Bernstein at the Opera
Monday 21 February 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
With On the Town currently in rehearsal at ENO, Edward Seckerson explores the vocal and stylistic challenges of doing musicals in the opera house. He talks to Mary King and compares performances by Larry Kert, Betty Comden, Thomas Hampson and Jose Carreras.
Playlist
Producer: Bill Lloyd
Playlist: Joanna Peck
On The Town (written with Comden and Green)
Broadway Cast
Track 1 - Opening: New York, New York, performed by Adolph Green, John Reardon and Cris Alexander
Track 3 - Carried Away, performed by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Track 2 - Come Up To My Place, performed by Nancy Walker and Cris Alexander
Columbia CK 2038
On The Town
LSO, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Track 11 - I Can Cook Too, performed by Tyne Daly
Track 12 - Lucky To Be Me, performed by Thomas Hampson
Deutsche Grammophon 437 516-2
West Side Story
Original Broadway Cast
Track 5 - Maria, performed by Larry Kert
Sony Classical SK 60724
Segued into
West Side Story
Conducted by the composer
Track 10 - Maria, performed by Jose Carreras
Deutsche Grammophon 415 253-2
On The Town
LSO, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Track 21 - The Great Lover
Deutsche Grammophon 437 516-2
On The Town (written with Comden and Green)
Broadway Cast
Track 12 - Some Other Time
Columbia CK 2038
CD: An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner
United Kingdom Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chris Walker
CD2 Track 8 - Take Care Of This House, performed by Patricia Routledge
First Night Records Encore CD2
Candide
Original Broadway Cast
Track 2 - The Best Of All Possible Worlds, performed by Max Adrian, chorus, Barbara Cook and Robert Rounseville
Sony Broadway SK 48017
Candide
LSO, conducted by the composer
CD1 Track 17 - I Am Easily Assimilated, performed by Christa Ludwig
CD2 Track 14 - Nothing More Than This, performed by Jerry Hadley
Deutsche Grammophon 474 857-2
Segued into
Candide
1999 Royal National Theatre Recording
Track 24 - Nothing More Than This, performed by Daniel Evans
First Night CD 75
Candide
Original Broadway Cast
Track 16 - Make Our Garden Grow
Sony Broadway SK 48017
