Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers - Cinderella (1965 Television Cast)
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Free Music Notes for Cinderella (1965 Television Cast)
Free Music Review: Can't live without the album!
Hit: 5 Stars
Since I grew up with this version of the R&H musical, I really can't do without the CD. I love the voices and orchestrations. I'd like it even better if this were a true soundtrack recording, but this actually turns out to be what passed for an original cast recording back in the 60's -- a studio recording made separately by the same cast and orchestra as the TV production (presumably during final rehearsals). If a true soundtrack album existed, I would get it instead, but this one is almost as good. A few minor differences between the CD and the video are as follows:
Pat Carroll (Prunella), in "Stepsisters' Lament," instead of singing 'I could pull out all her hair...Ah ha ha ha!" omits that little laugh, which I think may be the best moment in the whole video. In "When You're Driving through the Moonlight," Cinderella sings, "the room itself is floating ON the air" instead of "in the air." The songs "Impossible," "Ten Minutes Ago," and "When You're Driving through the Moonlight" are introduced by a lot of dialog, and some of it isn't even from the script but rather consists of radio-program-style descriptions to let you know what is happening without being able to see. Very corny, like a children's record. And all of the Stepmother's dialog (and her one line of singing) is done by some substitute on the CD instead of by Jo Van Fleet.
Free Music Review: A Lovely Listening Experience
Hit: 5 Stars
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella was originally written in 1957 for CBS television and starred Julie Andrews as Cinderella and Jon Cypher as the Prince. It was broadcast live on television that same year and was seen by a record breaking 107 million people.In 1965, the network decided to mount a new production of the same show with a new all star cast. This time, the production was videotaped for posterity. While its audience didn't break any records, it nevertheless gained a respectable amount of viewers. It is the cast recording of this 1965 remake that we have here.
This album is not a true soundtrack, but rather, it was treated more like a Broadway show. The entire cast and orchestra went into the recording studio and recorded all of the show's songs, and the album was released in conjunction with the show's premiere. It is because of this that we notice some minor differences between the cast album and the show's soundtrack. For the show, several of the songs have been sped up. Additionally, the character playing the stepmother (Jo Van Fleet in the show itself) does not appear on this album and has been replaced here for the lines she has in "When You're Driving Through the Moonlight."
Nevertheless, we have an excellent recording that belongs right up there with Rodgers and Hammerstein's best.
Free Music Review: Delightful, Gorgeous Music
Hit: 5 Stars
One can quibble with minor aspects of this production and cast recording, such as Lesley Ann Warren vs Julie Andrews. C'mon, no one can compare to Julie, but Lesley Ann Warren was lovely in this in her own right, she was stunningly beautiful in those days. The rest of the cast are admirable as well, including Celeste Holm, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon and Stuart Damon (pre Alan Quartermaine of General Hospital). Damon possessed a gorgeous tenor voice in those days and it's put to good use in The Loneliness of Evening (taken from Pipe Dream and added to this production), and the duets Ten Minutes Ago and Do I Love You (Because You're Beautiful?) with Warren are lovely.
Far better than the more recent remake produced by Whitney Houston (although kudos to that production for bringing Rodgers and Hammerstein to whole new generations), and as good for different reasons as the original 1957 production, better technically and in color.
Wonderful for the whole family!!
Free Music Review: CINDERELLA with Leslie Ann Warren - Outstanding!
Hit: 5 Stars
There are many personal reasons why I like this over the Julie Andrews version. Many stem from the lovely TV presentation but - THIS CD - recaptures all of the magic of the songs and the lovely voices which the first version - somehow lacked.Leslie Ann Warren and the rest of the stellar cast will always be engraved in my head because this was the version that CBS chose to repeat year after year. I am not even sure if the Julie Andrews version was ever rebroadcast.
Every song has been indelibly carved into my sub-conscious, the charming voices of Celeste Holm, Pat Carroll and Stuart Damon - their superior acting and comedic talents and timing lend themselves to just about the most perfect modern American musical.
Just so wonderful. These songs are part of Americana: In My Own Little Corner, It's Possible, Do I Love You Because You're Wonderful? Ten Minutes Ago, Why Would A Fellow Ever Once Prefer a Girl who's Merely Lovely? and others.
Free Music Review: In my own little corner
Hit: 5 Stars
For many years,before the advent of the compact disc, you could not beg borrow or steal a copy of this soundtrack,and I made the mistake of loaning mine out.Even then you could only get it from a "special TV offer". Thank goodness for CDs! I own both the original Julie Andrews version as well as this one. I found Lesley Warren to be an excellent Cinderella, although she lacked the depth and range of Julie Andrews. Stuart Damon as the prince is tops,and I found the haunting "Loneliness of evening". It is too bad that the technology we have today and have had since the 60's wasnt around when the original was done... all that remains other than the recordings are some fuzzy clips of Andrew's production. I enjoyed the supporting cast of the '65 edition,especially "why would a fellow" and of course "Its possible" with Celeste Holm. An all around good recording!