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Jerome Kern, John Philip Sousa, John Owen Edwards
Show Boat (1993 Studio Cast Recording of the 1946 Version)
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Overture
2. Opening Act One
3. Where's The Mate For Me
4. Make Believe
5. Ol' Man River
6. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
7. Ol' Man River (Reprise)
8. Life Upon The Wicked Stage
9. Queenie's Ballyhoo
10. Villain's Dance
11. You Are Love
12. Finale Act 1

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CD Details

All Artists: Jerome Kern, John Philip Sousa, John Owen Edwards, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates, Sally Burgess, Simon Green, Brian Greene, Jason Howard, Janis Kelly, Gareth Snook, Willard White, Shezwae Powell, Fran Landesman, Caroline O'Connor, James Buller, Lorna Dallas
Title: Show Boat (1993 Studio Cast Recording of the 1946 Version)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jay Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/1946
Re-Release Date: 3/14/2006
Album Type: Import, Soundtrack
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks
Styles: Swing Jazz, Marches
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 605288139420

Synopsis

Album Description

Complete recording of the published 1946 version of Show Boat features all of the main stars of the RSC/Opera North Production along with the National Symphony Orchestra playing the original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations. The only complete recording of the 1946 version, revised by Jerome Kern. Includes international opera star Willard White and an all-star cast with a 35-member chorus! Remastered and remixed for first-time release in the U.S.

CD Reviews

Decent but not really memorable

D. H Patterson | Houston, TX United States | 03/28/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Willard White's Joe is the best thing on this two disc album; he has a magnificent voice and he sings a splendid "Old Man River." As advertised, this is a recording of the show as it was staged in the 1946 revival. For those familiar with the complete score, it will seem an odd choice of included and excluded numbers. We get "Queenie's Ballyhoo" but not "I Still Suits Me," for example. It's a perfectly respectable recording and performance. The other voices are decent, but I never thought there was a lot of magic here (as I did with the McGlinn recording, and that is the one required recording of Show Boat). This will go on my reference shelf, but other than Willard White's numbers, I doubt I'll be playing it much. Aside from the McGlinn recording, I'd also recommend the 1962 studio cast recording with Barbara Cook, John Raitt and the wonderful William Warfield."