Show Boat (1993 Studio Cast Recording of the 1946 Version) [IMPORT] [SOUNDTRACK]

Jerome Kern (Composer), John Philip Sousa (Composer), John Owen Edwards (Conductor), National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Martin Yates (Performer), Brian Greene (Performer), Caroline O'Connor (Performer), Fran Landesman (Performer), Gareth Snook (Performer), James Buller (Performer), Janis Kelly (Performer), Jason Howard (Performer), Lorna Dallas (Performer), Sally Burgess (Performer), Shezwae Powell (Performer), Simon Green (Performer), Willard White (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Martin Yates, Brian Greene, Caroline O'Connor, Fran Landesman, Gareth Snook, et al.
• Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: John Owen Edwards
• Composer: Jerome Kern, John Philip Sousa
• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B000EBGFSG
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #369,575 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Complete recording of the published 1946 version of Show Boat features all of the main stars of the RSC/Opera North Production along with the National Symphony Orchestra playing the original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations. The only complete recording of the 1946 version, revised by Jerome Kern. Includes international opera star Willard White and an all-star cast with a 35-member chorus! Remastered and remixed for first-time release in the U.S.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent but not really memorable, March 27, 2009

By	D. H Patterson "danpatter" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Willard White's Joe is the best thing on this two disc album; he has a magnificent voice and he sings a splendid "Old Man River." As advertised, this is a recording of the show as it was staged in the 1946 revival. For those familiar with the complete score, it will seem an odd choice of included and excluded numbers. We get "Queenie's Ballyhoo" but not "I Still Suits Me," for example. It's a perfectly respectable recording and performance. The other voices are decent, but I never thought there was a lot of magic here (as I did with the McGlinn recording, and that is the one required recording of Show Boat). This will go on my reference shelf, but other than Willard White's numbers, I doubt I'll be playing it much. Aside from the McGlinn recording, I'd also recommend the 1962 studio cast recording with Barbara Cook, John Raitt and the wonderful William Warfield.