10 CD box set that gathers together eleven legendary Broadway musicals, recorded between 1943 and 1960: Irma La Douce, West Side Story, Kiss me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, My Fair Lady, Guys And Dolls, Oklahoma, On The Town, South Pacific and Lady In The Dark. Composed by the likes of Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and others, they feature hit songs such as “I Got Rhythm”, “I Could have Danced All Night”, “Too Darn Hot”, “Embraceable You”, “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”, “Maria” and “Tonight”. Featuring stars of the genre, among them Julie Andrews, Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Rex Harrison, Alfred Drake, Ray Middleton, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman and many more.
WEST SIDE STORY
Leonard Bernstein, Mickey Calin – Prologue: Jet Song
Larry Kert – Something’s Coming
Leonard Bernstein – The Dance at the Gym (The Jets, the Sharks)
Larry Kert – Maria
Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence – Tonight
Marylin Cooper, Chita Rivera – America
Mickey Calin – Cool
Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence – One Hand, One Heart
Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, Mickey Calin, Carol Lawrence – Tonight
Leonard Bernstein – The Rumble
Carol Lawrence, Marylin Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elisabeth Taylor – I Feel Pretty
Larry Kert, Reri Grist, Carol Lawrence – Somewhere
Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, Hank Brunjes, Tony Mordente, David Winters – Gee, Officer Krupke
Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence – A Boy Like That, I Have a Love
Mickey Calin, Larry Kert, Eddie Roll, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Grover Dale, Hank Brunjes, Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Marylin Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elisabeth Taylor – Finale
MY FAIR LADY
Franz Allers – Overture: Why Can’t the English?
Julie Andrews – Wouldn’t It Be Loverly
Franz Allers – With a Little Bit of Luck
Rex Harrison – I’m an Ordinary Man
Julie Andrews – Just You Wait
Franz Allers – The Rain in Spain
Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans – I Could Have Danced All Night
Franz Allers – Ascot Gavotte
John Michael King – On the Street Where You Live
Franz Allers – You Did It
Julie Andrews, John Michael King – Show Me
Stanley Holloway – Get Me to the Church on Time
Rex Harrison – A Hymn to Him
Julie Andrews – Without You
Rex Harrison – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
KISS ME KATE
Annabelle Hill – Overture – Another Op’nin’, Another Show
Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang – Why Can’t You Behave?
Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake – Wunderbar
Patricia Morison – So in Love
Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Harold Lang, Lisa Kirk – We Open in Venice
Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Edwin Clay, Charles Wood – Tom, Dick or Harry
Alfred Drake – I’ve Come to Wive it Wealthily in Padua
Patricia Morison – I Hate Men
Alfred Drake – Were Thine That Special Face
Lorenzo Fuller, Fred Davis, Eddie Sledge – Too Darn Hot
Alfred Drake – Where is the Life That Late I Led?
Lisa Kirk – Always True to You
Harold Lang – Bianca
Alfred Drake – So in Love
Harry Clark, Jack Diamond – Brush up Your Shakespeare
Patricia Morison – I Am Ashamed That Women are so Simple
Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison – Finale: Kiss me, Kate
GIRL CRAZY
Lehman Engel – Overture
Lehman Engel – The Lonesome Cowboy
Mary Martin – Bidin’ My Time
Eddie Chappell, Louise Carlyle – Could You Use Me
Lehman Engel – Bronco Busters
Lehman Engel – Barbary Coast
Mary Martin – Embraceable You
Louise Carlyle – Sam and Delilah
Mary Martin – I Got Rhythm
Mary Martin – But Not for Me
Eddie Chappell – Treat Me Rough
Mary Martin – Boy! What Love Has Done to Me
Louise Carlyle – Cactus Time in Arizona
Mary Martin – Finale
LADY IN THE DARK
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – Introduction – Oh fabulous one
Ann Sothern – One life to live
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – Girl of the moment
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – What is Liza really like?
Ann Sothern – This is new
Carleton Carpenter – The greatest show on earth
Ann Sothern, Carleton Carpenter – The trial of Liza Elliott
Carleton Carpenter – Tschaikovsky
Ann Sothern – The saga of Jenny
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – Make up your mind
Ann Sothern – My ship
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – Ballett
Charles Sanford, Orchestra and Clay Warnick Choir – Finale
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Ethel Merman – Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly
Ray Middleton – The Girl That I Marry
Ethel Merman – You Can’t Get a Man With A Gun
Jay Blackton – There’s No Business Like Show Business
Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton – They Say It’s Wonderful
Ethel Merman – Moonshine Lullaby
Ray Middleton – My Defences Are Down
Ethel Merman – I’m An Indian Too
Ethel Merman – I Got Lost In His Arms
Robert Lenn, Kenneth Bowers, Kathleen Carnes, Betty Anny Nyman – What Do You Love I Hope
Ethel Merman – I Got The Sun in The Morning
Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton – Anything You Can Do
OKLAHOMA!
Jay Blackton – Overture
Alfred Drake – Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde – The Surrey with the Fringe On Top
Lee Dixon, Betty Garde – Kansas City
Celeste Holm – I Cain’t Say No
Joan Roberts – Many a New Day
Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts – People Will Say We’re In Love
Alfred Drake, Howard Da Silva – Pore Jud Is Daid
Joan Roberts – Out of My Dreams
Celeste Holm, Lee Dixon – All ‘er Nothin’
Alfred Drake – Oklahoma
Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts – Finale
IRMA LA DOUCE
Stanley Lebowsky – Overture
Clive Reville, Elizabeth Seal – Valse Milieu
Fred Gwynne, George S. Irving – Sons of France
Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell – The Bridge of Caulaincourt
Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell – Our Language of Love
George S. Irving – She’s Got the Lot
Elizabeth Seal – Dis-donc
Elizabeth Seal, Clive Reville, Keith Michell – Le Grisbi Is Le Root of Evil In Man
Keith Michell – The Wreck of a Mec
Clive Reville, Keith Michell – That’s a Crime
Keith Michell – From a Prison Cell
Elizabeth Seal – Irma-La-Douce
Keith Michell – There Is Only One Paris for That
Keith Michell, George S. Irving, Fred Gwynne – But
Stanley Lebowsky – Christmas Child
SOUTH PACIFIC
Salvatore DellIsola – Overture
Barbara Luna – Dites-moi
Mary Martin – A Cock-Eyed Optimist
Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza – Twin Soliloquies (Wonder How It Feels)
Ezio Pinza – Some Enchanted Evening
Salvatore DellIsola – Bloody Mary
Salvatore DellIsola – There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame
Juanita Hall – Bali Ha’i
Mary Martin – I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
Mary Martin – A Wonderful Guy
William Tabbert – Younger Than Springtime
Juanita Hall – Happy Talk
Mary Martin – Honey Bun
William Tabbert – Carefully Taught
Ezio Pinza – This Nearly Was Mine
Mary Martin, Barbara Luna, Ezio Pinza – Finale
GUYS AND DOLLS
Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, Isabel Bigley – Runyonland Music. Fugue for Tinhorns. Follow The Fold
Sam Levene, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver – The Oldest Established
Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley – I’ll Know
Vivian Blane – A Bushel And A Peck
Vivian Blane – Adelaide’s Lament
Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver – Guys and Dolls
Isabel Bigley – If I Were a Bell
Robert Alda – My Time Of Day
Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley – I’ve Never Been In Love Before
Vivian Blane – Take Back Your Mink
Pat Rooney – More I Cannot Wish You
Robert Alda – Luck Be A Lady
Vivian Blane, Sam Levene – Sue Me
Stubby Kaye – Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat
Vivian Blane, Isabel Bigley – Marry The Man Today
ON THE TOWN
Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander – Opening: New York, New York/ Dance: Miss Turnstiles
Cris Alexander, Nancy Walker – Taxi-Number: Come Up to My Place
Betty Comden, Adolph Green – Carried away
John Reardon – Lonely Town/Dance: Lonely Town
Nancy Walker – I Can Cook Too
John Reardon – Lucky to Be Me
Leonard Bernstein – Dance: Times Square
Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Cris Alexander – Nightclub Sequence
Leonard Bernstein – Ballet: The Imaginary Coney Island
Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green, Cris Alexander – Some Other Time
Leonard Bernstein – Dance: The Real Coney Island