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, El Gallo from The Fantasticks)
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
Kim Huber (as
Selena Jones
Judy Kaye (as Annie Oakley from Annie Get Your Gun)
Valerie Masterson (as Laurie from
Andrea McArdle
Alec McCowen (as Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady)
Don Stephenson (as Nicely-Nicely Johnson from Guys And Dolls)
Production Team
Conductors - Craig Barna, Janet 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 Janet
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,
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
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
Thomas
Allen, Ethan Freeman,
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 Performance), The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview), The
Pirates Of Penzance (Benefit 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,
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.
Thomas Allen, Graham Bickley, Carol Channing,
The National Symphony Orchestra / NSO Ensemble, with maestros Craig Barna, John Owen Edwards, and Martin
Yates, can also be heard on The Best
Of The Musicals.
Barry Bostwick, Ethan Freeman, Judy Kaye, and, Valerie Masterson can also be heard on 100 Hits Musicals; accompanied by The National Symphony Orchestra, with
maestros Craig Barna, Janet Glazener, John Owen Edwards, and, Martin
Yates. This album includes the same recordings of: Anything You Can Do I Can Do
Better, and, The Impossible Dream.
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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