The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [B&N Exclusive]

by Mary Martin, Original Broadway Cast, Theodore Bikel, Richard Rodgers

Overview

Rodgers & Hammerstein's final musical, The Sound of Music, was also a definitive work for the team in that it combined many elements common to their other shows, particularly South Pacific and The King and I: it was set in a foreign locale, it starred a female lead in charge of children, it concerned an unlikely romance between an older man and a younger woman, it had a social/political element, and it featured a stirring anthem for a soprano (in this case, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"). The "based on a true story" plot concerned an aspiring nun who becomes a governess in pre-World War II Austria, only to marry the children's father and flee with the family from the Nazis. Mary Martin played Maria, the postulant, and brought to the part her usual warmth and humor, along with a sense of authority born of decades of Broadway stardom. She was supported by an excellent cast including Patricia Neway, the Mother Abbess who sang "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"; folksinger Theodore Bikel in the male lead; and Kurt Kaszner and Marion Marlowe as collaborationists, plus, of course, the children, who joined in on soon-to-be standards such as "Do-Re-Mi." The massive success of the 1965 film version starring Julie Andrews tends to overshadow the stage production, so it's worth noting that this album topped the Billboard chart for 16 weeks and remains superior to the movie soundtrack, which deleted several key songs and added inferior ones written by Rodgers alone after Hammerstein's death. This CD reissue has noticeably improved sound and adds two bonus tracks: a 16-and-a-half-minute suite of the score put together by original orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett that constitutes a virtual overture and a version of "Do-Re-Mi" by Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Chorus, with the children of the cast joining in. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2017
Label:	Analog Spark
UPC:	0888072021754

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Sound of Music~Preludium
2. The Sound of Music~The Sound Of Music
3. The Sound of Music~Maria
4. The Sound of Music~My Favorite Things
5. The Sound of Music~Do-Re-Mi
6. The Sound of Music~Sixteen Going On Seventeen
7. The Sound of Music~The Lonely Goatherd
8. The Sound of Music~How Can Love Survive
9. The Sound of Music~The Sound Of Music (Reprise)

Disc 2

10. The Sound of Music~Laendler
11. The Sound of Music~So Long, Farewell
12. The Sound of Music~Climb Ev'ry Mountain
13. The Sound of Music~No Way To Stop It
14. The Sound of Music~An Ordinary Couple
15. The Sound of Music~Processional
16. The Sound of Music~Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)
17. The Sound of Music~Edelweiss
18. The Sound of Music~Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mary Martin   Primary Artist,Vocals
Richard Rodgers   Primary Artist
Original Broadway Cast   Primary Artist
Theodore Bikel   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marilyn Rogers   Primary Artist,Vocals
Muriel O'Malley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kathy Dunn   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mary Susan Locke   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals
Joseph Stewart   Primary Artist,Vocals
Karen Shepard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Patricia Neway   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marion Marlowe   Primary Artist,Vocals
William Snowden   Primary Artist,Vocals
Evanna Lien   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals
Lauri Peters   Primary Artist,Vocals
Elizabeth Howell   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nuns Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Sound of Music Orchestra   Primary Artist
William Steinberg   Primary Artist
Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang   Primary Artist
Kurt Kasznar   Primary Artist,Vocals
Brian Davies   Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Frederick Dvonch   Primary Artist,Musical Director,Conductor,Music Direction
Nuns   Primary Artist
Nan McFarland   Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Stefan Gierasch   Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Patricia Kelly   Vocals
Sue Yaeger   Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Lucas Hoving   Vocals
Joey Heatherton   Vocals
Sound of Music Cast Ensemble   Choir/Chorus
Patricia Brooks   Vocals
John Randolph   Vocals,Vocals
Sound of Music Pit Orchestra   Orchestra
Nancy Reeves   Vocals
Michael Gorrin   Vocals,Vocals
Luce Ennis   Vocals,Vocals
Barbara George   Vocals
Tatiana Troyanos   Vocals
Keith Prentice   Vocals
Gloria Stevens   Vocals
Ceil Delli   Vocals
Kirby Smith   Vocals
Bernice Saunders   Vocals
Kurt Kasnar   Vocals
Kathy Miller   Vocals
Lorna Nash   Vocals
Cleo Fry   Vocals
Connie Sharman   Vocals
Dorothy Dallas   Vocals
Joanne Birks   Vocals
June Card   Vocals
Maria Kova   Vocals
Mimi Vondra   Vocals
Shirley Mendonca   Vocals
Michael Gordon   Vocals

Technical Credits

Robert Waller   Engineer
Nuns   Performer
Brian Davies   Performer
Mitch Miller   Producer,Performer
Theodore Bikel   Performer
Robert Russell Bennett   Arranger,Orchestration
Frederick Dvonch   Musical Producer
David Foil   Project Director
Roxanne Slimak   Art Direction
Kurt Kasznar   Performer
Jennifer Liebeskind   Product Development
Dawn Frank   Mixing,Mastering,Mixing Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Muriel O'Malley   Performer
Lucinda Ballard   Costume Design
Laura Kszan   Product Development
Russel Crouse   Book
Patricia Neway   Performer
Mary Martin   Performer
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra   Performer
Frank Laico   Engineer
Fred Plaut   Engineer
Darcy Proper   Mixing,Mastering,Mixing Engineer,Reissue Producer,Mastering Engineer
Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Producer
Marion Marlowe   Performer
Lauri Peters   Performer
Ken Fredette   Artwork
Jean Rosenthal   Lighting
Howard Lindsay   Book
Marc Kirkeby   Liner Notes
Buddy Graham   Engineer
Eve Arnold   Photography
Jeff Schulz   Graphic Design
Don Hunstein   Photography
Trude Rittman   Arranger,Choir Arrangement
Goddard Lieberson   Producer,Recording Producer
William Steinberg   Performer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Text,Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Composer,Liner Notes
Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang   Performer
Bud Graham   Engineer
Ensemble   Performer
Bert Fink   Liner Notes