Annie Get Your Gun (1991 Studio Recording)

Irving Berlin (Artist), Bruce Ogsten (Artist), David Garrison (Artist), David Healy (Artist), Gregory Jbara (Artist), Jason Graae (Artist), Kim Criswell (Artist), Peta Bartlett (Artist), Rebecca Luker (Artist), Simon Green (Artist), Thomas Hampson (Artist), London Sinfonietta (Artist), Alfred Marks (Artist), John McGlinn (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002RS4
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,759 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture Act l

2. Colonel Buffalo Bill

3. I'm A Bad, Bad Man

4. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

5. The Girl That I Marry

6. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun

7. There's No Business Like Show Business

8. They Say It's Wonderful

9. Moonshine Lullaby

10. I'll Share It All With You

11. Dircus Dancy

12. Reprise: There's No Business Like Show Business

13. My Defenses Are Down

14. Drum Dance

15. Ceremonial Chant

16. Final Act l

17. I Got Lost In His Arms

18. Ballroom Scene

19. Who Do You Love, I Hope

20. I Got The Sun In The Morning

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kim Criswell is an Annie Oakley to treasure!, July 8, 2004

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Annie Get Your Gun (1991 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)

This studio recording of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN features the thrilling Kim Criswell singing the title role, as well as the booming voice of Thomas Hampson in the role of Frank Butler. John McGlinn conducts the outstanding London Sinfonietta.

Criswell is an ideal choice for Annie. She invokes the brassy vocals of the Ethel Merman (the role's originator), yet manages to inject some of her own spunky charm into the character. The ballsy Dolly Tate is played by Peta Bartlett; with a very young Rebecca Luker playing the ingenue role of Winnie opposite the Tommy of Jason Graae.

This recording is now quite rare; though is worth tracking down. Arguably the greatest recording of the score aside from the '66 Lincoln Center revival w/ Ethel Merman.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practically perfect in every way, May 19, 2010

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A. Bullitt "show lover" (Saint Petersburg, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Annie Get Your Gun (1991 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)

This is probably my favorite recording of this remarkable score. Kim Criswell doesn't have the brass lungs of Ethel Merman; she creates a more feminine, but still spunky, Annie Oakley. Thomas Hampson's stentorian baritone is well-suited to the pompous Frank Butler, and the supporting cast, including Jason Graae and Rebecca Luker, is excellent. As usual with John McGlinn's recordings of Broadway shows, this one is complete, so there's a lot of music here that had never been recorded before. The full 1946 score is performed, with "An Old-Fashioned Wedding," composed for the 1966 Lincoln Center revival, placed last as an appendix.

Along with ANYTHING GOES, BRIGADOON, and SHOW BOAT, this is a brilliant gem in John McGlinn's recorded legacy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best recordings of musicals, May 2, 2002

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John Cragg (Delta(greater Vancouver), B.C Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Annie Get Your Gun (1991 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)

The studio recording of Irving Berlin's masterpioece has the advantage over cast recordings of bringing out the subtleties of the tunes better than most cast recordings and of using better singers and much better chorus and orchestra than is usual in the theatre. Thomas Hampson's Frank Butler is splendid and Kim Criswell's Annie is super.