Show boat / Kern ; [book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; adapted from the novel by Edna Ferber ; original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett ; appendix orchestrations by Russell Warner ; film orchestrations reconstructed by Larry Moore].
Overture -- Act one. Cotton blossom ; Cap'n Andy's ballyhoo ; Where's the mate for me? ; Make believe ; Ol' man river ; Can't help lovin' dat man ; Life on the wicked stage ; Till good luck comes my way ; Mis'ry's comin' aroun' ; I would like to play a lover's part ; I might fall back on you ; Queenie's ballyhoo ; Villain dance ; Your are love ; Finale -- Act two. At the fair ; Why do I love you? ; In Dahomey ; Convent scene ; Bill ; Magnolia's audition ; Can't help lovin' dat man (reprise) ; Trocadero opening chorus ; Apache dance ; Goodbye, my lady love ; So you're going away ; After the ball ; Ol' man river (reprise) ; Hey, feller! ; You are love (reprise) ; Cotton blossom (reprise) ; It's getting hotter in the north ; Finale -- Appendix. Pantry scene ; Waterfront saloon scene ; Yes, ma'am ; Kim's imitations (Why do I love you?) ; Dance away the night ; A pack of cards ; The Creole love song ; Out there in an orchard ; Gallivantin' aroun' ; I have the room above her ; Ah still suits me ; Nobody else but me.
Note
Musical.
Contains the complete 1927 Broadway score, songs deleted during tryouts, and an appendix including material written during planning and for revival and film productions.
Author
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer.
Title
Show boat / Kern ; [book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; adapted from the novel by Edna Ferber ; original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett ; appendix orchestrations by Russell Warner ; film orchestrations reconstructed by Larry Moore].
Publisher
New York, NY : EMI Classics, [2006]
Copyright date
℗1988
Playing time
034200
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Great recordings of the century
Great recordings of the century.
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Teresa Stratas, Jerry Hadley, Bruce Hubbard, Karla Burns, David Garrison, Paige O'Hara, Robert Nichols, Nancy Culp, Lillian Gish ; other singers and speakers ; Ambrosian Chorus ; London Sinfonietta ; John McGlinn, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1987 June 30-September 5 No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.