Bernstein - Wonderful Town
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Historical Album
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Wiiner - Outstanding Achievement in Editing
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
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Alysha Umphress (soloist), Kevin Brewis (soloist), Flora Dawson (soloist), Nathan Gunn (soloist), Stephen John Davies (soloist), Danielle de Niese (soloist), Sophia Foroughi (soloist), Duncan Rock (soloist), Ashley Riches (soloist), Jane Quinn (soloist), David Butt Philip (soloist), Andrew Keelan...
The standout performer is Alysha Umphress as Ruth: she brings oodles of no-nonsense sassiness to arguably the show’s best-known number, One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a ManThere’s no doubting... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th September 2018
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RecommendedDanielle de Niese (Eileen), Alysha Umphress (Ruth), Nathan Gunn (Bob Baker), Duncan Rock (Wreck), David Butt Philip (Lonigan), Ashley Riches (Guide/First Editor/Frank)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle obviously adores the score and in broad terms he certainly enters into its spirit…but there’s just a slight touch of restrain about the whole enterprise; it’s all a bit too tasteful…The... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Bernstein Songbook
Cris Alexander, John Reardon, On the Town Chorus & Orchestra, Marcia Henderson, Peter Pan Orchestra, Boris Karloff, Nancy Williams, Columbia Wind Ensemble, Julian Patrick, Michael Clark, Mark Brown, Antonia Butler, Wonderful Town Orchestra (1958), Rosalind Russell (vocal), Jacquelyn McKeever...
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
Kim Criswell, Audra MacDonald, Thomas Hampson
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & London Voices, Sir Simon Rattle
This piece is probably best watched on DVD, where it can be found with the same cast and conductor. For listeners, it's unlikely this account will be surpassed. —
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson
London Voices, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Simon Rattle
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Wonderful Town (Television Cast Recording (1958))
Television Cast of Wonderful Town (1958), Wonderful Town Orchestra (1958), Lehman Engel (director), Wonderful Town Ensemble (1958) (vocal), Rosalind Russell (vocal), Jacquelyn McKeever (vocal), Sydney Chaplin (vocal), Jordan Bentley (vocal), Sam Kirkham (vocal), Cris Alexander (vocal)
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Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams, George Gaynes, Cris Alexander, Jordan Bentley, Albert Linville & Dort Clark
Lehman Engel
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What might the composer have made of Garth Edwin Sunderland’s orchestrations of a selection of his intimate Anniversaries? Sunderland avoids obvious overlaps…at least until his gentle Haydn-aping... —
