Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Prelude
2. The Summer You'll Always Remember
3. The Terrible Trio
4. Here and Now
5. Will That Ever Happen To Me?
6. Winchell report #1
7. You're Gonna Miss Me
8. Little Did I Dream
9. Mr. Sanders #1
10. The walk
11. Dorothy's house
12. Like They Used To
13. I Think I Like Her
14. The Heat / winchell report #2 / Here and Now (reprise)
15. Before the Movies
16. The Movies
17. After the movies
18. Winchell report #3
19. Benjie and gloria
20. The boxes
21. Man Around The House
22. Someone to Dance with Me

Disc 2:

1. Entr'acte
2. Unfinished Business
3. Make You Mine
4. Mr. Sanders #2 / Here and Now (Reprise)
5. The Drugstore
6. The Jitterbug
7. The Marshmallow Roast
8. The Campfire
9. Hermie And Dorothy
10. Promise of the Morning
11. Oh Gee, I Love My G.I. / Winchell Report #4
12. Oscy and Hermie
13. Dorothy's House
14. The Dance
15. Finale
16. Bows
17. Exit Music
18. Our Story So Far
19. Losing Track of Time

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196986 in Music
• Released on: 2007-01-23
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Cast Recording
• Dimensions: .47 pounds

Album Description
"Summer of '42 is a coming-of-age piece drenched in nostalgia." -- New York Times

Original cast recording of a concert performance of the musical Summer of '42. The only complete recording of this popular musical, with many productions being produced across the country. Most of the original off-Broadway cast, together with Broadway star Rachel York, were assembled for this concert performance and subsequent original cast recording. Recorded at New York's Clinton Studios. Mixed at London's Abbey Road Studios.

Amazon.com
Despite running for only a month Off-Broadway in 2002, this musical was preserved in a studio cast recording five years later. Based on Herman Raucher's coming-of-age memoir about a very special New England summer (which also spawned a 1971 movie that boasted one of Michel Legrand¹s most famous themes, THe Summer of '42 is uneven but sports enough grace notes to be deemed encouraging. Working from a book by Hunter Foster (himself a musical-theater actor of note), David Kirshenbaum has come up with a pleasant, if perhaps a little bland score‹one wishes his music reflected more the youthful passion felt by the main protagonist, 15-year-old Hermie, for the older Dorothy. Kirshenbaum, like many young composers of his generation, displays a certain Sondheimian bent ("Will That Ever Happen to Me?" "I Think I Like Her") but the best tracks are the ones that incorporate period touches, most notably in the lovely Andrews Sisters-­like harmonies of Celia Keenan-Bolger, Danielle Ferland and Megan Valerie Walker (check out their winning, swinging "You're Gonna Miss Me," "Man Around the House," and "Oh Gee, I Love My G.I."). As Dorothy, the wonderful Rachel York gets three ballads that may well find their way in many cabaret set lists in years to come--Alice Ripley already did the belting showcase "Losing Track of Time" (a bonus track) on Unsuspecting Hearts. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Fun and Melancoly
The voices perform difficult music flawlessly, and Rachael York has a voice you could just snuggle up to.

Such a Lovely Musical
This is an absolutely beautiful show. It perfectly captures the mood of WWII America through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy who befriends a 25-year-old war bride while her husband is overseas. Ryan Driscoll as Hermie and Rachel York as Dorothy are charming together. We really feel their hopes and fears, joys and sorrows. Solo highlights are Driscoll's "Will That Ever Happen to Me?" and York's "Promise of the Morning," "Our Story So Far," and "Losing Track of Time." Touching duets include "Little Did I Dream," "Like They Used To," and "Someone to Dance with Me." A trio of young girls sing several swing interludes in the style of the Andrews Sisters, and Hermie's friends Oscy and Benjie join him for some fun testosterone driven numbers that add comic relief. The entire cast is very talented, but Rachel York is, as always, a standout. Her voice is equally beautiful when soaring powerfully or gently cradling more pensive lyrics. This musicalized version of the classic film is sentimental without being cloying. You will be moved to both laughter and tears. Your heart will break, but it will also be healed. What a treat to have this cast album include the entire show - book and score. It's well worth every penny.