She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival) [Cast Recording]

Jerry Bock, Diane Fratantoni, Brad Kane, Jonathan Freeman, Boyd Gaines, Sally Mayes, Sheldon Harnick, She Loves Me (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1993)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014U0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists > Musicals > Revivals

Track Listings

1. Prelude and Good Morning, Good Day

2. Sounds While Selling

3. Thank You, Madam

4. Days Gone By

5. No More Candy

6. Three Letters

7. Tonight at Eight

8. I Don't Know His Name

9. Perspective

10. Goodbye, George

11. Will He Like Me?

12. Ilona

13. I Resolve

14. Romantic Atmosphere

15. Tango Tragique

16. Dear Friend

17. Overture to Act II

18. Try Me

19. Where's My Shoe?

20. Ice Cream

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming...Romantic...a perfect recording., June 14, 2001

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Rusty Kransky "Rusty Kransky" (Greenport, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival) (Audio CD)

What a cast! I had heard of SHE LOVES ME, but never had seen it, and loved this revival - I ended up seeing it six times! The cast is enchanting, with excellent voices throughout. This is one of the rare musicals where ALL the songs are gems - no need to skip tracks here - and the voices and personalities perfectly match the roles. Sally Mayes (Ilona) has never sounded better; Howard McGillin is a delight as Kodaly, and Johnathan Freeman a terrific Headwaiter. Boyd Gaines is a charming, boyish, delicious Georg, and if Diane Fratantoni can't quite make you forget about Barbara Cook, well, who can? This is a must for any theater fan, or any connoiseur of outstanding singing. If only this show was still running!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jonathan Freeman shines in "She Loves Me", April 8, 2000

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Jason Frazier (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival) (Audio CD)

This truly is a remarkable recording, and I personally favor this one over the original cast. All the performers are amazing, and the music is -of course- brilliant, so it makes for quite an enjoyable night's listening. Interestingly enough, I read someone else's review and they mentioned that Brad Kane (who plays Arpad on this CD) was the singing voice of Aladdin in all three "Aladdin" movies. Many people would be surprised to know that Jonathan Freeman (who appears as the pompously lovable Headwaiter in SLM) was the speaking AND singing voice for Jafar in the "Aladdin" film. (He's also featured on that film's soundtrack.) The number he performs here is called "A Romantic Atmosphere" and even though you can't see him perform it, the vocals are enough alone to make you understand the comedy. Freeman is a master at this.

Mr. Freeman is my favorite Bway performer, and I had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get a letter his way when he was doing an off-Broadway show in NYC. I got his response a few days ago, and he sent back a nice note and some great autographed photos! Anyway -- GET THIS CD!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vanilla Ice Cream!, October 19, 2000

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JustMe123 "jennifer123" (Boca Raton, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival) (Audio CD)

She Loves Me is a treasure to anyone's CD collection. This is by far the best version of the musical. She Loves Me is based on 'Parfumerie', 'The Shop Around the Corner', and 'In The Good Old Summertime'. The show has music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock who also composed Fiddler on the Roof! The song Vanilla Ice Cream alone is reason enough to buy this CD. Diane Fratantoni is a standout as Amalia, and Vanilla Ice Cream may just be the best song ever! She Loves Me combines Broadway with a lot of technical almost opera-like singing. It's a nice story as well.