Shakespeare on Broadway [Cast Recording]

Cliff Richard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014WX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,214 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Vocal & Song
  • #59 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > By Period > Modern & 20th Century

Track Listings

1. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate")

2. I To the World

3. Should I Speak of Loving You?

4. Sing for Your Supper, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse")

5. Fear No More

6. Dear Old Syracuse, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse")

7. It's Love...I Think

8. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate")

9. What Do I Know?

10. Too darn hot, song (from "Kiss Me Kate")

11. If My Morning Begins

12. The Last Blues

13. Two Songs

14. Brush up your Shakespeare, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") [Finale Ultimo]

15. Darn That Dream

16. What Do I Do Now?

17. Tonight, song (from "West Side Story")

18. Hamlet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bits of the Bard you have probably missed!!, October 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Shakespeare on Broadway (Audio CD)

This CD is a treat loaded with surprises. Program notes are well written and entertaining (by a Shakespearean expert?). Hear "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" in it's entirety, enjoy Hamlet retold in a jazzy piece that even features a little scat singing, and revel in the creative arrangement of "Tonight" (it features a bit of dialogue, some musical borrowings from Prokofiev, and more to create a multi-dimensional experience of this piece.) I highly recommend this diverse, interesting, stimulating and intriguing CD. I really liked it, in case you haven't guessed.

PS: The singing is good, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent variety of choices!, September 9, 1998

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This review is from: Shakespeare on Broadway (Audio CD)

This CD gives you an educational background on just how many different musical adaptations of Shakespearean works have been produced! The songs range from familiar tunes of Cole Porter like "Too Darn Hot" to obscure performances in Yale's swimming pool for "Fear No More." The notes by Bert Fink are hilarious and move along with the songs smoothly.