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RainbowJude

1973 Candide on CD!

From Playbill: "Sony BMG Releases Four Show Album CDs, Including Prince's Candide and Andreas in My Fair Lady"

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The Candide recording was first issued on two LPs, packed with Leonard Bernstein musical numbers and dialogue from the libretto (book and lyrics have been credited to many writers over the years, since the musical first premiered in the 1950s).

Director Harold Prince's "iconoclastic reinterpretation of this problematic musical" was staged in Brooklyn in 1973 and transferred to Broadway the following year for a lengthy run that resulted in five Tony Awards and a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle.

"With its cheerfully profane new book, some fresh Stephen Sondheim lyrics and zesty orchestrations, this Candide is a radical but hugely entertaining departure from the much grander original production, featuring infectious performances from Mark Baker, Maureen Brennan, Lewis J. Stadlen and June Gable," according to Sony BMG.


I must admit, of the four recordings mentioned in the article, that this is the one about which I am the most excited. I have this recording on LP but I almost never get to listen to it so I will be glad to have it on CD - even though I'm still not the greatest fan of Candide in terms of "liking" it, I find it an interesting piece.

Later days
David
Ghost

Why won't they release the original London cast of "Man of La Mancha"?

That would something I'd buy.
Salome

Dont forget Ian Richardson was Higgins in that My Fair Lady nor George Rose. Rose was Alfie.

I'm looking forward to McGavin's King and I most though. I have it on vinyl and have been waiting for its cd release forever!
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