The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) Music

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by: Meredith Willson, Meredith Willson, Robert Howard, Robert Preston, Barbara Cook

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Average Rating: Rating: - Superior recording. If you find the orchestrations "tinny" then you'd better check your speakers. They are lush and fabulous. Robert Preston is better than in the movie soundtrack and Barbara Cook is brilliant-the perfect Marian. Also, you get the wonderful song "My White Knight" which does not appear in the film. This is the preferred recording. Rating: - Pristine! Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton, and the rest of the cast hand in a very amiable performance of the Music Man, as the original 1957 cast. The Tony award-winning cast and musical is a must-have for everyone who enjoys old-fashioned Broadway with some nice twists. This is much better than the newer Revival cast recording, and although that recording is more complete, the voices on it are no match for those on this CD. Robert Preston is better that Craig Bierko, and is also better on this recording than he is in the movie soundtrack. Barbara Cook, with her down-to-earth rendition, is better than both the ever-breathy Shirley Jones and Rebecca Luker, whose almost coloratura tendencies aren't in character. As I said, this is a must-have for any musical lover's music library. Rating: - One of Broadway's glories... Here's one of those shows from that late final flowering of the Golden Age of Broadway. Meredith Willson wrote a score that had so much melody and charm to it, at times, it threatens to melt. It's faithfully presented on the film soundtrack, but the Original Cast Recording features two incomparable jewels of the Lyric Theatre: the silken, Miss Barbara Cook, and the, well, uniquely-voiced, Mr Robert Preston. Yet, when these two come together at the end of "Till There Was You", we truly know we're alive and warm: Broadway knows few lovelier, sheer thrilling, moments of love, expressed. All carefully and expansively caught on this CD. Do buy this one...

The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) Music

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