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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5055122111252
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Sepia Recordings
Manufacturer: Sepia Recordings
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sepia Recordings
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Studio: Sepia Recordings
Editorial Review:
Album Description:
This album features the first time on CD of two TV musicals--Hansel and Gretel (1958) and The Yeomen of the Guard (1957)--starring the legendary Barbara Cook and a host of other talent.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I got this only to hear Alfred Drake and Barbara Cook sing Yeoman of the Guard. I was disappointed with how little of that show is represented on the CD--tho' I mostly like the little that's there.
Hansel and Gretel is made almost unlistenable by Red Buttons (a performer I usually like, but one I could cheerfully throttle in this piece). The 'extra' stuff is mostly forgetable--unlike one of the other reviewers I find the Rudy Vallee stuff incredibly self-indulgent and actually lowered my ... Read More
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JEOPARDY Category: "Great American Songwriters." For $1000, name the person who wrote "It's So Peaceful in the Country," "I'll Be Around," "The Lady Sings the Blues," and "While We're Young."
The correct question: Who is Alec Wilder?
Indeed, just who IS Alec Wilder. On the composer's website (www.alecwilder.org), Gunther Schuller writes: "Alec Wilder's music is a unique blend of American musical traditions - among them jazz and the American popular song - and basic 'classical' ... Read More
Rating:  -
Rare records are coveted by collectors for many reasons: wonderful material, the album covers themselves, a chance to hear vintage recordings for the first time, and the opportunity to hear more of Barbara Cook. OK, yes, I am a fan of Barbara's; in all of the stages of her impressive career. Therefore, that is reason enough to rejoice with this CD release of "Hansel and Gretel". But then, this album includes Stubby Kaye, Rudy Vallee, Paula Lawrence, plus Barbara, Celeste Holme, Bill Hayes and Alfred Drake in ... Read More
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