| Description |
1 audio disc (74 min., 33 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011433 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Musical; the story based loosely on Robbins' ballet Fancy free. |
| Performer |
Frederica von Stade (Claire) ; Tyne Daly (Hildy) ; Marie McLaughlin (Ivy) ; Evelyn Lear (Madame Dilly) ; Cleo Laine (The nightclub singer) ; Thomas Hampson (Gabey) ; Kurt Ollmann (Chip) ; David Garrison (Ozzie) ; Samuel Ramey (Pitkin/First workman/Announcer) ; supporting soloists ; London Voices ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded live 1992 June Barbican Centre, London. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Appendix: The intermission's great (originally intended for Act I, but dropped before the Broadway opening). |
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Program notes by Ethan Mordden and libretto (29 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals. |
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Musicals -- Librettos.
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Musicals -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Excerpts.
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Live sound recordings.
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Musicals.
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Musicals.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Excerpts.
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Live sound recordings.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Comden, Betty, librettist, lyricist.
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Green, Adolph, librettist, lyricist.
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Von Stade, Frederica, singer.
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Daly, Tyne, singer.
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McLaughlin, Marie, 1954- singer.
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Lear, Evelyn, singer.
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Laine, Cleo, singer.
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Hampson, Thomas, singer.
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Ollmann, Kurt, singer.
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Garrison, David, 1952- singer.
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Ramey, Samuel, singer.
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Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- conductor.
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Mordden, Ethan, 1947- writer of added commentary.
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Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Robbins, Jerome.
Fancy free.
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Container of (work): Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
On the town.
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Container of (work): Comden, Betty.
On the town.
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London Voices, singer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
028943751629 |
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2894375162 |
| Music No. |
437 516-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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