The gypsy in me (Hope). - Anything Goes (original 1934 version), Act II
Finale Ultimo (All) (Reprise. You're the top - Anything Goes). - Anything Goes (original 1934 version), Act II
There's no cure like travel (Boys, Girls). - Anything Goes (original 1934 version), Appendix
Kate the Great (Reno, Angels). - Anything Goes (original 1934 version), Appendix
Waltz down the aisle (Evelyn, Hope). - Anything Goes (original 1934 version), Appendix
Track Listings (24) - Disc #5
Overture. - Annie Get Your Gun
Colonel Buffalo Bill (Charlie, Crowd, Small Girl). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
I'm a bad, bad man (Frank, Girls) - Dance. - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Doin' what comes natur'lly (Annie, Kids, Wilson). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
The girl that I marry (Frank). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
You can't get a man with a gun (Annie). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
There's no business like show business (Frank, Annie, Buffalo Bill, Charlie). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
They say it's wonderful (Annie, Frank). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Moonshine Lullaby (Annie, Trainman, Waiter, Porter, Kids). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
I'll share it all with you (Tommy, Winnie) - Dance. - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Circus Dance ('Ballyhoo'). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Reprise. There's no business like show business (Mac, Winnie, Annie, Tommy). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
My defenses are down (Frank, Boys). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Drum Dance (Wild Horse Ceremonial Dance) (An Indian). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Ceremonial Chant (Indians, Sitting Bull, Annie) - I'm an Indian too (Annie) - Adoption Dance. - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
Finale Act I (Annie, Sitting Bull). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I
I got lost in his arms (Annie, Ensemble). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
Ballroom Scene. - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
Who do you love, I hope? (Tommy, Winnie) - Dance. - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
I got the sun in the morning (Annie, Ensemble, Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, Pawnee Bill, Winnie & Tommy, Dolly & Charlie, Children). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
Reprise. The girl that I marry (Frank). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
Anything you can do (Frank, Annie). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
Finale Act II (There's no business like show business - They say it's wonderful). - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II
An old fashioned wedding (Frank, Annie). - Annie Get Your Gun, Appendix
Track Listings (25) - Disc #6
Act I. Introduction. - Brigadoon
Prologue. Once in the highlands (Chorus, solo tenor). - Brigadoon
Dialogue. Here, let me see that map (Tommy, Jeff) - Brigadoon (Chorus). - Brigadoon
Vendors' Calls (Vendors) - Down on MacConnachy Square (Townsfolk, Vendors, Sandy, MacGregor, Stuart, Meg). - Brigadoon
Waitin' for my dearie (Fiona, Two Girls). - Brigadoon
I'll go home with bonnie Jean (Charlie, Townsfolk). - Brigadoon
Dance. - Brigadoon
The heather on the hill (Tommy, Fiona). - Brigadoon
The love of my life (Meg). - Brigadoon
Jeannie's packin' up (Girls). - Brigadoon
Come to me, bend to me (Charlie). - Brigadoon
Dance (Charlie). - Brigadoon
Almost like being in love (Tommy, Fiona). - Brigadoon
The Wedding Dance (Stuart, Townsfolk). - Brigadoon
Sword Dance & Finale Act I (Men, Girls, Townsfolk, Jean, Harry). - Brigadoon
Act II. The Chase (Men, MacGregor, Stuart, Tommy, Jeff). - Brigadoon
There but for you go I (Tommy, Fiona). - Brigadoon
Glen Scene Opening - My mother's weddin' day (Meg, Townsfolk). - Brigadoon
Dance. - Brigadoon
Funeral Dance (bagpipes & drums). - Brigadoon
From this day on (Fiona, Tommy) - Farewell Music (Fiona, Tommy, Chorus). - Brigadoon
Change of scene - Dialogue. Hello, Mr Albright (Frank, Tommy, Jane) - Reprises (Fiona, Jane, Tommy, Chorus, Charlie) - Change of scene (bagpipes). - Brigadoon
Dialogue. It's unbelievable! (Tommy, Jeff) - Finale Act II (Chorus, Mr Lundie). - Brigadoon
Track Listings (17) - Disc #7
Overture. Kiss Me, Kate. - Kiss Me, Kate
Reprise. Another op'nin', another show (Hattie/Chorus. orch. Don Walker). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I, Another op'nin', another show (Fred, Ralph, Hattie, Chorus) - Dance [both orch. Don Walker]
Why can't you behave? (Lois, Bill). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Wunderbar (Lilli, Fred). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
So in love (Lilli). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Padua Street Scene - We open in Venice (Katharine, Petruchio, Lucentio, Bianca) - Dance. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Tom, Dick or Harry (Gremio, Lucentio, Hortensio, Bianca). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Rose Dance. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua (Petruchio, Men). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
I hate men (Katharine). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Were thine that special face (Petruchio) - Dance. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
I sing of love (Chorus, Three Men, Two Girls, Bianca, Lucentio) - Dance (Tarantella). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Finale Act I (Petruchio, Katharine, Chorus, First Gangster) [orch. Don Walker]. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act I
Entr'acte. - Kiss Me, Kate
Too darn hot (Paul, Boys). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Where is the life that late I led? (Petruchio) [orch. Don Walker]. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Always true to you in my fashion (Lois) - Hornpipe Dance. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Track Listings (21) - Disc #8
Bianca (Two Messengers, Girls, Chauffeur, Banker, Truckman, Bill) - Dance. - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Reprise. So in love (Fred). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Brush up your Shakespeare (First Gangster, Second Gangster). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
Pavane (Why can't you behave?). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
I am ashamed that women are so simple (Katharine). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
'Shrew' Finale - Grand Finale (Petruchio, Katharine, Company). - Kiss Me, Kate, Act II
It was great fun the first time (Fred/Lilli). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
A woman's career (Lilli). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
We shall never be younger (Lilli). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
I'm afraid, sweetheart, I love you (Lilli). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
If ever married I'm (Bianca). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
What does your servant dream about? (Lackeys/Curtis). - Kiss Me, Kate, Appendix
Overture. - Something For the Boys
Overture. - Du Barry was a Lady
Gavotte. - Du Barry was a Lady
Overture (orch. F. Henri Klickmann, Maurice B. DePaeckh, Hans Spialek & Robert Russell Bennett). - Fifty Million Frenchmen
Ballet. "The Snake in the Grass". - Fifty Million Frenchmen
Overture. - Leave it to Me
Overture. - You never know
Overture. Gay Divorce. - Gay Divorce
Overture. Can-Can. - Can-Can
Track Listings (18) - Disc #9
The Ragtime Restaurant. - The Red Petticoat
Babes in the Wood. - Very Good, Eddie
Drift With Me. - Love o' Mike
I'm So Busy. - Have a Heart
Till the Clouds Roll By. - Oh Boy!
Whip-Poor-Will. - Zip Goes a Million
The Bullfrog Patrol. - She's a Good Fellow
I Want to Be There. - Dear Sir
Wishing Well Scene. - Dear Sir
She Didn't say 'Yes'. - The Cat and the Fiddle
Every little while. - Men of the Sky
In Egern of the Tegern See. - Music in the Air
The Song is You. - Music in the Air
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. - Roberta
The Folks Who Live On the Hill. - High, Wide and Handsome
Heaven In My Arms. - Very Warm for May
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Harlem Boogie-Woogie. - Very Warm for May
Track Listings (16) - Disc #10
Westwind (lyric. Ogden Nash). - One Touch of Venus
It never was you (lyrics. Maxwell Anderson). - Knickerbocker Holiday
How can you tell an American? (lyrics. Maxwell Anderson). - Knickerbocker Holiday
Song of the Hangman ("Gallows Scene"). "The bell of doom is clanging" from The Firebrand of Florence
Come to Florence ("Civic Song") from The Firebrand of Florence
My Lords and Ladies from The Firebrand of Florence
The was life, there was love, there was laughter from The Firebrand of Florence
You're far too near me from The Firebrand of Florence
Souvenirs ... Hear Ye! Hear Ye!; The world is full of villains ("Trial Scene") from The Firebrand of Florence
You have to do what you do do (Trial by Music) from The Firebrand of Florence
Love is my enemy from The Firebrand of Florence
Who is Samuel Cooper? from Love Life
Here I'll stay from Love Life
I remember it well from Love Life
This is the life from Love Life
Johnny's Song. 'When man was first created'. - Johnny Johnson
Track Listings (13) - Disc #11
Overture. The Cat and the Fiddle. - The Cat and the Fiddle
Overture. The Girl from Utah. - The Girl from Utah
Overture. Leave it to Jane. - Leave it to Jane
Overture. Have a Heart. - Have a Heart
Overture. Sweet Adeline. - Sweet Adeline
Overture. O, Lady! Lady!. - O, Lady! Lady!
Overture. Sitting Pretty. - Sitting Pretty
Overture. Very Warm for May. - Very Warm for May
Overture. Girl Crazy. - Girl Crazy
Prelude. - Of Thee I Sing
Overture. Tip-Toes. - Tip-Toes
Overture. Primrose. - Primrose
Overture. Oh, Kay!. - Oh, Kay!
Track Listings (15) - Disc #12
Swanee (Demi-Tasse Revue, 1919)
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette, 1925)
Dancing in the Dark (The Band Wagon, 1931)
Who? (Sunny, 1925)
Here I Am (Sweet Adeline, 1929)
The President Jefferson March (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1976)
September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday, 1938)
Why was I Born? (Sweet Adeline)
Some Girl is on Your Mind (Sweet Adeline)
Bill (Oh, Lady! Lady!, 1918)
Duet for One (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue)
Triplets (Between the Devil, 1937)
Don't Ever Leave Me (Sweet Adeline)
Come to the Moon (Demi-Tasse Revue)
All the Things You Are (Very Warm for May, 1939)
Track Listings (13) - Disc #13
Notes. - Annie Get Your Gun (CD-ROM)
Libretto. - Annie Get Your Gun (CD-ROM)
Notes. - Anything Goes (CD-ROM)
Libretto. - Anything Goes (CD-ROM)
Notes. - Brigadoon (CD-ROM)
Libretto. - Brigadoon (CD-ROM)
Broadway Overtures. Notes (CD-ROM)
Broadway Showstoppers. Notes and song texts (CD-ROM)
Jerome Kern Treasury - notes and song texts (CD-ROM)
Notes. - Kiss Me, Kate (CD-ROM)
Libretto. - Kiss Me, Kate (CD-ROM)
Kurt Weill on Broadway. notes and song texts (CD-ROM)
Show Boat. Notes (CD-ROM)
This 12 disc set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn -- Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and... more » Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934), Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon (1947) and Porter's Kiss Me, Kate (1948). The Show Boat recording also contains a substantial amount of extra material cut from the original production before opening or written for subsequent revivals and the 1936 film. Also included here are three compendium CDs of show material by out - standing composers like Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Vincent Youmans and Leonard Bernstein, and a collection of overtures by three of the greatest Broadway composers of the first half of the 20th century -- Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. All these recordings have been meticulously prepared by McGlinn using the original orchestrations and arrangements, and the performers include some of the finest stars of the musical and operatic stage led by Kim Criswell, Frederica von Stade, Teresa Stratas, Jerry Hadley and Thomas Hampson. John McGlinn's untimely death in 2009 at the age of 55 was a great loss to all admirers of the American musical theatre and this release is dedicated to his memory.« less
This 12 disc set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn -- Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934), Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon (1947) and Porter's Kiss Me, Kate (1948). The Show Boat recording also contains a substantial amount of extra material cut from the original production before opening or written for subsequent revivals and the 1936 film. Also included here are three compendium CDs of show material by out - standing composers like Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Vincent Youmans and Leonard Bernstein, and a collection of overtures by three of the greatest Broadway composers of the first half of the 20th century -- Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. All these recordings have been meticulously prepared by McGlinn using the original orchestrations and arrangements, and the performers include some of the finest stars of the musical and operatic stage led by Kim Criswell, Frederica von Stade, Teresa Stratas, Jerry Hadley and Thomas Hampson. John McGlinn's untimely death in 2009 at the age of 55 was a great loss to all admirers of the American musical theatre and this release is dedicated to his memory.
CD Reviews
A Treasure Box for musical theatre fans
Rodney R. Jones | Sydney, Australia | 12/07/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Although this box set contains previously released recordings, it is an outstanding tribute to the work of John McGlinn. It appears McGlinn made his mission in life to record for posterity classics of the musical theatre. He achieved his dream with a vault of outstanding recordings featuring superb orchestras and singers. Classics like Show Boat, Brigadoon, Annie Get Your Gun and Anything Goes are the standout recordings in this set. His recording of Show Boat is a masterpiece with the inclusion of many rare songs from this classic American musical.
I remember some criticism of his recording of Show Boat back in 1987 when he used a number of singers better known for their classical backgrounds. However, the recording is breathtaking in its treatment of Kern's score and McGlinn can be heard as Jake and silent screen star, Lillian Gish has a small speaking role. The Ambrosian Chorus and London Sinfonietta complement the whole project by bringing a sense of quality not always heard on cast recordings. I can also remember the controversy at the time the album was released concerning the use of language considered highly offensive in the 21st Century. From what I remember McGlinn stuck to his commitment to Hammerstein's original lyrics and made a recording that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
In addition to the recordings of the above mentioned musical classics, the box set also includes McGlinn's recordings of albums dedicated to the music of Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill and George Gershwin. The set also contains a CD-Rom which provides access to the synopses, texts and notes from all the albums. Sadly the sung text for Show Boat is not included via the CD-Rom. Fans will have to find the original 3 CD release to have a copy of the libretto.
I was saddened to hear of McGlinn's passing early in 2009 and EMI has paid tribute to this outstanding conductor by releasing this collection of his finest work. It also saddened me to read that he was estranged from his family and his brother was trying to hear from John's friends in order to organise a memorial service. I can only hope the memorial service was a celebration of John McGlinn's professional contribution to the preservation of show recordings and to a man who dedicated his life to this unique form of American culture. Rest in Peace.
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An acquisition for ever
Pau Bielsa | Tarragona, Spain | 03/07/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Maestro McGlinn died on 2009, and did a serious and excepcional career by restoring musicals and, what I think most important of all, by his project of inserting the Broadway musical genre as serious and classic with its original orchestral and vocal arrangements. I really had the illusion, while he was alive, that some year America would begin a tradition like the Vienna New Year's Concert with this class of material maestro Mc Glinn and others treated as classic. This compilation has the world presence of a monument meant for all next centuries."