Meredith Willson - Meredith Willson's The Music Man (2000 Broadway Revival Cast)
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Artist: Meredith WillsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2000-06-13
Music Label: Q. Records
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Rock Island
- Iowa Stubborn
- Ya Got Trouble
- Piano Lesson/If You Don't Mind My Saying So
- Goodnight, My Someone
- Seventy Six Trombones
- Ice Cream
- Sincere
- The Sadder But Wiser Girl
- Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little/Goodnight Ladies
- Marian The Librarian
- Gary, Indiana
- My White Night
- The Wells Fargo Wagon
- It's You
- Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Reprise)
- Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You
- Gary, Indiana (Reprise)
- Shipoopi
- Till There Was You
- Seventy Six Trombones/Goodnight, My Someone
- Finale Ultimo
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Free Music Review: Craig Bierko this isn't!
Hit: 3 Stars
The other reviews are of a different recording - that of the recent Broadway revival with Craig Bierko and Rebecca Luker.
This is a studio recording starring baritone Timothy Noble. The performance tries hard and includes probably more music than most recordings (including "Being in Love" from the film). The main problem seems to be with the tempo. All the songs could be performed twice as fast as the are. While orchestral details might be missing at that speed, the score would get an injection of energy which is what makes this musical work.
Meredith Willson's The Music Man (2000 Broadway Revival Cast) Poster
Choreographer-turned-director Susan Stroman struck gold twice in the 1999-2000 Broadway season, first with her dance play Contact and then with her grand revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man. One of the most loving--and beloved--celebrations of Americana ever to grace the stage, The Music Man captures the soul of the heartland with its evocation of brass bands, barbershop quartets, and even piano lessons. The titular role of the fast-talking con man who hoodwinks an Iowa town has, perhaps more than any other role in musical theater, always belonged to one performer: Robert Preston, who starred in the original 1957 Broadway cast and subsequent 1962 film. Craig Bierko, a movie actor making his Broadway debut, acquits himself well, sometimes sounding astonishingly like Preston but without aping him. In his hands, "76 Trombones" remains a rousing signature tune. As Marian the librarian, a radiant Rebecca Luker (star of the Broadway revivals of Show Boat and The Sound of Music) beautifully delivers her ballads, including "My White Knight," which was written for the original stage production but replaced in the film by "Being in Love." Longtime fans will appreciate the inclusion of the barbershop tunes "Ice Cream" and "It's You," and the dance music in "76 Trombones," "Marian the Librarian," and "Shipoopi," as well as a booklet with full lyrics. Preston's magical performances are irreplaceable, but this energetic revival is worthy of a spot on your shelf. --David HoriuchiSoundtracks Music CDs
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