end I have to say I like this one rather more. And it's nice to have every bit of music that was included in the original production, especially the beautiful entr'acte, although the Tilson Thomas recording contains more of the music that was cut from the original production than this recording does.
A poor imitation of the original recording
Most people know On the Town only from the extremely silly movie version, which eliminated virtually all of Leonard Bernstein's amazing work (Harold Clurman, of all people, said that Bernstein's score "IS music.") These people do not know what they are missing - there are few musicals in the annals of the theater with better scores than this one. And this is NOT the CD to buy if you want to hear it. Every song is in some way mishandled, with poor acting, far-too-slow tempos, and annoying vamps. If you really want to hear this score, get the one made with (most of) the original cast; Comden and Green, the fantastic Nancy Walker (a show all by herself), and the whole company are wonderful, as is the music - you actually feel the excitement intended! This recording was utterly pointless; such studio albums should only be done of shows with flawed or absent originals, and not mislead people into thinking that truly great recordings somehow weren't good enough.