Rodgers / Hackmann / Boggess: Oklahoma! (Complete Original Score) (Vinyl LP)
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Was first performed in 1943; and was a significant turning point in the history of musical theatre. It was the first musical to put drama and plot to the fore; portrayed by rounded; believable characters. It swept aside traditions that had their roots in vaudeville - star turns; comic sketches; and endless lines of high-kicking chorus girls. Oklahoma! #does feature dance; but in the hands of the choreographer; Agnes de Mille; this was idiomatic to the plot; and revolutionary in terms of the fifteen-minute dream-sequence ballet at the close of Act I. The first collaboration between composer and writer; the show was a hit; running for more than five years on Broadway; and paving the way for their masterpieces to come. John Wilson's long-held fascination for researching original musical theatre scores of this period and bringing them anew to modern audiences reaches a milestone with this world première recording of the original score in it's entirety (no cuts) and in the original orchestrations for twenty-nine-piece orchestra made by Robert Russell Bennett for the original production. His outstanding cast features Nathaniel Hackmann; Sierra Boggess; Jamie Parker; Louise Dearman; Sandra Marvin; Rodney Earl Clarke; Nadim Naaman; and Leo Roberts; ably supported by the 'Oklahoma!' Ensemble - twenty-two artists drawn from London's West End. Wilson comments: 'I love the connective tissue of the piece; the scene-change music; the ballet; the songs that sometimes get cut; the underscoring. And when so many vastly different new versions are appearing on stage; it's more important than ever that we have a document of the actual source material.' Oklahoma!~Overture, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin', Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 2. Laurey's Entrance, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 3. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 4. Kansas City, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 5. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Reprise), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 6. I Cain't Say No!, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 7. I Cain't Say No! (Encore), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 8. Entrance of Ensemble, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 9. Many a New Day, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 10. Many a New Day (Dance and Reprise), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 11. It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 12. People Will Say We're in Love - New Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 13. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 14. Pore Jud Is Daid, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 15. Lonely Room, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 16. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. a. Melos, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. b. Out of My Dreams, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. c. Interlude to Ballet, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. d. Dream Ballet, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 18. Entr'acte, Oklahoma!~Act II: 19. The Farmer and the Cowman, Oklahoma!~Act II: 20. Farmer Dance, Oklahoma!~Act II: 21. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 22. All er Nothin, Oklahoma!~Act II: 23. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 24. People Will Say We're in Love (Reprise), Oklahoma!~Act II: 25. Change of Scene - 26. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 27. Oklahoma, Oklahoma!~Act II: 28. Oklahoma (Encore), Oklahoma!~Act II: 29. Finale Ultimo: Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' / People Will Say We're in Love, Oklahoma!~Act II: 30. Exit Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Was first performed in 1943; and was a significant turning point in the history of musical theatre. It was the first musical to put drama and plot to the fore; portrayed by rounded; believable characters. It swept aside traditions that had their roots in vaudeville - star turns; comic sketches; and endless lines of high-kicking chorus girls. Oklahoma! #does feature dance; but in the hands of the choreographer; Agnes de Mille; this was idiomatic to the plot; and revolutionary in terms of the fifteen-minute dream-sequence ballet at the close of Act I. The first collaboration between composer and writer; the show was a hit; running for more than five years on Broadway; and paving the way for their masterpieces to come. John Wilson's long-held fascination for researching original musical theatre scores of this period and bringing them anew to modern audiences reaches a milestone with this world première recording of the original score in it's entirety (no cuts) and in the original orchestrations for twenty-nine-piece orchestra made by Robert Russell Bennett for the original production. His outstanding cast features Nathaniel Hackmann; Sierra Boggess; Jamie Parker; Louise Dearman; Sandra Marvin; Rodney Earl Clarke; Nadim Naaman; and Leo Roberts; ably supported by the 'Oklahoma!' Ensemble - twenty-two artists drawn from London's West End. Wilson comments: 'I love the connective tissue of the piece; the scene-change music; the ballet; the songs that sometimes get cut; the underscoring. And when so many vastly different new versions are appearing on stage; it's more important than ever that we have a document of the actual source material.' Oklahoma!~Overture, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin', Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 2. Laurey's Entrance, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 3. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 4. Kansas City, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 5. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Reprise), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 6. I Cain't Say No!, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 7. I Cain't Say No! (Encore), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 8. Entrance of Ensemble, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 9. Many a New Day, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 10. Many a New Day (Dance and Reprise), Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 11. It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 12. People Will Say We're in Love - New Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 13. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 14. Pore Jud Is Daid, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 15. Lonely Room, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 16. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. a. Melos, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. b. Out of My Dreams, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. c. Interlude to Ballet, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 17. Dream Sequence. d. Dream Ballet, Oklahoma!~Opening Act I: 18. Entr'acte, Oklahoma!~Act II: 19. The Farmer and the Cowman, Oklahoma!~Act II: 20. Farmer Dance, Oklahoma!~Act II: 21. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 22. All er Nothin, Oklahoma!~Act II: 23. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 24. People Will Say We're in Love (Reprise), Oklahoma!~Act II: 25. Change of Scene - 26. Change of Scene, Oklahoma!~Act II: 27. Oklahoma, Oklahoma!~Act II: 28. Oklahoma (Encore), Oklahoma!~Act II: 29. Finale Ultimo: Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' / People Will Say We're in Love, Oklahoma!~Act II: 30. Exit Music