Bernstein - On The Town - Naxos: 8120889 - CD

Release Date: 29th Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 8120889
Label: Naxos
Series: Musicals

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Bernstein: On the Town

Original Cast Members: 1945 and 1956
Mary Martin, Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green & David Baker (piano)
Lyn Murray, Camarata & Leonard Joy

Bernstein: Fancy Free: Three Dances

Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler

The Revuers

Original Cast 1940. Music and Lyrics by The Revuers
Betty Comden, Adolph Green. Alvin Hammer, Judy Holliday, John Frank & Leonard Bernstein (piano)

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On the Town is a musical based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music (also included on this disc). The musical was made into a film by MGM in 1949 starring Gene Kelly.

The story is set in wartime New York City in 1944 when three American sailors enjoy a 24-hour shore leave. Each of the three sailors becomes enamoured with a particular woman — and with the city.

The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "I Can Cook, Too", and "Some Other Time".

Recordings from the original Broadway Cast.

Bernstein - On The Town

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