| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
American classics |
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American classics (EMI (Firm))
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| Contents |
Overture (5:19) -- Christopher Street (4:58) -- Ohio (3:29) -- Conquering New York (3:52) -- One hundred easy ways (3:22) -- What a waste (3:07) -- A little bit in love (2:58) -- Pass the football (3:46) -- Conversation piece (3:48) -- A quiet girl (3:38) -- Conga! (3:36) -- Entr'acte (3:54) -- My darlin' Eileen (3:33) -- Swing! (5:14) -- Quiet incidental (:49) -- Reprise : Ohio (1:25) -- It's love (3:33) -- Ballet at the Village Vortex (2:28) -- Wrong note rag (2:25) -- Reprise : It's love (1:23) |
| Notes |
Musical in two acts |
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Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; based upon the play My sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov and the stories by Ruth McKenney |
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Orchestrations by Don Walker; vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel |
| Performer |
Kim Criswell (Ruth) ; Audra McDonald (Eileen) ; Thomas Hampson (Robert Baker) ; various supporting soloists ; London Voices ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Simon Rattle, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded 1998 June Studio 1, Abbey Road Recording Studios, London |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966, librettist.
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Chodorov, Jerome, librettist.
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Comden, Betty, lyricist
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Green, Adolph, lyricist
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Walker, Don, 1907-1989, arranger of music.
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Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, arranger of music.
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Criswell, Kim, singer.
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McDonald, Audra, singer.
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Hampson, Thomas, singer.
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Rattle, Simon, 1955- conductor.
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Libretto based on (work):
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. My sister Eileen
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Libretto based on (work):
McKenney, Ruth, 1911-1972. My sister Eileen
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London Voices, singer.
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, instrumentalist.
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