American Musical Sampler
07/03/10 1:00PM By Peter Fox Smith
We present a program of vintage American musicals, including Oklahoma!,
Guys & Dolls, and Annie Get Your Gun.
Playlist
1:00pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |
1:02pm
Oklahoma!
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Jay Blackton |
| Soloists | Alfred Drake ; Lee Dixon ; Celeste Holm ; Joan Roberts ; Joseph Buloff ; Howard da Silva |
| CD/Album | Oklahoma! Original Cast Album |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 012157981 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
1:50pm
Guys & Dolls
| Composer | Frank Loesser |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Irving Actman |
| Soloists | Robert Alda ; Vivian Blaine ; Sam Levene ; Isabel Bigley ; Stubby Kaye ; Pat Rooney, Sr. |
| CD/Album | Guys and Dolls Original Cast Album |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 012159112 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
2:34pm
The Pajama Game
| Composer | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Hal Hastings |
| Soloists | John Raitt ; Janis Paige ; Eddie Foy, Jr. ; Stanley Prager ; Carol Haney |
| CD/Album | The Pajama Game Original Broadway Cast Recording |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89253 |
| Release Year | 1954 |
3:27pm
Annie Get Your Gun
| Composer | Irving Berlin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Music Theatre of Lincoln Center |
| Conductor | Franz Allers |
| Soloists | Ethel Merman ; Bruce Yarnell ; Jerry Orbach ; Benay Venuta ; Ronn Carroll ; Rufus Smith |
| CD/Album | Annie Get Your Gun |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 1124 |
| Release Year | 1988 |
4:19pm
Brigadoon
| Composer | Frederick Loewe |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Franz Allers |
| Soloists | Lee Sullivan ; David Brooks ; Delbert Anderson ; Marion Bell ; Pamela Britton |
| CD/Album | Brigadoon |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 1001 |
| Release Year | 1988 |
4:52pm
Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair
| Composer | Stephen Foster |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Thomas Hampson, baritone ; David Alpher, piano |
| CD/Album | American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster |
| Record co./Cat # | Angel 54621 |
| Release Year | 1992 |
4:57pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |