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| | South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast) | | | Music Artist : | | Richard Rodgers | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 1998-11-10 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Overture
2. Dites-Moi - Michael DeLeon, Barbara Luna
3. Cockeyed Optimist - Mary Martin
4. Twin Soliloquies - Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Emil Pinza
5. Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza, Emil Pinza
6. Bloody Mary
7. There Is Nothin' Like a Dame - Myron McCormick, ,
8. Bali Ha'i - Juanita Hall
9. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin,
10. Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin,
11. Younger Than Springtime - Billy Tabbert
12. Happy Talk - Juanita Hall
13. Honey Bun - Mary Martin
14. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
15. This Nearly Was Mine - Ezio Pinza, Emil Pinza
16. Finale: Dites-Moi (Reprise) - Ezio Pinza, Barbara Luna, Mary Martin, Emil Pinza
17. Loneliness of Evening [*] - Mary Martin
18. My Girl Back Home [*] - Mary Martin
19. Bali Ha'i [*] - Ezio Pinza, Emil Pinza
20. South Pacific: Symphonic Scenario for Concert Orchestra - André Kostelanetz, Philadelphia Orchestra
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 A personal favorite
Submitted on: 2009-10-01 |
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1952. A touring company of "South Pacific" came to Oklahoma City. This was the first musical I ever saw on stage. And, even better, I had a date to a matinee performance with the girl who had just agreed to marry me. We are still married, and we still enjoy "South Pacific," in the movie, on the cd, or in the several regional theater, community theater, and dinner theater productions we have seen. Understandably, "South Pacific" ranks high on my list of favorite musicals.
The intertwining of stories makes the book one of the best from R & H. And the provocative, for its time, look at racial prejudice still speaks today.
The list of songs is a veritable billboard of hits. "Some Enchanted Evening" "Bali Hai" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man ..." "A Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" I cannot think of another musical that has produced so many hits.
While newer studio recordings and those of Broadway revivals may feature more up-to-date, finer technology, this original cast has a freshness none of the others have matched. Mary Martin, of course, is a Broadway stalwart. Ezio Pinza, making a move from opera to Broadway, personifies the French planter. William Tabbert and Juanita Hall round out the principals of the cast, to a tee. The orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett are supportive when they should be, and stand on their own where they have a chance to shine.
I also own some of the newer recordings; but this one still tops my list. |
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Another Master Piece of Music
Submitted on: 2009-07-02 |
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| For those of you who were walking our earth at the time this master piece came out, I need not say anything, unless you were tone deaf or worse...Ezio, with his musical note range is outstanding, Mary Martin does a fine job also...along with a magnificent cast....Great Album to own.. |
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 South Pacific
Submitted on: 2008-10-03 |
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| great standard of the musical theater. Music and songs hold up well over time so new generations can enjoy this lovely story and memorable songs. a great addition to any music lover of the musical-comedy theater genre. |
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South Pacific - original '49 B'way cast CD
Submitted on: 2008-09-07 |
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| Relax and spend "Some Enchanted Evening" with Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, and the original 1949 cast of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic "South Pacific." The catchy, familiar tunes will have you singing along in your car. With informative liner notes and a couple of songs that didn't make later recordings, this CD makes an enjoyable addition to the collection of any fan of the great Broadway musicals. |
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As good as it gets!!!
Submitted on: 2008-08-20 |
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Fifty years ago, my love for the Broadway musical began here. A pre-adolescent, I would listen to my older brother's recording of the original Broadway cast album and be transported to a differennt land and time with great music that still resonates. Broadway and I have both changed considerably over the years, and, while the music has always since been a part of the popular culture, I never again paid much listening attention to the album. I made sure my children knew it. The movie version helped to have then love it, too. I just recently purchased the original cast album cd, now digitally remastered. And I am fifty years younger.
The music is, of course, beautiful. The lyrics are from an age when such meant something to the song and play. Today, they stil are meaningful and help, not only to sell the song, but move the play along. If one listened only to the cd, without any other prepaation, one would know what play was about.
The cast is outstanding. Both Martin and Pinza, neither of whom rank among my favorite recording artists, could not have been better chosen. As stand-alone performers, both have their obviuos faults regarding voice, the one never really that good and the other, past his prime. Of course, that is not to say they aren't at the pinnacle of their profession. What is important is that both help to put their character across and make then accessible to the listening audience. One special note concerning the Mary Martin character. Her "conversion" from bigotry is never in doubt from the moment it sufaces. What is important though is that someone like Martin, so much like all of us, can be bigoted in the first place. We can't distance ourselves from it, as perhaps we can from the Reba McEntyre version, whose racism may be expected, since she plays up her ientity as a white southener from the 1940;s. And please understand that I am speaking of perception here, not stating an historical reality..
Clearly this orginal cast album/ cd is a masterpiece. No matter your musical taste, it belongs in every home. |
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