The wizard of Oz [sound recording] : 1998 cast recording / [based on the book] by L. Frank Baum ; with music and lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg ; background music by Herbert Stothart ; dance and vocal arrangements by Peter Howard ; orchestration by Larry Wilcox ; additional orchestrations by Jeff Rizzo.
Format:
[sound recording] :
Publisher:
TVT Soundtrax,
Copyright Date:
p1998
Description:
1 sound disc (1 hr., 1 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Includes dialogue. Mickey Rooney (Professor Marvel, Guard, Wizard of Oz) ; Eartha Kitt (Almira Gulch, Wicked Witch of the West) ; Jessica Grové (Dorothy Gale) ; Lara Teeter (Huck, Scarecrow) ; Ken Page (Zeke, Cowardly Lion) ; Dirk Lumbard (Hickory, Tin Man) ; supporting cast and orchestra ; Jeff Rizzo, conductor. Recorded June 22, 1998 at Manta Eastern Sound Recording Studios, Toronto, Canada. Originally produced at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 1-31, 1998. Compact disc. Program notes by John Esche and Robert Johanson, and synopsis ([12] folded p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Act 1. Overture ; Over the rainbow ; Miss Gulch ; Professor Marvel ; Cyclone ; Come out, come out ; Ding dong the witch is dead ; Follow the yellow brick road ; If I only had a brain ; We're off to see the wizard ; If I only had a heart ; We're off to see the wizard ; Lions, tigers and bears ; If I only had the nerve ; We're off to see the wizard ; Poppies -- Act 2. Optimistic voices ; Merry old land of Oz ; King of the forest ; The wizard's chamber ; March of the Winkies ; The jitterbug ; The witch's castle ; Ding dong the witch is dead (reprise) ; Finale ; Over the rainbow (reprise).
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