On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast) [Original recording remastered]

Richard Rodgers (Artist), Lorenz Hart (Artist), Christine Andreas (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B000067ASW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally available complete on one CD!, September 5, 2004

By 

Mark Andrew Lawrence "Theatre Reviewer" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast) (Audio CD)

Hands down the best of the ON YOUR TOES recordings. This one features the original 1936 orchestrations and includes the complete score with BOTH ballets and all the reprises. The digital sound is crisp and clear and the whole performance is well cast.

When this first came out in 1983 there were two versions: In the U.S. it was released by Polydor as a single LP with some edits in the ballets and a few of the minor numbers eliminated. The U.K. release on TER was a 2 LP set containing the full score. The early CD issues were the abridged version but now, finally, the complete score is available on CD.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The best "On Your Toes" is now even BETTER!!!, August 1, 2002

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Alfonzo Tyson (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast) (Audio CD)

This remaster of the 1983 Broadway revival of "On Your Toes" was released just in time for the Richard Rodgers centennial, but not soon enough for me! Wow! We get to hear one of Rodgers and Hart's best scores with improvements! The sound quality in greatly improved from the two previous masters, and there are extra bonuses such as an extended version of "The Heart Is Quicker Than the Eye" and a reprise of "Quiet Night". The highlight is the most complete version on CD of the famed ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" clocked at OVER SEVENTEEN MINUTES!!! (That is not a misprint!) Forget about the 1954 cast revival or any other version that might be out there, THIS CD of "On Your Toes", complete with the original orchestrations from the original 1936 production is the ultimate "On Your Toes"!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Recording of a Classic Musical, August 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: On Your Toes (1983 Broadway Revival Cast) (Audio CD)

"On Yours Toes" may well be one of Rogers and Hart's finest collaborations and this 1983 cast recording may well be the musical's finest incarnation to date. Several elements combine to make this such a success with the cast and the score foremost among them. The freshness and variation of the music are well represented here, and it isn't hard to follow the plot for those who are not familiar with the show. The vocals are all good with Christine Andreas deserving of special mention. She adds whimsy and variation to each of her songs, and hers are arguably the best and most well known from the score. I think Rogers and Hart would be very pleased with the treatment of this piece as represented by this album.