NO POT OF GOLD AT THIS RAINBOWS' END.
Robert F. Powers | Quincy, Ma USA | 08/05/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"HMMMM....LET'S SEE. WHY DON'T WE RECORD FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ENTIRE ENCHANTING SCORE TO 'FINIANS' RAINBOW' THAT SATIRICAL 1947 SWIPE AT RACIAL INTOLERANCE AND GREED AND CONSUMERISM. OKAY, SO FAR SO GOOD. NOW, LET'S HIRE A CRACKERJACK CAST OF PERFORMERS TO INTERPRET THIS LIGHT-HEARTED AND DELIGHTFUL SCORE. OH DARN! WE RAN OVER-BUDGET, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE A ORCHESTRA-LET'S NOT WASTE STUDIO TIME-LET'S TINKLE THE ENTIRE SCORE ON A CUPPLA PIANOS.(MAYBE NO ONE WILL NOTICE THAT THIS FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING OF 'FINIANS RAINBOW' SCORE HAS BEEN ROBBED OF ITS' SOUL AND REPLACED BY TINKLE, TINKLE, PLUNK, PLUNK.) THE TWO STAR RATING IS FOR THE PERFORMERS WHO ARE LEFT STRANDED BY PENNY-PINCHING PRODUCERS."
No orchestra
Renata | 11/03/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The singers were good, several of the songs are wonderful, but there is no orchestra, only piano. A number of portions of songs were done a cappella. I never realized how much I appreciated an orchestra.
If you are unfamiliar with the plot of Finian's Rainbow, it involves a leprechaun, a pot of gold, a Senator, racism (they are against it) and tobacco (they are for it, but this was 1947.) Of course there is a romance. Wikipedia gives a summary, which I won't repeat here. The recording is enjoyable for the songs, and the songs include a bit of dialog, which I enjoy."