Sony Music Entertainment: 88725416962/D7 (set: 88725 41696 2) Selections from the 1977 Broadway revival cast recording. Music by Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Title from label. Constance Towers as Anna Leonowens ; Yul Brynner as The King ; Hye-Young Choi as Lady Thiang ; Martin Vidnovic as Lun Tha ; June Angela as Tuptim ; orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock. Recorded 1977 October 31 RCA's Studio A, New York City. Originally released in 1977 by RCA as ABL1-2010. 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:
Overture (5:04) -- Arrival at Bangkok/I whistle a happy tune (3:27) -- My lord and master (2:15) -- Hello, young lovers (3:49) -- March of the Siamese children (3:27) -- Children sing, priests chant (:47) -- A puzzlement (4:31) -- The Royal Bangkok Academy (:44) -- Getting to know you (4:23) -- So big a world (1:04) -- We kiss in a shadow (4:12) -- A puzzlement (reprise) (1:51) -- Shall I tell you what I think of you? (5:28) -- Something wonderful (3:21) -- Finale to Act I (2:31) -- Western people funny (1:35) -- Dance of Anna and Sir Edward (1:08) -- I have dreamed (3:46) -- Song of the King (1:12) -- Shall we dance? (5:03) -- Finale (6:06).
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