The Secret Garden: A New Musical (1986 London Studio Cast) [Cast Recording]

Sharon Burgett, John Cullum, Max Showalter, Barbara Cook, Judy Kaye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014TR
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,999 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Any Minute Now

3. I Will Do Nothing

4. Just Like Me

5. Wings

6. Dickon Is My Name

7. Somewhere in the Past

8. Wishful Thinking

9. My Mother

10. Before You Know It's Summer

11. I've Got a Secret

12. Something Special

13. Entr'acte

14. The Likes of You and Me

15. Traditions

16. One Patch of Blue

17. How We Love Children

18. My Favorite Song/Wings (Reprise)

19. Weave a Spell

20. Your Best Foot

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Musical, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Secret Garden: A New Musical (1986 London Studio Cast) (Audio CD)

As an alternative to the popular success of Simon-Norman's adaptation of "The Secret Garden" that played Broadway in the early 1990s, this studio album is perfect. It features some of the greatest of the Broadway stage. Tony winners John Cullum, Judy Kaye, George Rose and the immortal Barbara Cook lead the cast of this Sharon Burgett musical.

It's a vastly different approach to the material, more from a traditional musical standpoint (Rodgers and Hammerstein-esque). It's material is beautiful with a knock-out overture. It may remind some of Alan Menken's compositions for "Beauty and the Beast", however this was made 5 years before that hit film.

The standout is "My Mother", the duet between Martha and Mary. There are many excellent musical sequences and it would be nice to see this musical have some more exposure in the form of an actual stage production.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Secert Garden, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Secret Garden: A New Musical (1986 London Studio Cast) (Audio CD)

I really liked this CD. The songs were beautiful, but it took a while for me to get to like them. the song"MY Mother" is very touching and sad, while "Just like me" is really cute. I would really recommend this CD, especilly if you need music for a talent show act, some of the songs would make great dancing music!

3.0 out of 5 stars The Secret Garden, June 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Secret Garden: A New Musical (1986 London Studio Cast) (Audio CD)

The music on this CD is not strikingly catching at first, but it grows on you. Some of the songs are very funny, and some are tear shedders. It is beautiful, and some are perfect for a talent show act, dancing and choragraphy would go along great. While listing to the songs on this CD, I could just picture the whole play happing in my mind. And after a while, the songs can bcome fun to sing along to.