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Musicals

Aled Jones talks to West End theatre manager James McKeon and chorus member Aoife Nally about choral singing in musicals.

Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k: 鈥楤lossoms with which Spring allures us鈥 from part 1 of Saint Ludmila
Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by V谩clav Smet谩膷ek
Supraphon 112141-2 212, disk 1 track 2

Sherman & Sherman: Me ol鈥 Bamboo from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael Ball & Ensemble (original London cast) with Robert Scott, musical director
MRBB001, track 9

Lerner & Loewe: Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady
2001 London Cast Recording with Nick Davies, musical director
FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 10

Lerner & Loewe: With a Little Bit of Luck from My Fair Lady
2001 London Cast Recording with Nick Davies, musical director
FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 4

Cy Coleman (music) Dorothy Fields (lyrics): The Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity
Arnold Soboloff, Harold Pierson, Eddie Gaspar and Ensemble with Fred Werner, musical director
Columbia CK2900, track 11

Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice: Requiem for Evita from Evita
Colm Wilkinson (role of Che), plus chorus, rock musicians, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anthony Bowles
MCA DMCX503, track 2

Stephen Sondheim: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, from Sweeney Todd
Michael Cerveris (role of Sweeney Todd) & Manoel Felciano (role of Tobias), plus Company
Nonesuch 7559-79946-2, track 1

Rodgers and Hammerstein: There is nothin鈥 like a dame from South Pacific
Original Broadway Cast with Salvatore Dell鈥檌sola, musical director
Columbia CK32604, track 7

George Enescu: Symphony No. 3 Opus 21
大象传媒 Philharmonic conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Leeds Festival Chorus with
chorus master Simon Wright
Chandos CHAN9633, track 3

Sailing at Dawn, and The Song of the Sou鈥橶ester, from Songs of the Fleet (1910)
Gerald Finley (baritone) with the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and the 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales conducted by Richard Hickox
Chandos CHSA5043, tracks 1-2

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Sun 28 Dec 2008 18:45

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