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Ultimate Broadway

Ultimate Broadway

by Ultimate Broadway / Various
Ultimate Broadway

Ultimate Broadway

by Ultimate Broadway / Various

Overview

Following in the footsteps of other installments in Arista's Ultimate series, Ultimate Broadway is an excellent sampler of some of the greatest songs and performances in the history of the Great White Way. Almost all of the 40 songs on the two discs in this collection are performed by the original Broadway casts, which makes it an excellent choice for casual fans. The Judy Collins and Aretha Franklin covers do sound a little out of place, but those are only two numbers on a generous compilation filled with great moments. The set runs from Oklahoma! to Rent, hitting such seminal performances as Carol Channing's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," Gertrude Lawrence's "Getting to Know You," Julie Andrews' "I Could Have Danced All Night," Rex Harrison's "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," Mary Martin's "The Sound of Music," Carol Channing's "Hello, Dolly!," Zero Mostel's "If I Were a Rich Man," Barbra Streisand's "People," Liza Minnelli's "Cabaret," Andrea McArdle's "Tomorrow,"and Michael Crawford's "The Music of the Night," among many, many others. It may not be a definitive show tune collection, but it's certainly tremendously entertaining. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 06/30/1998
Label: Arista
UPC: 0078221899925
Rank: 111177

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Oklahoma!  - Alfred Drake  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Richard Rodgers
  2. If I Loved You  - Jan Clayton  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - John Raitt  - Richard Rodgers
  3. You'll Never Walk Alone  - Jan Clayton  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Christine Johnson  - Richard Rodgers
  4. There's No Business Like Show Business  - Irving Berlin  - Ethel Merman  - Jerry Orbach  - Rufus Smith  - Bruce Yarnell
  5. Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?)  - Ray Bolger  - Frank Loesser
  6. Some Enchanted Evening  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Ezio Pinza  - Richard Rodgers
  7. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend  - Carol Channing  - Leo Robin  - Jule Styne
  8. Getting to Know You  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Gertrude Lawrence  - Richard Rodgers
  9. Shall We Dance?  - Yul Brynner  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Gertrude Lawrence  - Richard Rodgers
  10. I Could Have Danced All Night  - Julie Andrews  - Philippa Bevans  - Alan Jay Lerner  - Frederick Loewe
  11. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face  - Rex Harrison  - Alan Jay Lerner  - Frederick Loewe
  12. The Party's Over (Bells Are Ringing)  - Betty Comden  - Adolph Green  - Judy Holliday  - Jule Styne
  13. Maria  - Leonard Bernstein  - Larry Kert  - Stephen Sondheim
  14. Tonight  - Leonard Bernstein  - Larry Kert  - Carol Lawrence  - Chita Rivera  - Stephen Sondheim
  15. Seventy Six Trombones  - Robert Preston  - Meredith Willson
  16. Everything's Coming up Roses  - Ethel Merman  - Stephen Sondheim  - Jule Styne
  17. The Sound of Music  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Mary Martin  - Richard Rodgers
  18. Try to Remember  - Tom Jones  - Jerry Orbach  - Harvey Schmidt
  19. Camelot  - Richard Burton  - Alan Jay Lerner  - Frederick Loewe
  20. If Ever I Would Leave You  - Robert Goulet  - Alan Jay Lerner  - Frederick Loewe
  21. Hello, Dolly!  - Carol Channing  - Jerry Herman
  22. If I Were a Rich Man  - Jerry Bock  - Sheldon Harnick  - Zero Mostel

Disc 2

  1. People  - Bob Merrill  - Barbra Streisand  - Jule Styne
  2. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)  - John Cullum  - Burton Lane  - Alan Jay Lerner
  3. The Impossible Dream  - Joe Darion  - Richard Kiley  - Mitch Leigh
  4. Mame  - Charles Braswell  - Jerry Herman
  5. Cabaret  - Fred Ebb  - John Kander  - Liza Minnelli
  6. Aquarius  - Ronald Dyson  - Galt MacDermot  - James Rado  - Gerome Ragni
  7. Send in the Clowns  - Judy Collins  - Stephen Sondheim
  8. All That Jazz  - Fred Ebb  - John Kander  - Chita Rivera
  9. One  - Marvin Hamlisch  - Edward Kleban
  10. Tomorrow  - Martin Charnin  - Andrea McArdle  - Charles Strouse
  11. Don't Cry for Me Argentina  - Andrew Lloyd Webber  - Patti LuPone  - Tim Rice
  12. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going  - Tom Eyen  - Jennifer Holliday  - Henry Krieger
  13. Memory  - T.S. Eliot  - Andrew Lloyd Webber  - Trevor Nunn  - Elaine Paige
  14. The Best of Times  - George Hearn  - Jerry Herman  - Elizabeth Parrish
  15. I Dreamed a Dream  - Alain Boublil  - Aretha Franklin  - Herbert Kretzmer  - Jean-Marc Natel  - Claude-Michel Schonberg
  16. The Music of the Night  - Michael Crawford  - Charles Hart  - Andrew Lloyd Webber  - Richard Stilgoe
  17. As If We Never Said Goodbye  - Don Black  - Christopher Hampton  - Andrew Lloyd Webber  - Elaine Paige
  18. Seasons of Love  - Jonathan Larson

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jennifer Holliday   Primary Artist
John Raitt   Primary Artist
Richard Kiley   Primary Artist
Alfred Drake   Primary Artist
Robert Goulet   Primary Artist
Jerry Orbach   Primary Artist
Richard Burton   Primary Artist
Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Bruce Yarnell   Primary Artist
Zero Mostel   Primary Artist
Christine Johnson   Primary Artist
Ronald Dyson   Primary Artist
Elaine Paige   Primary Artist
Carol Lawrence   Primary Artist
Charles Braswell   Primary Artist
Jan Clayton   Primary Artist
John Cullum   Primary Artist
Liza Minnelli   Primary Artist
Robert Preston   Primary Artist
Judy Collins   Primary Artist
Judy Holliday   Primary Artist
Julie Andrews   Primary Artist
Patti LuPone   Primary Artist
Andrea McArdle   Primary Artist
Mary Martin   Primary Artist
Chita Rivera   Primary Artist
Larry Kert   Primary Artist
Ezio Pinza   Primary Artist
Elizabeth Parrish   Primary Artist
Carol Channing   Primary Artist
Ethel Merman   Primary Artist
Rufus Smith   Primary Artist
Ray Bolger   Primary Artist
Michael Crawford   Primary Artist
Rex Harrison   Primary Artist
George Hearn   Primary Artist
Yul Brynner   Primary Artist
Gertrude Lawrence   Primary Artist
Philippa Bevans   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Philippa Bevans   Performer
Richard Kiley   Performer
Rufus Smith   Performer
T.S. Eliot   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Burton Lane   Composer
Patti LuPone   Performer
Robert Goulet   Performer
Jerry Bock   Composer
Jerry Orbach   Performer
Richard Burton   Performer
Barbra Streisand   Performer
Mitch Leigh   Composer
Aretha Franklin   Performer
Bruce Yarnell   Performer
Harvey Schmidt   Composer
Henry Krieger   Composer
Zero Mostel   Performer
Jean-Marc Natel   Composer
Miles Kreuger   Liner Notes
Jeremy Shatan   Photography
Carol Rosegg   Photography
Tom Eyen   Composer
Steve Bartels   Producer
Joan Marcus   Photography
Christopher Stern   Art Direction
Tom Jones   Composer
Christine Johnson   Performer
Ronald Dyson   Performer
Edward Kleban   Composer
James Rado   Composer
Elaine Paige   Performer
Carol Lawrence   Performer
Charles Braswell   Performer
Charles Hart   Composer
Jan Clayton   Performer
John Cullum   Performer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Liza Minnelli   Performer
Robert Preston   Performer
Judy Collins   Performer
Judy Holliday   Performer
Jule Styne   Composer
Richard Stilgoe   Composer
Julie Andrews   Performer
Jennifer Holliday   Performer
Trevor Nunn   Composer
John Kander   Composer
Andrea McArdle   Performer
Mary Martin   Performer
Martin Charnin   Composer
Betty Comden   Composer
Joe Darion   Composer
Jerry Herman   Composer
Fred Ebb   Composer
Chita Rivera   Performer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Larry Kert   Performer
Christopher Hampton   Composer
Ezio Pinza   Performer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Elizabeth Parrish   Performer
Galt MacDermot   Composer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
Carol Channing   Performer
Alain Boublil   Composer
Don Black   Composer
Ethel Merman   Performer
Tim Rice   Composer
Ray Bolger   Performer
Michael Crawford   Performer
Rex Harrison   Performer
Herbert Kretzmer   Composer
Adolph Green   Composer
Gerome Ragni   Composer
George Hearn   Performer
Meredith Willson   Composer
Claude-Michel Schoenberg   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Yul Brynner   Performer
Gertrude Lawrence   Performer
Sheldon Harnick   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Clive Davis   Executive Producer
Gary Pacheco   Producer
Charles Strouse   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
John Raitt   Performer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Jonathan Larson   Composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Alfred Drake   Performer
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