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Thank you Ghostlight for this Recording!!
28 Jun 2011
Format:Audio CD
Thank you Ghostlight for this first ever complete recording of the full score to Knickerbocker Holiday, by a superb cast, chorus and orchestra that could hardly be bettered.
Knickerbocker Holiday was one of Kurt Weill's great Broadway successes coming after his first Broadway Production, Johnny Johnson and before One Touch of Venus, Lady in the Dark, Street Scene and his other work with Maxwell Anderson, Lost in the Stars. It is very much a political satire, one of its strongest elements being Anderson's book. The only other representation of this piece on records/CDs has been a radio broadcast staring members of the original cast, including Walter Huston, gives a great overview of the book and short shift to the music. This recording makes up for it, serving up the music front and center allowing us to finally judge the quality of Weill's musical contribution. Of course everyone knows September Song and It Never Was You. Some of us may sort of know How Can You Tell an American, but it pretty much stops there. Other first rate material includes There's Nowhere to Go But Up, The One Indespensable Man, Dirge for a Soldier (so typically Weill in its juxtaposition of a great march tune and anti war lyrics), and We Are Cut in Twain. The whole is better than the sum of its parts.
It really is worth the effort to cast musical comedy performers who understand the style in revivals of older musical comedies. Each and every member of the cast contributes to the brilliance of the whole endeavor. Bryce Pinkham as Washington Irving, the narrator, Ben Davis as hero Brom Broeck, the incandescent Kelli O'Hara as his love interest Tina Tienhoven and Victor Garber as Peter Stuyvesant all give superb performances. Add in such great Broadway pros as David Garrison, Brad Oscar, Brooks Ashmanskas, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Christopher Fitzgerald in smaller supporting roles and we are in Broadway heaven here, great talent in service to a worthwhile score. It just doesn't get any better than this, performance wise.
Ted Sperling is listed as director, but I suspect that his musical instincts are all over this concert recording, and James Bagwell, listed as conductor does a wonderful job.
Anyone interested in the history of Broadway Musicals will want this recording.
THANK YOU GHOSTLIGHT FOR A SUPERB JOB!!
Knickerbocker Holiday was one of Kurt Weill's great Broadway successes coming after his first Broadway Production, Johnny Johnson and before One Touch of Venus, Lady in the Dark, Street Scene and his other work with Maxwell Anderson, Lost in the Stars. It is very much a political satire, one of its strongest elements being Anderson's book. The only other representation of this piece on records/CDs has been a radio broadcast staring members of the original cast, including Walter Huston, gives a great overview of the book and short shift to the music. This recording makes up for it, serving up the music front and center allowing us to finally judge the quality of Weill's musical contribution. Of course everyone knows September Song and It Never Was You. Some of us may sort of know How Can You Tell an American, but it pretty much stops there. Other first rate material includes There's Nowhere to Go But Up, The One Indespensable Man, Dirge for a Soldier (so typically Weill in its juxtaposition of a great march tune and anti war lyrics), and We Are Cut in Twain. The whole is better than the sum of its parts.
It really is worth the effort to cast musical comedy performers who understand the style in revivals of older musical comedies. Each and every member of the cast contributes to the brilliance of the whole endeavor. Bryce Pinkham as Washington Irving, the narrator, Ben Davis as hero Brom Broeck, the incandescent Kelli O'Hara as his love interest Tina Tienhoven and Victor Garber as Peter Stuyvesant all give superb performances. Add in such great Broadway pros as David Garrison, Brad Oscar, Brooks Ashmanskas, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Christopher Fitzgerald in smaller supporting roles and we are in Broadway heaven here, great talent in service to a worthwhile score. It just doesn't get any better than this, performance wise.
Ted Sperling is listed as director, but I suspect that his musical instincts are all over this concert recording, and James Bagwell, listed as conductor does a wonderful job.
Anyone interested in the history of Broadway Musicals will want this recording.
THANK YOU GHOSTLIGHT FOR A SUPERB JOB!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Absolutely Glorious!
4 July 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an absolutely glorious recording of this forgotten musical, which is on my wish list of shows to be revived, along with Li'l Abner, Little Me, Lady in the Dark, Bells Are Ringing and Allegro. (I finally saw a revival of On the Town.) The music is beautifully reproduced and the cast is stellar as they enchant us with the marvelous music of Kurt Weill and Lyrics of Maxwell Anderson. Would you believe I listened to it for the first time on the 4th of July? It's extraordinary and a worthy addition to the collection of any show music collector!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Collector's jewel
21 Oct 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a collector of showmusic and this item was overdue in spite of I'm aware that this musical is not the most famous of the Kurt Weill output. I have to admit I was surprised, really. The quality of the songs are in general very high, exqusite and tasteful, and well produced. Yes, Kurt Weill at his best but nobody knows. Ever heard of "Ballad of the Robbers", "There's Nowhere to Go But Up" or "How Can You Tell an American?"? Exactly! Surely a few of the songs are pure operetta but think about Weill's path of life. He had to change and he did. There you can study him crossing the line between two worlds. Now I'm eagerly awaiting a contemporary recording of "Love Life", the last work never recorded as a whole, to complete the "Kurt Weill in America" collection.
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