Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Music

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by: Richard Rodgers, Martin Agee, Julien Barber, Jay Berliner, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, John Campo, Ronald Carbone, Robert Carlisle, Karen Dreyfus, Krista Bennion Feeney

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Average Rating: Rating: - For Die-Hard Bernadette Fans Only I have every BP CD and was another person anxious to get this release. Ms. Peters has a distinctive voice, and simply doesn't have the range to tackle these songs. R & H wrote for legit voices with true soprano or alto characteristics, so it is a bit too much to expect the same person to sing "If I Loved You" AND "Mr. Snow" AND "You've Never Walk Alone" in orchestrations that bring to mind the context of the characters Julie, Carrie, and Nettie in the show Carousel itself. If they had been done as jazz or pop interpretations (as in the "let's have fun with this" cut of "There is Nothin' Like a Dame"), then BP's obvious vocal flaws wouldn't have been so obvious. It is simply painful to hear her reach for some of the required notes. It is equally painful to not be able to recommend this album. I give it 3 stars only out of respect for a wonderful performer. BTW, I have tried to listen to it more than 3 times, and it depresses me more with each airing. BP needs a producer who leads her down the right path instead of allowing her to present herself in a bad light. That path has more cuts like "The Gentleman is a Dope" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing." Rating: - Peters Keeps Getting Better Peter's, along with a group of the most talented and well trained artists in the industry today, has created a collection of classic Rodger's and Hammerstein songs which will not let you down both for their respect and honor of the original material and for the freshness with which Peter's and Tunick handle the songs. We are amzaed at what may well be the finest performance of "If I Loved You" to have been recorded to date. We are teased, in typical Peters style, by her renditions of "There is Nothing Like A Dame" (cleverly re-arranged to suit her pouting, cute performace)and "The Gentleman is a Dope." The album contains the mandatory cuts of "you'll Never Walk alone" and "Some Enchanted Evening" which are, of course, done very well with no surprises. A beautiful version of "Out of My Dreams" includes a new set of lyrics to allow the piece to stand outside of the original context and Peters handles this difficult piece with such technique that she makes the song sound easy. The final cut of "Something Good" from "The Sound of Music" brings a beauty to this piece that not even Julie Andrews could muster. The orchestra and the orchestrations are brilliant, both in terms of using the finest available and then stretching them just as far as they could go in the search for excellence. This is a recording which anyone would enjoy and certainly a recording for the archives as Rodgers and Hammerstein are the very cornerstones of American Musical Theatre. It is clear that Bernadette Peters and Jonathan Tunick are quickly on their way to joining them at the other corner. Rating: - Bravo!! Bernadette Peters is usually associated with Sondheim. And I loved her in Webber's Tell Me On A Sunday. This BP loves R & H is quite something. Miss Peters' unique talent comes right through the "live" recordings. The phrasing is not practised like Miss Streisand would in her studio recordings. Mind, I do adore Miss Streisands' talents enormously. BP oozes fun and frivolity in some of the cheeky numbers like The Gentleman is a dope and Mr Snow. Her guts and emotions are so intact for the performances of these songs here, that she sounds like she's in character on stage!! Only without the usual distractions of a live stage recording. Although at times, her voice is too forwardly placed, but it works as I listen to it again and again. She is right here on stage in my home!! Brilliant! Miss Peters' rendition and choice of There is nothing like a Dame is rather audacious but appropriate. Do listen to this and enjoy what she is trying to say.... a howling, glaring, gutsy telling of R & H music and lyric!! The treatment of It Might As Well Be Spring and Something Good is most exquisite. The latter, as pointed out by others here, is a mostly over-looked gem from The Sound Of Music. In Weber's Tell Me On A Sunday, BP delivered the most individual performance I've heard. And here, now doing R & H, I am in love with Miss BP again.... Jonathan Tunick of course, has come up with some stunning arrangements and never sounding like he is repeating himself even though he has arranged these tunes many times for other artistes. Great work. Other pieces to really note are, If I Loved You,Out Of My Dreams, So Far....I Haven't Got A Worry In The World, Something Wonderful.... well, the whole CD recording!!!!!! Get it, a wonderful collaboration of all involved..and of course the fabulous Miss Peters. Don't forget to check out the TATTOO.

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Music

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