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Collectible Richard Rodgers CD Albums
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Richard Rodgers - Greatest HitsRichard Rodgers - Greatest Hits by Various Artists
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An all-orchestral overview of Rodgers' music from all the Rodgers eras.
Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · MauceriRodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · Mauceri by Richard Rodgers
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An orchestral feast that follows the glorious hit tunes through all the swirling sumptuous Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and John Green orchestrated overtures. The lesser known musicals are all included.
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)
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Gem suites including a chance to hear the brilliant "Carousel" songs played by the orchestra and the all-orchestral version of the "Cinderella" Waltz for a Ball.
My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers CelebrationMy Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration by Keith Lockhart
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Rodgers gets the Boston Pops treatment.
Command PerformanceCommand Performance by Richard Rodgers
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Rodgers & Hart piano rolls featuring Rodgers at the piano.
Definitive CollectionDefinitive Collection by Rodgers & Hart
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The amazing witty urbane lyrics of Lorenz Hart find a home in Rodgers' equally urbane and inventive tunes.
With a Song in My Heart: The Songs of Rodgers & HartWith a Song in My Heart: The Songs of Rodgers & Hart
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Superb collection of Rodgers & Hart standards recorded by popular artists including a definitive version of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" by Margaret Whiting.
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962 Film Soundtrack)Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962 Film Soundtrack)
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The 1935 Billy Rose Hippodrome extravaganza called "Jumbo" featured a Rodgers & Hart score which partly survives in this film version.
On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast)On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" ballet was created for this 1936 Broadway show which boasts several of Hart's greatest lyrics.
Babes In Arms (1989 Broadway Revival Cast)Babes In Arms (1989 Broadway Revival Cast)
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The 1937 Broadway score bursting with invention and fun with much more than the still popular "My Funny Valentine". This recording restores almost all of the original songs in superb performances.
Babes In Arms (1999 City Center Encores! Cast)Babes In Arms (1999 City Center Encores! Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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A delightful reconstruction of the song score as it was likely heard on the Broadway stage in 1937.
I Married An Angel (1950s Studio Casts)I Married An Angel (1950s Studio Casts) by Lorenz Hart
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A winning, now rarely heard, 1938 Broadway score with one light-hearted gem song after another.
The Boys From Syracuse (1997 Studio Cast)The Boys From Syracuse (1997 Studio Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The Comedy of Errors inspired this cohesive and amusing 1938 Broadway outing that contains some of the most sparkling Rodgers & Hart champagne ("You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea", "This Can't Be Love", "Sing for your Supper", "Come with Me", "Falling in Love with Love").
Ben Bagley Presents Rodgers and Hart's Too Many GirlsBen Bagley Presents Rodgers and Hart's Too Many Girls
Studio recording of the entire 1939 "Too Many Girls" score including the marvelous show-stopper "Give it Back to the Indians" and the song written for the film version "You're Nearer".
Pal Joey (1980 London Cast)Pal Joey (1980 London Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The Rodgers & Hart 1940 Broadway Masterpiece without a single song score flaw of any kind. This recording catches the ironic, cool and tuneful mood of this amazing score.
By Jupiter (1967 Off-Broadway Revival Cast)By Jupiter (1967 Off-Broadway Revival Cast)
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The last all-new Rodgers & Hart score from 1942. The 1942 film "Stage Door Canteen" featured Ray Bolger singing "The Girl I Love to Leave Behind" from this "By Jupiter" era that showcased Hart's peerless gift for amusing lyrics.
A Connecticut YankeeA Connecticut Yankee by Broadway Revival Cast
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Hart's last lyric was the hilarious "To Keep My Love Alive", preserved here by the original artist who sang it on stage in the 1943 revival, along with studio take tunes from the other two last Hart shows, "Higher & Higher" (1940)and "By Jupiter" (1942).
Oklahoma! (1998 London Cast)Oklahoma! (1998 London Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The first Rodgers & Hammerstein show from 1943. This is perhaps the best stage recording with all the snap, vigor, humor and tenderness intact that was the amazing fusion of Rodgers & Hammerstein's astounding talent for songwriting and theatre.
Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack)Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack) by Richard Rodgers
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Expanded full orchestrations with a new overture (Main Title) and other orchestral treasures. A perennial favorite album for good reason - well-sung, bright and colorful.
State Fair (1945 And 1962 Films)State Fair (1945 And 1962 Films) by Oscar Hammerstein II
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The two film scores on one disc. In addition to the Oscar winning "It Might as Well Be Spring", there is a solid little batch of terrific tunes for the 1945 Fox film. The 1962 remake attempted to add appeal to the "young" of the time and includes several new songs with music and lyrics by Rodgers.
Carousel (1994 Broadway Revival Cast)Carousel (1994 Broadway Revival Cast) by Michael Hayden
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Many hail this 1945 song score as the Rodgers & Hammerstein Masterpiece. When pressed to pick a favorite of all his song scores, Rodgers once said that "Carousel" was his favorite and that Hammerstein had never written more moving lyrics.
Carousel: Music Theater Of Lincoln Center (1965 New York Revival)Carousel: Music Theater Of Lincoln Center (1965 New York Revival) by Richard Rodgers
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Joyous 1965 production and a rare chance to hear the dramatic song most often cut from the score but which should always be included: "The Highest Judge of All".
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Allegro" (First Complete Recording)Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Allegro" (First Complete Recording) by Audra McDonald
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Experimental 1947 musical account of one man's life and ethics. The song "So Far" is probably one of Rodgers' most brilliant songs.
Words & MusicWords & Music
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The 1948 MGM film account of the musical life and times of Rodgers & Hart: A musical feast with a definitive "I Wish I were In Love Again" by Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney.
South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast)South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The Rodgers & Hammerstein juggernaut in the perfect original 1949 Pulitzer Prize winning production that contains fourteen lilting songs that never cease to amaze, entertain and even bless. The underlying theme of racial tolerance was downright bold in 1949 America.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (The New Broadway Cast)Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (The New Broadway Cast)
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Finally! After nearly 60 years since the original Great White Way production, the 2008 Broadway revival of the R & H festival of great tunes and fantastic musical theatre. Like the original Broadway cast album, this recording is sensational.
The King And I (1977 Broadway Cast)The King And I (1977 Broadway Cast)
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Perhaps the most spirited version of this 1951 banquet of gorgeous tunes (definitive versions of "We Kiss in a Shadow" and "I Have Dreamed" with truly exquisite performances by Martin Vidnovic and June Angela). The performances of Yul Brynner and Constance Towers are pitch perfection.
Victory at Sea (Music from the Original Television Series)Victory at Sea (Music from the Original Television Series)
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Rodgers' stirring 1952 orchestral sketches for the TV documentary series were expanded by Robert Russell Bennett into an endlessly listenable series of dramatic cues.
Me and Juliet (Original Broadway Cast)Me and Juliet (Original Broadway Cast)
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Rodgers & Hammerstein try to do Rodgers & Hart but, without Lorenz Hart, it was reportedly awkward and unconvincing on stage and was deemed a flop in 1953. The tunes are terrific, whatever the merits of the show.
Pipe Dream (1955 Original Broadway Cast)Pipe Dream (1955 Original Broadway Cast)
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The least "successful" Rodgers & Hammerstein show about characters, which, according to Rodgers, were ill suited to the universe of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Nevertheless, the score contains at least a few delightful neglected songs, especially "The Man I Used to Be".
Cinderella (1957 Television Cast)Cinderella (1957 Television Cast) by Oscar Hammerstein II
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The original 1957 television cast with a surely definitive version of "A Lovely Night" and featuring the crisp young soprano voice of Julie Andrews a few years before the Rodgers & Hammerstein film triumph of "The Sound of Music".
Cinderella (1965 Television Cast)Cinderella (1965 Television Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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This recording with expanded orchestrations by John Green brings out every melodic and harmonic jewel in this vastly underrated R&H set - a near perfect recorded presentation of this lovely song score (this is a studio re-recording with much more energy and focus than the vocals in the videotaped performance).
Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway Revival Cast)Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway Revival Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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Still another underrated Rodgers & Hammerstein show from 1958 that was revived with a completely different book in this 2002 incarnation that succeeds in creating fresh orchestrations without burying the Rodgers songs.
Flower Drum Song (1961 Film Soundtrack)Flower Drum Song (1961 Film Soundtrack) by Oscar Hammerstein II
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Sensational 1961 Oscar-nominated Alfred Newman orchestrations reveal one of Rodgers' best and certainly most underrated song scores in a cascade of beautifully arranged tracks of pure inspired melody.
The Sound of Music (1965 Film Soundtrack - 40th Anniversary Special Edition)The Sound of Music (1965 Film Soundtrack - 40th Anniversary Special Edition) by Julie Andrews
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The 1965 film version of the 1959 stage show is so joyous, lilting and gay, it is difficult to listen to any other version without thinking of this splendid Oscar winner for Best Picture and the perfect Irwin Kostal orchestrations.
No Strings (1962 Original Broadway Cast)No Strings (1962 Original Broadway Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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Immediately after the death of Oscar Hammerstein, Rodgers goes it alone and provides music and lyrics for this inventive 1962 outing that won Rodgers a Tony for Best Score (featuring one of the all-time greatest Rodgers songs: "The Sweetest Sounds"). Following Hammerstein's death, Rodgers created a total of six musicals (one for TV).
Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965 Original Broadway Cast)Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965 Original Broadway Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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This 1965 Broadway collaboration with Stephen Sondheim is a brittle, small-scale show that remains a buried treasure: a tune filled little gem of a show which is only recently finding an appreciative audience.
I Remember Mama (1985 Studio Cast)I Remember Mama (1985 Studio Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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The last song score by Rodgers from 1979 with lyrics by "Annie" lyricist Martin Charnin which is unfortunately short on dance numbers and energy but full of charm.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair (1996 Original Broadway Cast)Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair (1996 Original Broadway Cast) by Richard Rodgers
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This 1996 revival of the 1945 Fox film score, adapted for the stage, added tunes from "Allegro", "Me and Juliet", "Pipe Dream", two discarded songs from "Oklahoma!" and one from the 1962 film version with seamless beauty. Delightful Bruce Pomohac orchestrations also make this a keeper.
Mary Martin Sings, Richard Rodgers PlaysMary Martin Sings, Richard Rodgers Plays by Mary Martin
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1957 concept album with Martin delivering the definitive version of Hart's last lyric for "To Keep My Love Alive" and a few other rarities as well as hit songs.