Sony Music Entertainment: 88725416962/D4 (set: 88725 41696 2) Selections from the 2009 studio cast recording. Music by Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett ; vocal arrangements by Crane Calder. Title from label. Patrick Wilson as Joseph Taylor, Jr. ; Nathan Gunn as Dr. Joseph Taylor ; Audra McDonald as Marjorie Taylor ; Marni Nixon as Grandma Taylor ; Laura Benanti as Jennie Brinker ; Liz Callaway as Emily ; supporting soloists ; Istropolis Philharmonic Orchestra ; Larry Blank, conductor. Orchestra recorded 2006 October 2-6 Bratislava. Vocalists recorded Legacy Recording Studios, New York City. Legacy Recording Studios, New York City. Originally released in 2009 by Sony as 88697-41738-2. This disc is part of a 12-disc boxed set issued by Sony in 2012. Booklet with program notes by Ted Chapin and David Foil, biographies of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and histories and synopses of the individual musicals (96 unnumbered pages : illustrations) accompanies set.
Contents:
CD1: Overture (5:24) -- Opening (Joseph Taylor Jr.) (3:56) -- I know it can happen again (1:27) -- Pudgy legs (:15) -- Dialogue/One foot, other foot (:40) -- One foot, other foot (3:08) -- Children's dance (5:38) -- Grandmother's death (1:10) -- Winters go by (:51) -- Dialogue/Poor Joe (:13) -- Poor Joe (:15) -- Diploma (:38) -- A fellow needs a girl (3:21) -- Freshmen get together (:56) -- Dream sequence (1:11) -- Pas de deux (2:12) -- End of college dance (2:54) -- Wildcats (:43) -- Jennie reads letter (:42) -- Scene of professors (4:29) -- So far (3:08) -- You are never away (1:45) -- You are never away (encore) (1:52) -- Dialogue/Poor Joe (reprise) (:25) -- Poor Joe (reprise) (:29) -- Marjorie's death (1:30) -- What a lovely day for a wedding! (2:10) -- It may be a good idea (:54) -- Finale Act I (5:58). CD2: Entr'acte (3:00) -- Opening Act II (:48) -- Money isn't everything (3:42) -- Dance (Money isn't everything) (3:07) -- Dialogue/Poor Joe (second reprise) (:50) -- Poor Joe (second reprise) (:13) -- You are never away (reprise) (1:30) -- A fellow needs a girl (reprise) (:56) -- Yatata (3:57) -- The gentleman is a dope (2:54) -- Dialogue/Allegro (:10) -- Allegro (3:10) -- Allegro ballet (4:55) -- Come home (3:29) -- Finale ultimo (4:24).
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