Camelot (Original Broadway Cast) Music

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by: Frederick Loewe, Moss Hart, Julie Andrews, Mary Berry

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Average Rating: Rating: - Fine voices make this one a winner. Though I never saw this show on Broadway, this cast album gives me a very good impression. The words and music really are perfectly entwined, and the songs are really good, much more memorable than they were when sung in the film, (though the film, IMHO, is still pretty good). What's really great about this recording is the great voices you hear singing these songs. Julie Andrews is surprisingly operetic as Guenevere, but nevertheless is by turns, vibrant, lusty, and sad, and is always good. Robert Goulet as Lancelot has a robust voice that comes in handy during "C'est Moi" and makes "If Ever I Would Leave You," a beautiful song anyway, a joy to listen to. Roddy McDowell as Mordred sparks the album with his one song, "The Seven Deadly Virtues." You even get to hear John Cullum; he's one of the knights in "Then You May Take Me to the Fair." As for Richard Burton's Arthur, he does struggle a bit at first, talk-singing "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight" and the first part of "Camelot" a bit shakily. However, he pulls himself together to give a great performance of "How to Handle a Woman" and, though he goes right back to talking, is still powerful in the final reprise of "Camelot." We truly shouldn't let this show be forgot, or this cast album. It was one brief shining moment of many in Broadway's history. Rating: - A great classic! You can't go wrong with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet. Some of the finest orchestrations are present here, as well. Richard Burton's talk-singing is competition for Rex Harrison, in I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING TONIGHT, CAMELOT, and HOW TO HANDLE A WOMAN. Andrews does just as well with THE SIMPLE JOYS OF MAIDENHOOD, THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY, THEN YOU MAY TAKE ME TO THE FAIR, BEFORE I GAZE AT YOU AGAIN, and I LOVED YOU ONCE IN SILENCE. Burton and Andrews sing together in WHAT DO THE SIMPLE FOLK DO?. Of course, there is Goulet's IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU above all. Buy this CD now! Rating: - simply the best, by far Now with improved sound, the original Broadway version blows away the competition. Richard Burton, a remarkably good singer considering that he had never taken a singing part before, is the definitive King Arthur, Julie Andrews is unsurpassed as Guinnevere, and Robert Goulet is wonderful as the self infatuated Sir Lancelot. After his "C'est Moi" (featuring the title line of this review), why would anyone else bother to perform it? The musical itself is of course one of the greatest of all time, with the title number, How to Handle a Woman (sounds a bit sexist, no? but it really is a beautiful love song), and What Do the Simple Folk Do? being my personal favorites. Even if you are not nostalgiac, this is great, great music.

Camelot (Original Broadway Cast) Music

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