Various Artists - The Sound Of Music

 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)




The Sound Of Music – Original Broadway Cast Recording

180-gram 45 RPM gatefold double LP

Mastered from the original 3-track master tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Plated and pressed at RTI

The Sound of Music, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse — opened on Broadway in 1959, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. Celebrating its 60th Anniversary, The Sound of Music has become one of the most enduring and consistently successful musicals among the great American musicals, featuring beloved standards such as "My Favorite Things," "Edelweiss," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "Do-Re-Mi" and "The Sound of Music" and many more. The 1959 Broadway production-starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel- won five Tony Awards (out of nine nominations) including "Best Musical" and "Best Actress" for Martin. Upon initial release, this cast album spent 16 weeks as No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

Mastered from the original 3-track master tape, this 60th anniversary 45 RPM 2LP edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl by Record Technology Inc. (RTI).

 



Side 1
1. Preludium (Nuns)
2. The Sound of Music (Mary Martin)
3. Maria (Elizabeth Howell, Karen Shepard, Muriel O’Malley, Patricia Neway)
4. My Favorite Things (Mary Martin, Patricia Neway)
5. Do-Re-Mi (Mary Martin, Children)

Side 2
1. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Brian Davies, Lauri Peters)
2. The Lonely Goatherd (Mary Martin, Children)
3. How Can Love Survive? (Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe)
4. The Sound of Music (reprise) (Mary Martin, Children, Theodore Bikel)

Side 3
1. Laendler (Orchestra)
2. So Long, Farewell (Children)
3. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Patricia Neway)
4. No Way To Stop It (Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kasznar, Theodore Bikel)

Side 4
1. An Ordinary Couple (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel)
2. Processional (Ensemble)
3. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Mary Martin, Lauri Peters)
4. Edelweiss (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Children)
5. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (Patricia Neway, Company)

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Spectacular!

posted on 07/14/2021
5 Stars
Beautiful! Fabulous vinyl. Dead silent background fantastic new rendition of a classic. Bravo!


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