Ernest in Love (1960 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording, Original recording remastered]

Leila Martin, Anne Croswell, Lee Pockriss | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1960
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B00008O33L
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,610 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Come Raise Your Cup

3. How Do You Find the Words?

4. The Hat

5. Mr. Bunbury

6. Perfection

7. A Handbag Is Not a Proper Mother

8. Wicked Man

9. Metaphorically Speaking

10. You Can't Make Love

11. Lost

12. My Very First Impression

13. The Muffin Song

14. My Eternal Devotion

15. The Muffin Song (Reprise)

16. Ernest in Love

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars superb musical version of the Oscar Wilde masterpiece!, December 10, 2003

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernest in Love (1960 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

ERNEST IN LOVE is a musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy-of-manners THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. The score, written by Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell (who also wrote the score to Vivien Leigh's Broadway show TOVARICH) is bright bouncy and very enjoyable.

The show opened off-Broadway at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, before moving to the Cherry Lane Theatre. It shuttered after a dismal 111 performances. The cast is superb: it includes Leila Martin as Gwendolen, John Irving as Jack Worthing, Gerrianne Raphael as Cecily Cardew, Louis Edmonds as Algernon Moncrieff and Sara Seegar as the fearsome Lady Bracknell.

There are several gems in the score, including "The Hat", "A Handbag is Not a Proper Mother" where Lady Bracknell denounces Jack's proposal to Gwendolen, and "Wicked Man", where Cecily imagines the man of her dreams.

This splendid cast album has been crisply remastered by DRG, and I highly recommend it to all show music collectors.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hidden Treasure, May 12, 2007

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T. Seifman "Broadway Musical Lover" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernest in Love (1960 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

Saw a small production of this in NY and got the Cast CD right away. Great score with fun lyrics. A great find! You won't be sorry you bought it. This show should be brought back for a larger audience.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OLD FASHIONED BUT STILL NICE, May 9, 2008

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Julio Lopez "soundtrack fan" (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernest in Love (1960 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

It catches your attention because it's based in the classic Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST. It's not a great musical, has no catchy melodies but still it's nice to hear. It's a product specially appealing to musical collectors and teachers of English Literature who can get a look at the possibilities of Literature classics adapted into musicals.