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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
The Music Of James Horner [2 CDs] [ Silva Screen / 2 CD - released 31/May/2011 ] A comprehensive 2CD, 27 track collection, celebrating one of the most prolific and accomplished composers working in Hollywood today. James Horner's outstanding film music career has seen him work with the greatest directors of the last three... |
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LIONEL BART
Bart: Oliver! [Deluxe Collector's Edition] Clive Revil & Georgia Brown / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor Records / CD - released 16/May/2002 ] Oliver! is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver! ran on Broadway, after being brought to the U.S. by David Merrick in 1963. |
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JERRY BOCK / SHELDON HARNICK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bock: Tenderloin - A Musical Comedy David Ogden Stiers & Debbie Gravitte / 2000 Original Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Tenderloin is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock, their follow-up to the highly successful Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! a year earlier. |
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CAROL HALL
Hall: The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Dee Hoty, Scott Holmes & Ronn Carroll / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 25/Aug/1994 ] The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public is a musical with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall. It is a sequel to the 1978 musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. |
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CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Bring Back Birdie Donald O'Connor & Chita Rivera / Original 1881 Broadway Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Bring Back Birdie was a 1981 musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, and a book by Michael Stewart. It was a sequel to the 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie, which was written by the same team. Taking place twenty years after Bye Bye... |
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RICHARD ROGERS
Rodgers: The King and I Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips, Taewon Kim / 1996 New Broadway Cast [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] This production was produced on Broadway, opening on April 11, 1996, at the Neil Simon Theatre, starring Donna Murphy as Anna, who won a Tony Award for her performance, and Lou Diamond Phillips as the King |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies Dorothy Collins, Gene Nelson / Original 1971 Broadway Cast [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 17/May/1992 ] The original Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, with choreography by Bennett, opened April 4, 1971. The musical was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven. |
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Electric Light Orchestra / Olivia Newton-John
O.S.T. - Xanadu [ Sony / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
Ellington: Pousse-Cafe Ellis Larkin plays / Marshall Barer & Barbara Lea sing [ Audiophile Records / CD - released 17/May/1992 ] Never before recorded. Songs from the original Broadway production. |
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ENNIO MORRICONE
The Very Best Of. Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone [ Virgin / CD - released 18/Sep/2000 ] Another excellent collection of materpieces composed by the great Ennio Morricone featuring music from a FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, MY NAME IS NOBODY, THE MISSION and more |
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JULE STYNE
Styne: Sugar Robert Morse, Tony Roberts & Elaine Joyce / Original 1972 Broadway Cast Recording [ Kritzerland / CD - released 17/May/1990 ] Sugar is a 1972 musical with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The musical is based on the 1959 film Some Like It Hot, which was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from a story by Robert Thoeren and... |
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JULE STYNE
Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes George Dvorsky & KT Sullivan / Original 1995 Broadway Revival Cast Recording [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. |
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ROGER MILLER
Miller: Big River - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Gordon Connell & Daniel Jenkins / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ MCA Records / CD - released 12/Jul/1985 ] Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and a book by William Hauptman. |
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COLE PORTER
Porter: Can-Can Gwen Vedon & Lilio / Original 1953 Broadway Cast [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s. |
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IRVING BERLIN
Berlin: Louisiana Purchase [original 1996 New York Cast Recording] Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor / 1998 New York Cast [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1996 ] Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans, the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana... |
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IRVING BERLIN
Unsung Irving Berlin Sal Viviano, Klea Blackhurst, Guy Haines, Gregory Ibara, Liz Callaway, Lynnette Perry, Harry Groener [ Varese Sarabande / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Jan/1995 ] This two-CD set examines 31 Berlin works that were either cut from shows or films, have faded from memory or were never heard from at all. |
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SCOTT WARRENDER
Warrender: Das Barbecu - A New Musical Comedy J. K. Simmons & Julie Johnson / Original Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] With a book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, Das Barbecü is a musical farce about mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their double shotgun wedding. Five actors play more than 30 characters. |
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James Bernard
Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horrors (1922) [ Silva America / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] This is a new score, composed for the F.W. Murnau 1922 silent film "Nosferatu." It premiered in 1997. |
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ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Wright/Forrest: Grand Hotel Jane Krakowski & Timothy Jerome / Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1989 ] Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |