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Title:

Flower drum song [sound recording] : the new Broadway cast recording / [music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein].

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

Sony Music Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Musicals--Excerpts.

Other Authors:

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, composer.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, librettist.
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966, author.
Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, arranger of music.
Umeki, Miyoshi, 1929-2007, singer.
Suzuki, Pat, singer.
Blyden, Larry, 1925-1975, singer.
Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968, singer.
Kenney, Ed, singer.
Luke, Keye, 1904-1991, singer.
Hong Young, Arabella, singer.
Dell'Isola, Salvatore, conductor.
Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977, producer.
Siravo, George, conductor.
Henderson, Florence, singer.
Bass, Sid, conductor.
Church, Sandra, singer.
Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003, conductor.
Chapin, Theodore S. writer of added commentary.
Foil, David, writer of added commentary.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Flower drum song. Selections.

Notes:

Sony Music Entertainment: 88725416962/D11 (set: 88725 41696 2) Selections from the original Broadway cast recording. Music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Title from label. Miyoshi Umeki as Mei Li ; Pat Suzuki as Linda Low ; Larry Blyden as Sammy Fong ; Juanita Hall as Madam Liang ; Ed Kenney as Wang Ta ; Keye Luke as Wang Chi Yang ; Arabella Hong as Helen Chao ; supporting soloists ; orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola. Recorded 1958 December 7 Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City. Bonus tracks recorded 1958-1959. Originally released in 1958 by Columbia as OS 2009 ; reissued in 2009. Bonus tracks are cover versions of six songs from the musical, sung by Pat Suzuki with George Siravo and his orchestra (tracks 18 & 21), by Florence Henderson with Sid Bass and his chorus and orchestra (17, 20, 22), or by Sandra Church with Luther Henderson and his orchestra (19). 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:

Flower drum song (52:48): Overture (4:09) -- You are beautiful (4:01) -- A hundred million miracles (4:23) -- I enjoy being a girl (3:34) -- I am going to like it here (3:50) -- Like a god (1:32) -- Chop suey (2:35) -- Don't marry me (4:09) -- Grant Avenue (2:31) -- Love, look away (3:31) -- At the Celestial Bar: Fan Tan Fannie ; Gliding through my memoree ; Grant Avenue (reprise) (5:02) -- Entr'acte (1:31) -- The other generation (3:14) -- Sunday (4:18) -- The other generation (reprise) (2:00) -- Wedding parade/A hundred million miracles (reprise) (2:28) -- Bonus tracks: Grant Avenue (2:15) ; Love, look away (3:20) ; Fan Tan Fannie (2:06) ; Like a god (2:28) ; Sunday (2:25) ; I enjoy being a girl (2:29).

Series:

Masterworks Broadway

OCLC:

(OCoLC)829097861

UPC:

887254169628

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)