The Best Of Broadway Musicals
Louise Gold starred on Track 10 as Reno Sweeny from
Anything Goes, Showtime recording
Catalogue number: (CD) SHOWCD 043 (Cassette) SHOWMC
043
Cast
Thomas
Allen (as Curly
from
Graham
Bickley (as
Lieutenant Cable from South Pacific and others)
Barry
Bostwick (as Frank
Butler from Annie Get Your Gun)
Carol
Channing (as Dolly
Levi from Hello Dolly)
Ethan
Freeman (as Don
Quioxte from Man Of
Louise
Gold (as
Michael
Gruber
Kim
Hubner
Selena
Jones
Judy Kaye (as Annie Oakley from Annie
Get Your Gun)
Valerie
Masterson (as
Laurie from
Andrea
McArdle
Alec
McCowen (as
Professor Higgins from My Fair Lady)
Don
Stephenson (as
Nicely Nicely Johnson from Guys And Dolls)
Production Team
Conductors - Craig Barna, James
Glazener, John Owen-Edwards, Paul Sawtell, Martin Yates
Produced by - John Yap
Sleeve notes - Rexton S Bunnet
Track Listing
1. The Best Things In Life Are Free (from The Good News) - Kim Hubner
and Michael Gruber with the NSO conducted by Craig Barna
2. I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (from My Fair Lady) - Alec McCowen with the NSO
conducted by John Owen-Edwards
3. Anything You Can Do (from Annie Get
Your Gun) - Barry Bostwick and Judy Kaye with the NSO
conducted by John Owen-Edwards
4. Try To Remember (from The
Fantasticks) - Graham Bickley with the NSO conducted by Martin
Yates
5. Time Heals Everything (from Mack And
Mabel) - Andrea McArdle with orchestra conducted by James
Glazener
6. Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat (from Guys And Dolls) - Don Stephenson and Company
with the NSO conducted by John Owen-Edwards
7. People Will Say We’re In Love (from
8. The Impossible Dream (from Man Of La
Mancha) - Ethan Freeman with the NSO conducted by Martin
Yates
9. People (from Funny Girl)
- Selena Jones with orchestra conducted by Paul Sawtell
10. I Get A Kick Out Of You (from Anything
Goes) - Louise Gold with the NSO conducted by John
Owen-Edwards
11. Younger Than Springtime (from South
Pacific) - Graham Bickley with the NSO conducted by Martin
Yates
12. Before The Parade Passes By (from Hello Dolly) - Carol Channing with orchestra
conducted by James Glazener
Track 10, Louise
Gold’s recording of I Get A Kick Out Of You actually comes
from her JAY/TER recording of Anything
Goes - Website
Recommended Album. She also sang it when she appeared in a
An excerpt of Louise Gold’s recording of I
Get A Kick Out Of You has managed to find its way onto The History Of The Musical
Ethan Freeman’s recording of The
Impossible Dream is actually from his solo album Ethan.
Graham Bickley’s recording of Younger
Than Springtime was specially recorded for the Showtime album The
Timeless Songs of R&H.
Thomas Allen, Graham
Bickley, Ethan Freeman, Michael Gruber, Kim Huber, Valerie
Masterson, Don Stephenson are also featured on Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals which the NSO conducted by Craig Barna,
John Owen Edwards, and Martin Yates also feature on, and for
which Rexton S Bunnet also did the sleeve notes. Ethan Freeman’s
recording of The Impossible Dream can also be found on this
recording
Thomas Allen, Graham Bickley, Ethan
Freeman, and Valerie Masterson are also featured on Great Duets From The Musicals
which also features the NSO conducted by John Owen Edwards and Martin
Yates and for which Rexton S Bunnet did the sleeve notes.
Thomas Allen, Graham Bickley, Louise
Gold, and, Selena Jones, along with the NSO conducted by John
Owen Edwards, Martin Yates and Paul Sawtell are also featured
on Cole Porter - Night And Day,
which includes the same recording as this album of I Get A Kick Out Of
You from Anything Goes.
Ethan Freeman, Judy Kaye and Valerie
Masterson with the NSO conducted by John Owen Edwards feature
on the JAY/TER recording of On The Town,
produced by John Yap.
The NSO conducted by John Owen Edwards
also features on the JAY/TER recording of Cabaret
produced by John Yap.
The NSO conducted by Martin Yates featured
on the JAY/TER recording of Stop The World I Want To Get Off,
also produced by John Yap.
Graham Bickley and Michael Gruber can also be heard on
Simply Musicals, which also features the NSO
conducted by Craig Barna, John Owen-Edwards, and, Martin Yates;
that album contains the same recordings of Younger Than Springtime Are
You, and, Try To Remember.
Thomas Allen, Ethan Freeman, Michael
Gruber, Valerie Masterson, Don Stephenson, and The
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna, John Owen
Edwards, and, Martin Yates also feature on The History Of The Musical as do
excerpts from Louise Gold’s recording of I Get A Kick Out Of You
and Don Stephenson’s recording of Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat.
John Owen Edwards’s musical direction
credits include Metropolitan Mikado and a
concert of highlights from Ratepayers' Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado
Graham Bickley’s stage credits include The Pirates Of Penzance (Stage)
and with the cast of that show in The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview) and the 1982
Royal Variety Performance..
Ethan Freeman’s stage credits include One Touch Of Venus (2000 Production)
Alec McCowen’s stage credits include The Cherry Orchard.
Martin Yates’s musical credits include
writing the music for a musical called The Soap
Opera
Sleeve note writer Rexton S Bunnet was also the
researcher for Ned Sherrin’s Review Of Revue
Louise Gold, Ethan Freeman,
and, Alec McCowen, along with the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by John Owen Edwards, and, Martin Yates can be heard on
The Greatest Musicals
of the 20th Century, as can the version of I Get A Kick
Out Of You heard on this album.
Thomas Allen was a guest on
the TV programme The Ghost Of Faffner
Hall.
Carol Channing was a Guest
Star on The Muppet Show.
Graham
Bickley, Ethan Freeman,
and, Valerie Masterson, along with
the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by John Owen Edwards, and,
Martin Yates can be heard on The Great Musicals - Wonderful Tales.
Thomas Allen, Graham Bickley, Louise Gold, Michael Gruber,
Valerie Masterson, Alec McCowen’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals – Glamour And
Majesty. This also involved the National
Symphony Orchestra; and maestros Craig
Barna, John Owen Edwards, and, Martin Yates. This includes the same
version of I Get A Kick Out Of You.
Valerie
Masterson’s recording credits include Centre
Stage Showtime!; Which also features The
National Symphony Orchestra, along with maestros John Owen Edwards, and, Martin
Yates.
Thomas Allen, Graham Bickley, Ethan Freeman, and, Don
Stephenson’s recording credits include The Great Musicals – Dashing Heroes,
Blushing Maidens. This also involved the National Symphony Orchestra, and, The Philharmonic Orchestra; with maestros John Owen Edwards, and, Martin
Yates.
Valerie
Masterson’s recording credits include The Great
Musicals – Laughter And Tears; This also involved The National Symphony Orchestra; with maestros Craig Barna, John Owen
Edwards, and, Martin Yates.
Review
by Emma Shane
This
is quite an interesting little album, if you like musicals then it is worth hearing,
and indeed worth having, especially if you want to get a flavour of the various
JAY/TER recordings, without buying all the recordings. In general, while
the performances are not necessarily the best performances ever of the songs,
they are by no means bad. They are of a high standard and very listenable to.
This point is very much illustrated by songs such as The Best Things In
Life Are Free and Anything You Can Do. I enjoyed
hearing them, and for the sort of price this album retails at it is worth
having.
For me the high spot of the album is I Get A
Kick Out Of You, mainly because I get a kick out of the fact
that it is sung by the glorious singer of Cole Porter songs, Louise
Gold. It is a real treat to hear her sing such a great Cole Porter
song. She sings is, as one would expect, with strength, complete conviction, and
decidedly Merman-like sound.
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