Compact disc. "This recording of 'Cats' contains most of the music of the Broadway production of the musical ... There are some small alterations and cuts for recording purposes principally in the longer dance sections and the narrative poem 'The pekes and the pollicles'"--Booklet. Based on: Old possum's book of practical cats / by T.S. Eliot. Kenneth Ard, Betty Buckley, Rene Ceballos, Walter Charles, Rene Clemente, Wendy Edmead, Diane Fratantoni, Steven Gelfer, Harry Groener, Steven Hack, Stephen Hanan, Robert Hoshour, Janet L. Hubert, Reed Jones, Whitney Kershaw, Donna King, Christine Langner, Terrence V. Mann, Anna McNeely, Hector Jaime Mercado, Cynthia Onrubia, Ken Page, Susan Powers, Carol Richards, Joel Robertson, Timothy Scott, Herman W. Sebek, Bonnie Simmons. Conductor: Stanley Lebowsky ; musical director: René Wiegert. Includes full libretto in English in booklet.
Contents:
(4:19). Grizabella (2:48) -- Prologue: Jellicle songs for jellicle cats (5:18) -- Naming of cats (3:02) -- Invitation to the jellicle ball (2:10) -- Old Gumbie Cat (3:48) -- Rum Tum Tugger (3:42) -- Grizabella : the glamour cat (3:05) -- Bustopher Jones (3:07) -- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer (4:28) -- Old Deuteronomy (4:02) -- Jellicle ball (9:34) -- Grizabella (4:19). (4:19). Ad-dressing of cats (3:11) -- Gus : theatre cat (6:33) -- Growltiger's last stand ; Ballad of Billy McCaw (11:43) -- Skimbleshanks :the railway cat (4:53) -- Macavity : the mystery cat (8:24) -- Mr. Mistoffelees (4:26) -- Memory (5:21) -- Journey to the heaviside layer (2:44) -- Ad-dressing of cats (4:19).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.