Up in Central Park / Arms and the Girl
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Carousel in the Park
- It Doesn't Cost You Anything To Dream
- When You Walk In the Room
- Currier and Ives
- Close as Pages in A Book
- The Fireman's Bride
- The Big Back Yard
- April Snow
- Overture
- A Girl with a Flame
- That's What I Told Him Last Night
- I Like It Here
- That's My Fella
- A Cow and A Plough and A Frau
- Nothin' for Nothin'
- He Will Tonight
- You Kissed Me
- There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
- Curtain Music
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Free Music Review: A Very Pleasant Surprise -- It's the Voices!
Hit: 4 Stars
The following statement is going to reveal how old I really am: I remember hearing these "operettas" -- along with many others -- on The Railroad Hour when I was a mere child. They were charming then (Gordon MacRae always sang the male lead, with a variety of leading ladies), and they are just as charming now. Pity the scores of both shows are so truncated; would that we had modern recordings of the complete scores. The chance of that happening is about the same as my winning the lottery.
Byron Kolln and Mark Andrew Lawrence have provided background on the shows, so I won't go into detail about the plot or the history of the recordings. I agree with everything Byron and Mark said about the performances, and I'm especially pleased to have a recording featuring the "young" Nanette Fabray. Not only is she a supurb Broadway belter, she also shows off a very fine soprano on her duet with Georges Guetary ("You Kissed Me").
However, the biggest surprise to me was the male leads: Wilbur Evans (Central Park) and Georges Guetary (Arms & the Girl). Powerful, BROADWAY voices. Evans belongs in that category of Broadway Baritones with Alfred Drake, John Raitt, and Howard Keel. Big voices, amazing delivery, and no straining on the high notes. Not many leading roles were written for tenors, but Guetary really comes through, even though his accent sounds more French than German to my ears.
Let me repeat the advice of the two previous reviewers: pick up a copy or two of this CD while there are still some around. Yes, it may become a good investment, but it's also some really good music. I'd give the CD a "5" if it weren't for the abridged scores and the vintage sound. Thanks Bryon & Mark for convincing me to buy mine.
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