The Champion Season: A Salute to Gower Champion (Live at the Cafe Carlyle) [Live]

Barbara Cook | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: DRG Records
• ASIN: B00000K2CR
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Medley

2. I Got the Sun in the Morning

3. The Happy Time Among My Yesterdays

4. The World Must Be Bigger Than an Avenue

5. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

6. About a Quarter to Nine

7. Her (His) Face

8. Look What Happened to Mabel

9. They Say It's Wonderful

10. Medley

11. Before the Parade Passes By

12. They Were You

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Barbara Cook is the epitome of the cabaret diva. A star on Broadway from the '50s through to the '70s (she still owns the role of Marian the Librarian in The Music Man), Cook continues to sing the tunes of the Great White Way--her venues are just a tad more intimate these days. This live performance at the Café Carlyle in New York should more than please her legion of fans. Cook's tribute to Gower Champion is filled with great music and fond memories of the Broadway director and choreographer. From "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly!, Cook's lovely soprano voice segues into tunes from Annie Get Your Gun ("I Got the Sun in the Morning," "I Got Lost in His Arms"), Carnival ("Her Face"), The Fantasticks ("They Were You"), and more. With perfect piano arrangements by Wally Harper (who accompanied Cook on her prior album, All I Ask of You), this is a delightful disc. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barbara Returns to Broadway (No, The Other Barbara!), June 25, 2000

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Bill S. (New York, N.Y.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Champion Season: A Salute to Gower Champion (Live at the Cafe Carlyle) (Audio CD)

Another CD of Barbara Cook's that we can rave over! However, this one is different in many repects. On "The Champion Season..." we get a rare glimpse of Barbara's joy in celebrating Broadway musicals that can only be captured on a live recording. Her other live CD's are gorgeously sung but this one is exhuberant and full of fun and whimsy. Here Barbara lets her voice soar in music she clearly adores. She engages all our emotions in this heartfelt and fitting tribute to a very talented man-Gower Champion. A particular favorite track of mine is (#10), I Got Lost in His Arms/Time Heals Everything). This CD is the next best thing to seeing Barbara live! A precious gem of a recording!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shes only wonderful, November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Champion Season: A Salute to Gower Champion (Live at the Cafe Carlyle) (Audio CD)

Barbara Cook is one of the marvels of our present world - her voice, feeling, rhythm, intonation, everything is perfect. On this live disc, which captures some of her between song talking, we also get to hear her delightful reminiscences of Gower Champion. Her talking voice and what she has to say are as beautiful and expressive as her singing, so that on repeated listening, one never tires of the talking. The songs are a mix of well known and not so well known, all sung beautifully with the always perfect accompaniment of Wally Harper. Theirs is truly a musical match made in heaven. While all the songs are lovely, I have to single out "They Were You", a gorgeous song which has never been sung more beautifully. Miss Cook never ceases to be a revelation. If you ever have a chance to see her and Wally Harper at the Carlyle, drop everything else you had planned and go to see them. You won't ever forget it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE CHAMPION SEASON: LIVE AT THE CAFE CARLYLE, November 23, 1999

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"zippydeedoodah" (BOONTON , NEW JERSEY , UNITED STATES) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Champion Season: A Salute to Gower Champion (Live at the Cafe Carlyle) (Audio CD)

THIS BRILLIANT , SHINING STAR NAMED BARBARA COOK DOES IT AGAIN ! HOW LUCKY US MERE MORTALS ARE TO HAVE HER RADIANCE HERE WITH US ON THIS PLANET !