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Leonard Bernstein, Hal Hester, Rupert Holmes
Shakespeare on Braodway
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") - Lunden, Jeffrey
2. I To the World - Porter, Cole
3. Should I Speak of Loving You? - Apolinar, Danny
4. Sing for Your Supper, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse") - Porter, Cole
5. The Fear No More - Jones, Cliff [Compo
6. Dear Old Syracuse, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse") - Jones, Cliff [Compo
7. It's Love...I Think - Holmes, Rupert [Voc
8. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") - Porter, Cole
9. What Do I Know? - DeLange, Eddie
10. Too darn hot, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") - Kimmel, Bruce
11. If My Morning Begins - Bernstein, Leonard
12. The Last Blues - Loesser, Frank
13. Two Songs
14. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") [Finale Ultimo]
15. Darn That Dream
16. The What Do I Do Now?
17. Tonight, song (from "West Side Story")
18. Hamlet

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CD Details

All Artists: Leonard Bernstein, Hal Hester, Rupert Holmes, Cliff Jones, Bruce Kimmel, Frank Loesser, Jeffrey Lunden, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Various, Original Soundtrack
Title: Shakespeare on Braodway
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Varese Sarabande
Release Date: 2/13/1996
Album Type: Cast Recording
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 030206562224, 030206562248, 4005939562229

CD Reviews

Bits of the Bard you have probably missed!!

10/01/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is a treat loaded with surprises. Program notes are well written and entertaining (by a Shakespearean expert?). Hear "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" in it's entirety, enjoy Hamlet retold in a jazzy piece that even features a little scat singing, and revel in the creative arrangement of "Tonight" (it features a bit of dialogue, some musical borrowings from Prokofiev, and more to create a multi-dimensional experience of this piece.) I highly recommend this diverse, interesting, stimulating and intriguing CD. I really liked it, in case you haven't guessed.PS: The singing is good, too."

Excellent variety of choices!

kaydee@gateway.net | Maryland, USA | 09/10/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD gives you an educational background on just how many different musical adaptations of Shakespearean works have been produced! The songs range from familiar tunes of Cole Porter like "Too Darn Hot" to obscure performances in Yale's swimming pool for "Fear No More." The notes by Bert Fink are hilarious and move along with the songs smoothly."