- Audio CD (21 Aug 1995)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Sony Music CMG
- ASIN: B0000262HT
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Lerner and Loewe's elegant, indestructible musical is one of those rare Broadway triumphs to be transferred to the big screen with practically every note and lyric intact. Warner's plush film version also preserved for posterity the definitive performances of Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins (though Jack Warner originally wanted Cary Grant) and Stanley Holloway as Alfred Dolittle. But if the decision to replace Broadway's radiant Julie Andrews (then a stranger to Hollywood) with the more bankable Audrey Hepburn remains a tad controversial, there is little doubt that Miss Hepburn made a captivatingly chic Eliza Dolittle; albeit with a singing voice provided by game dubber-for-the-stars, Marni Nixon. My Fair Lady was lovingly restored to its full Technicolored, widescreen glory in 1994, and from the spectacularly revitalised soundtrack comes this sumptuous rival to its legendary Broadway counterpart. Greatly expanded to present every beautifully constructed number in its entirety, as well as previously unreleased nuggets from André Previn's luminous, Oscar-winning underscore, the earlier CD of the 1964 soundtrack album now sounds distinctly moth-eaten.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Most musical recordings seem choppy mostly because they are, and are rendered from the stage play, so of course they wouldn't make that much sense. MY FAIR LADY holds up well and you don't get this sense. The entire ablum is a gem and there's not a sour note in it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i have nearly every single soundtrack from every musical. out of all of them i think this soundtrack is the best one.
from sam west (mwest653)
p.s. this is also my faverate film.
from sam west (mwest653)
p.s. this is also my faverate film.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For as long as I can remember this has been the one musical soundtrack that has haunted me. I have always known at least a few phrases from each song - but now I can successfully complete each and every one. Much to my cat's amusement I can now waltz around the living room accompanied to 'I could have danced all night'. The musical arrangements are still fresh and Marnie Nixon's voice is outstanding.
Why has it taken me so long to buy this CD? I've no idea, but now in the words of Professor Higgins, "By George, she's got it!"
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My Fair Lady
We love musicals and this is perfect for singing along to in the car with my musical theatre-mad daughter on long journeys
Published 6 months ago by busyme
MY FAIR LADY
very good I needed it to make a DVD it worked very well I am pleased with it especially having the original cast
Published 7 months ago by mave
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Brilliant actors who could sing in an iconic story. The list of stars in it is too long to repeat. Brings back many happy memories of my childhood. Read more
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The songs stand on their own
Many people can associate this sound track with the movie, "My Fair Lady" that was that is a film version of Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion". Read more
Published on 25 April 2010 by bernie
A Good Album Spoilt - Just a little.
Being a Luddite, I have the original vinyl edition of this album. which sounds better than this CD, My LP has a warm fugginess about it that suggests snoozy, boozy Christmasses by... Read more
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