classical music: Oscar Hammerstein II

classical music: Oscar Hammerstein II

classical music:

Oscar Hammerstein II

Oklahoma! Broadway (1979 Broadway Revival Cast)

Oscar Hammerstein II, Christine Andreas, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1990

Makes me want to dance on top of a hay stack.
My grandparents once took me to see this musical in central Oklahoma at an outdoor production. I was a fan from that moment on. The music here accentuates the greatness that is the American musical in ways that will make you feel happier for having listened to it. I ...

Carousel (1994 Broadway Revival Cast)

Michael Hayden, Richard Rodgers, ...

Angel Records, 1994

An American Masterpiece, Great Recording
MUCH better than the 93 London cast recording! Rodgers and Hammerstein were so superior to any composers of the 40' and 50' (with the exception of Lerner and Lowe perhaps), they should be in their own category of music. Carousel holds up as one of the 4 or 5 greatest ...

Marilyn Horne: The Men in My Life

Spiro Malas, Irving Berlin, ...

RCA, 1994

An under-appreciated gem!
First, look at the collection of artists on one disc! Then, feast your ears on their versatility and how much pure, unadulterated FUN the singers are having. If you're looking for Marilyn Horne to display her Rossini/Handelian voice, forget it. If, however, you want ...

Flower Drum Song (1958 Original Broadway Cast)

Richard Rodgers, Anita Allis, ...

Sony, 1999

A very fine score
The first instinct is to lump this with flops like "Allegro" thanks to its trouble-plagued casting and staging; but all things told (not least of which R&H's hospital stays during production) it's a very fine and apt score, with one of their best songs, the ethereal ...

Marilyn Horne - Divas in Songs (A 60th Birthday Celebration) with Caballé, Donath, Fleming, Swenson, von ...
Benjamin Britten, Franz Schubert, ...

RCA, 1994

Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful (Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Superb matchmaking in Terfel's R&H recital
You might think that it is a very superflous mismatch for an opera singer to try his vocal cords on the Broadway songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein. However, in this R&H offering by Bryn Terfel, he proves that it is a perfect match between singer and repertoire for a ...

The Desert Song / The New Moon

Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, ...

Decca Broadway, 2002

The Desert Song/The New Moon
I have loved the music of The Desert Song since I first saw it, starring Dennis Morgan, in the cinema many, many years ago, and then the Gordeon McCrae version on TV. I think the Dennis Morgan one was better, or perhaps I may be prejudiced as I have an unfortunate ...

Bizet: Carmen / Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni; Karajan

Georges Bizet, Wiener Philharmoniker, ...

RCA, 1997

Karajan's Grand Opera Carmen Starring Leontyne Price
This studio recording could almost pass for the soundtrack to a film version of the opera Carmen. It is treated as grand opera in the Italian manner. Karajan conducts his Vienna forces, Leontyne Price is Carmen, Franco Corelli is Don Jose, Robert Merrill is Escamillo ...

The Sound of Music (1959 Original Broadway Cast)

Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, ...

Sony, 1998

I love this 'Sound of Music'.......
Though, I saw SOUND OF MUSIC on film at an early age, I also heard the original Broadway Cast recording, with Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, as a young person, too. Mary Martin has a great stage presence and was a wonderful singer, in my opinion, and she is nothing ...

Sure On This Shining Night: 20th-Century Romantic Songs of America

Samuel Barber, Amy Beach, ...

Hyperion UK, 1997

A Spectrum of Romance in American Musical Composition
Often American music is thought to be jaunty, combative, or tragic in content, especially when it comes to songs/lieder for the classical repertoire. This engaging CD takes umbrage with that misconception and in presenting some twenty-eight songs by various composers ...

Diva!: A Soprano at the Movies

Georges Bizet, Joseph Marie Canteloube, ...

Silva America, 2005

"has fans from both sides of the Atlantic ~ Lesley Garrett"
Silva America presents a lady with the gusto in life and music "DIVA: SOPRANO AT THE MOVIES", featuring one of the favorite sopranos in the Classical World today Lesley Garrett...Britain's favorite star comes up with this 1991 reissue, and at a special price will be a ...

Classical Evolution: Sampler

Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, ...

Delta, 2002

Awesome Classical Power
This a first rate compilation. I completely enjoyed it. A fine example of fine music.

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Nicolai Ghiaurov, Georges Bizet, ...

Decca, 2002

Pure Enjoyment
Ghiaurov, who is unfortunately already deceased, is undoubtedly one of the most gifted vocal performers of the 20th century. He has it all: a smooth and deep bass voice, impeccable vocal technique, the ability to move effortlessly within his range, excellent diction in ...

Lesley Garrett - Diva! ~ A Soprano at the Movies

Alfredo Catalani, Léo Delibes, ...

Silva America, 1992

Surprisingly good
I bought this CD because of the catchy title and obviously great selection of material, expecting that the performances would probably be mediocre (Sarah Brightman is about what I was expecting) and unworthy of the word "Diva". I was very pleasantly surprised indeed; ...

Show Boat (1946 Broadway Revival Cast)

Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, ...

Sony, 1993

A Masterpiece
In terms of age, this 1946 revival cast album is as close as we can get to having an Original Cast Album of Show Boat. Although this revival was staged nearly 20 years after the 1927 original, this is the first "complete" cast recording. This was not the first revival ...