Bernstein: Candide
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide
Max Adrian & Barbara Cook / 1956 Original Broadway Cast Recording
[ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 17 May 2003
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Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. The primary lyricist was the poet Richard Wilbur. Other contributors to the text were John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, and Bernstein himself. Maurice Peress and Hershy Kay contributed orchestrations. Although unsuccessful at its premiere, Candide has now overcome the unenthusiastic reaction of early audiences and critics and achieved more popularity. (Wiki)
"The Original Broadway Cast (Sony/Columbia) is a musical stunner, with Barbara Cook, Max Adrian and Robert Rounseville turning in sensational performances. This was the first Broadway cast album to become a cult classic, a favorite with buffs despite the show's brief run. Regretfully, the limits of 1950s album length limited them to highlights of the opera-length score. Cook's "Glitter and Be Gay" is still a musical lover's idea of heaven." Musicals101
Tracks:
Act One
1 Orchestra- Overture 4:03
Act I
2 Max Adrian, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Chorus- The Best Of All Possible Worlds 3:24
3 Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook- Oh, Happy We 1:50
4 Robert Rounseville- It Must Be So 1:50
5 Orchestra- Paris Waltz 1:37
6 Barbara Cook- Glitter And Be Gay 5:43
7 Robert Rounseville & Barbara Cook- You Were Dead, You Know 2:28
8 William Olvis, Barbara Cook & Irra Petina- My Love 2:02
9 Irra Petina, Barbara Cook & Chorus- I Am Easily Assimilated 3:31
10 Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook, William Olvis & Irra Petina- Finale Act I (Quartet) 2:44
Act II
11 Irra Petina, William Olvis & Barbara Cook- Quiet 3:47
12 Robert Rounseville & Chorus- Eldorado 3:14
13 William Olvis & Chorus- Bon Voyage 2:35
14 Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian & Chorus- What's The Use? 3:37
15 Irra Petina, Robert Rounseville, Max Adrian & Barbara Cook- Venice Gavotte 3:57
16 Robert Rounseville & Entire Company- Finale: Make Our Garden Grow 4:16
Bonus Track
17 The New York Philharmonic Orchestra- Overture To "Candide" (Alternate Version)
Conductor - Leonard Bernstein
4:09
