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Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser
Song Hits from Theatreland / Theme from Carnival
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. If I Loved You [From Carousel] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
2. Wunderbar [From Kiss Me Kate] - Mantovani, Porter, Cole
3. I've Never Been in Love Before [From Guys and Dolls] - Mantovani, Loesser, Frank
4. Bewitched [From Pal Joey] - Mantovani, Hart, Lorenz
5. I Talk to the Trees [From Paint Your Wagon] - Mantovani, Lerner, Alan Jay
6. Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
7. Out of My Mind [From Oklahoma!] - Mantovani, Rodgers
8. Stranger in Paradise [From Kismet] - Mantovani, Forest, George
9. C'est Magnifique [From Can Can] - Mantovani, Porter, Cole
10. Almost like Being in Love [From Brigadoon] - Mantovani, Lerner
11. The Hello, Young Lovers [From The King and I] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
12. They Say it's Wonderful [From Annie Get Your Gun] - Mantovani, Berlin, Irving
13. Theme [From Carnival] - Mantovani, Merrill
14. I Feel Pretty [From West Side Story] - Mantovani, Bernstein
15. You are Beautiful [From Flower Drum Song] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
16. The Shall We Dance [From The King and I] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
17. The Till There Was You [From The Music Man] - Mantovani, Willson
18. I Know about Love [From The Music Man] - Mantovani, Comden
19. The Do-Re-Mi [From The Sound of Music] - Mantovani, Hammerstein, Oscar
20. Till Tomorrow [From Fiorello] - Mantovani, Bock
21. So in Love [From Kiss Me Kate] - Mantovani, Porter, Cole
22. Ascot Gavotte [From My Fair Lady] - Mantovani, Lerner
23. If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot] - Mantovani, Lerner
24. The My Heart is So Full of You [From The Most Happy Fella] - Mantovani, Loesser, Frank

CD Details

All Artists: Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Frederick Loewe, George / Wright, Robert Forrest, Irving Berlin, Bob [Songwriter] Merrill, Leonard Bernstein, Meredith Willson, Jule Styne, Jerry Bock, Mantovani Orchestra
Title: Song Hits from Theatreland / Theme from Carnival
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dutton Vocalion UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 5/13/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Easy Listening, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 765387435622, 0765387435622

CD Reviews

Theaterland Music: The Fourth Million Seller for Mantovani

Thomas E. DeJulio | Bronxville, NY USA | 07/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Originally released in monaural sound in 1955, then re-recorded in stereo in 1958, Mantovani's fourth gold album, Song Hits from Theaterland, is featured here in this two-on-one CD along with 12 more broadway hits released in the early sixties. In addition to Mantovani's phenominally successful arrangements of "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Stranger in Paradise," this CD captures the warmth and emotion of music composed by broadway icons Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser and Frederick Lowe. With its lush string sound, wind instrument solos, and the use of a soprano sax, Mantovani's world famous orchestra captured the emotions and moods of theater music to the point where one never really misses the lyrics. The familiar melodic Mantovani sound takes on a slightly less symphonic tone in the later album entitled "Theme from Carnival and Other Great Broadway Hits", with some sensational saxophone solos on Loesser's "My Heart is So Full of You" and Styne/Comden/Green's "I Know About Love". The frisky version of Bernstein's "I Feel Pretty" is also quite delightful to hear over again. Mantovani's interpretations of the two dozen American show tunes presented here are as remarkable and memorable as the shows in which they were introduced, providing further evidence of the consummate musicianship of Mantovani, the grand master of light orchestral music who transformed popular songs and show tunes into beautifully orchestrated classics."