Track Listing

1. Preludium - Nuns
2. Sound of Music - Mitch Miller & the Sing Along Gang
3. Maria - Mary Martin, Patricia Neway
4. My Favorite Things - Mary Martin
5. Do-Re-Mi - Brian Davies, Lauri Peters
6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen - Mary Martin
7. Lonely Goatherd - Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe
8. How Can Love Survive? - Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin
9. Sound of Music (Reprise)
10. Laendler
11. So Long, Farewell - Patricia Neway
12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Theodore Bikel, Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe
13. No Way to Stop It - Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin
14. Ordinary Couple
15. Processional - Mary Martin, Lauri Peters
16. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) - Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin
17. Edelweiss - Patricia Neway
18. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise) - William Steinberg
19. Sound of Music [*] - Mary Martin
20. Do-Re-Mi [*] - Elizabeth Howell, Patricia Neway, Muriel O'Malley, Karen Shepard

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55075 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1998-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
Asian Exclusive! Gold Edition of the 1965 original soundtrack written by Rodgers & Hammerstein features 22 tracks including a bonus disc of 6 Music Box Version tracks: 'Do-Re-Mi', 'Edelweiss', 'The Sound Of Music', 'The Lonely Goatherd', 'So Long, Farewell' & 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen'. RCA. 2005.

Amazon.com
Most of the civilized world identifies this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic with the Robert Wise film, one of the most successful movie musicals of all time ("The Sound of Money," critic Pauline Kael termed it). Which is why this recording can be so disconcerting. Not only are there different tunes ("How Can Love Survive," "Laendler," "No Way to Stop It," but no "Confidence" or "Something Good," both written for the film), but Captain Von Trapp is played by heavyset folksinger Theodore Bikel, a far cry from young Christopher Plummer. Mary Martin was not only much older than the film's Julie Andrews, she wasn't even British! Then again, neither was the real Maria--and the stage version is, in many ways, more faithful to the Von Trapp Family Singers' true story. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews

PURE BROADWAY MAGIC!
Nowadays most people are familiar with the SOUND OF MUSIC from the wonderful 1965 motion picture starring Julie Andrews, which just received it's DVD debut this August. The DVD along with the 35TH Anniversary Edition (2 CD) Motion Picture Soundtrack, also recently released, are real winners.

But how many people have heard the 1959 Original Broadway Cast recording starring Mary Martin? Not as many, I suspect. The subject of this review is a treasure that any true SOUND OF MUSIC buff MUST own. This digitally re-mastered recording sounds so fresh and vibrant that you would think it was just recorded!

Mary Martin's singing is lovely and constrasts nicely with that of Julie Andrews. As with most Broadway musicals, there are several songs that were not in the movie: "How Can Love Survive", "No Way to Stop It", and "An Ordinary Couple", which are all great. You won't find "I Have Confidence" or "Something Good" here, since these songs were written by Richard Rodgers alone (Oscar Hammerstein had already passed away) for the motion picture. No big loss in my opinion, as these songs are rather weak anyway.

The liner notes that come with the CD are informative, complete with cast photos. Along with the soundtrack come two bonus tracks which are like icing on the cake. My favorite is a beautifully performed orchestral medley lasting 16 minutes called "The Sound of Music-A Symphonic Picture for Orchestra". The other bonus track is a lively rendition of "Do-Re-Mi" performed by the Mitch Miller choir and the Sound of Music kids. Did I mention that this CD is at a bargain price too?

With all it has going for it, this SOUND OF MUSIC is worth it's weight in gold. This is a disc that you will return to often with the greatest of pleasure. HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

This is the real deal
Julie Andrews was the definitive Eliza Doolittle (and should have played her in the movie version of "My Fair Lady"), but the role of Maria in "The Sound of Music" belongs to the Queen of the Broadway Musical, Mary Martin. What a voice! What delivery! The stage version of the *musical aspects* of "The Sound of Music" simply outshines the Hollywood version, in my opinion. Not only is this because of the stellar performances by Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, but because for some strange reason, the producers of the movie removed some fine songs (e.g., "There's No Way To Stop It") and substituted cheesy and unmemorable ones in their place. Why? The movie was a highly entertaining presentation of the *story* of the von Trapp family, but if you want a cd that presents the best version of the *music* from this terrific show, get the Broadway version!

If you grew up with the movie, you may want to stick with it
While I am a HUGE fan of this recording of "The Sound of Music," I fully understand why people are passionate about the film soundtrack. I have many friends who grew up watching the film, own the soundtrack and have never heard the Original Cast Album. I have never urged them to listen to this album because I know they will not enjoy it. Unfortunately, they don't know what they're missing. While Mary Martin's voice, for some, takes some getting used to, she does a wonderful job with Maria's songs. This "Do-Re-Mi" is almost exactly the same as the film version and, in my opinion, exceeds it. I prefer Theodore Bikel's Captain to Plummer's. Naturally there are also the wonderful "How Can Love Survive?" and "No Way to Stop It" to recommend this album. But the main reason for fans of the show, film and musicals in general to listen to this album is the wondrous Patricia Neway! In "Maria" and especially in the rousing rendition of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," she sings circles around the inferior Peggy Wood (Was Wood dubbed?)! Neway alone is reason enough to listen to this original, wonderful recording of one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's lesser shows that somehow became the most popular musical of all time (through its film version).