My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs [Cast Recording]

My Favorite Broadway | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Hybrid Recordings
• ASIN: B000059LY8
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Lullaby of Broadway

3. Sue Me

4. He Touched Me

5. Gigi

6. When Did I Fall in Love?

7. If Ever I Would Leave You

8. Love Song Medley I: Come Rain Orp Come Shine/I Don't Know How to ...

9. Seasons of Love

10. Music of Night

11. Every Single Day

12. Love Song Medley II: Too Late Now/Sometimes a Day Goes by/Not a ...

13. I'm a Brass Band

14. How Lucky Can You Get?

15. My Fair Lady Medley: I've Grown Accostomed to Her Face/The Rain in ...

16. Finale

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This follow-up to 1998's My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies allows the gentlemen in, but that's not always an advantage. Sure, Michael Crawford developed a great following as the Phantom and Nathan Lane is a comedian nonpareil, but Tom Wopat, Peter Gallagher, Adam Pascal, and Ron Raines, while all fine performers with good resumés, simply can't match the marquee power of the original's Liza Minnelli, Audra McDonald, Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter, and many others.

Even when old vets appear, Robert Goulet seems closer to Las Vegas than Lancelot. That said, this is still an enjoyable live show from New York's City Center. Among the ladies returning, Rebecca Luker and Marin Mazzie shine in songs from the revivals they star in, and superdiva Linda Eder raises the roof with a three-song medley. And there are other additions to the roster, one legend (Chita Rivera), and one up-and-comer (Heather Headley). The real star is the host, Julie Andrews, who also hosted the original show and conspicuously did not sing in it, following her infamous, lawsuit-laden vocal-cord surgery that effectively ended her music career. Throughout the evening, she teases the audience, reciting lyrics and making references to My Fair Lady. So when Crawford begins "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and Andrews enters, the audience holds its breath: Will she or won't she? It's an electric moment, and perfect theater (also available as a video). --David Horiuchi

Product Description

broadway love songs

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the Best Broadway series in years!, April 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (Audio CD)

Last year I purchased My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies. This release was fantastic. I could not wait for the second release in this series. On My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, the material is so well performed. The selections are flawless. Check out Linda Eder, Robert Goulet, Barry Manilow performing some of the greatest love songs ever recorded. I LOVE IT!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just shy of good, April 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (Audio CD)

After locating completely by accident and listening to the first in this series; My Favorite Broadway; The Leading Ladies, I was quite anxious to see and hear this second entry. My joy in seeing the first was not duplicated in this second venture. Although once again visually beautiful, the selection of music and performers were not at the same level as The Leading Ladies. Where the first kept you entranced from beginning to end, there were long stretches of very boring performances included here. Some of the artists were just not up to the effort. I'll admit to a lump-in-the-throat/tear-in-the-eye reaction to Julie Andrews brief vocalization at the end, and for that it was worth the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good...but not great., March 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (Audio CD)

I agree with our reviewer from San Francisco. I really enjoyed the first installment in this series (Leading Ladies) where famous performances are recreated by their original artists--Strich and Holliday. So I rushed to get this. The compilation seems a bit of a mish mash--with the female performances of better quality. Julie Andrews shines...and I must admit I got a shiver when she and Bob Goulet were on stage together. And it was wonderful to hear her sing--and hear the audience leap out of their seats (yes...you could actually hear that!)

I think it is cheating to put "How Lucky Can You Get" out there as a Broadway piece (though it was in the 1991 Broadway Kander and Ebb review).

But I am happy that I purchased it.