Oscar Hammerstein II - Show Boat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1951 Film)
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Canadian Music Store Music CD CoverArtist: Oscar Hammerstein IIPerformer: Jerome Kern Performer: Ava Gardner Performer: Howard Keel Performer: Joe E. Brown Performer: Marge Champion Performer: Gower Champion Performer: Robert Sterling Performer: Agnes Moorehead Performer: Leif Erickson Performer: William Warfield Performer: Mary Bezemes Performer: Frank Wilcox Performer: Lyn Wilde Performer: Shep Houghton Performer: George Lynn Performer: Owen McGiveney Performer: Michael Dugan Performer: Frances E. Williams Performer: Bette Arlen Performer: Helen Kimbell Edition: Music CD Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack CD Release Date: 1995-05-23 Music Label: Rhino / Wea Soundtracks:
Free Music Notes for Show Boat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1951 Film)Free Music Review: THE MOST SYMPHONIC OF ALL "SHOW BOAT" RECORDINGS!This soundtrack of the 1951 MGM film version is my favorite recording of SHOW BOAT, even though, in typical Hollywood fashion, several songs from the stage version are truncated or completely missing. Kern's complex melodies cry for a symphonic sound far beyond the capabilities of a Broadway pit orchestra and Conrad Salinger's orchestrations played by the incomparable MGM Studio Orchestra with its superb string section are astonishingly beautiful, especially evident in the generous instrumental underscore cues included on this Rhino expanded CD. Howard Keel has the perfect voice for Ravenal and makes the best case for this role being sung by a baritone rather than a tenor. Although some may have issues with Kathryn's Grayson's excessive vibrato she is vocally at least as good as any previous Magnolia at the time, and better than most, surpassed perhaps only by Jan Clayton in the 1946 revival, but especially superior to Irene Dunne's boring renditions in the 1936 film version. Even more importantly, Grayson's voice blends nicely with Keel's and their vocals of "Make Believe" & "You are Love" are the finest performances ever of these songs. Especially moving is Salinger's treatment of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" as a sultry torch song when initially sung by Julie, which makes for an interesting contrast when the song is later performed by Julie, Magnolia and ensemble in the syncopated style usually heard in the stage version. The first rendition is Julie's white persona and in the later one she can't help but celebrate, even for a few minutes, the mixture of black within her that she is usually careful to hide. This is conveyed visually in Ava Gardner's stunning and poignant portrayal of Julie on the screen. Sadly, MGM chose to use Annette Warren's vocals for Julie instead of Ava Gardner's in the finished film. Gardner's vocals, which have long been available on all versions of the soundtrack album, are clearly more appropriate to the character and are the best performances of Julie's songs ever, in my opinion. Gardner's vocal of "Bill", is especially heartbreaking. Both Gardner and Warren's vocals are included on this CD. No one has ever performed the two upbeat specialty numbers, "Life upon the Wicked Stage" and "I Might Fall Back on You" better than Marge & Gower Champion in this film. Lastly, William Warfield's definitive, magnificent performance of the classic "Ol' Man River", orchestrated to perfection by Salinger, set the standard for every subsequent singer in this role and although imitated, Warfield's vocal has never been surpassed.
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