Sony Music Entertainment: 88725416962/D2 (set: 88725 41696 2) Selections from the 1965 Music Theater of Lincoln Center cast recording. Music by Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestrations by Don Walker. Title from label. John Raitt as Billy Bigelow ; Eileen Christy as Julie Jordan ; Susan Watson as Carrie Pipperidge ; supporting singers ; unidentified orchestra ; Franz Allers, conductor. Recorded 1965 August 15 Webster Hall, New York City. Originally released in 1965 by RCA as LSO 1114. Bonus tracks originally released in 1953 (tracks 14-15) or 1955 (16-17), featuring Doretta Morrow and John Raitt (14-15) or Patrice Munsel and Robert Merrill (16-17). 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:
Carousel (54:02): Prologue: The Carousel waltz (5:29) -- You're a queer one, Julie Jordan/Mister Snow (5:48) -- If I loved you (9:42) -- June is bustin' out all over (4:51) -- Mister Snow (reprise) (2:51) -- Blow high, blow low (1:43) -- When the children are asleep (3:59) -- Soliloquy (7:12) -- A real nice clambake (3:26) -- What's the use of wond'rin' (3:39) -- You'll never walk alone (1:45) -- The highest judge of all (1:58) -- Finale ultimo: You'll never walk alone (1:39) -- Bonus tracks: If I loved you (3:14) ; What's the use of wond'rin' (2:33) ; If I loved you (8:52) ; Soliloquy (7:15).
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