Great news for those of us who fear the demise of cast albums because of profit/loss concerns. Some recordings to add to list: RCA's "Chocolate Soldier' with Rise Stevens, Robert Merrill & Peter Palmer; the Jones Beach recording of 'Song of Norway;' excellent studio recordings of 'The Merry Widow' with Lisa Della Casa & John Reardon and the Lincoln Center Cast Recording with Patrice Munsel, Bob Wright & Frank Porretta; 'The Student Prince' with Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce & Giorgio Tozzi; an obscure off-Broadway show 'Half-Past Wednesday,' the afore-mentioned 'Secret Life of Walter Mitty;' 'A Thurber Carnival,' TV Cast Recordings of 'Androcles and the Lion, 'Mr Broadway' & 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' (from RCA); 'Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall' (Columbia); Jerry Herman's TV score for 'Mrs. Santa Claus' with Angela Lansbury; the Lincoln Center Cast recording of 'Kismet' with Alfred Drake & Anne Jeffreys . . . . the list goes on.
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Great news for those of us who fear the demise of cast albums because of profit/loss concerns. Some recordings to add to list: RCA's "Chocolate Soldier' with Rise Stevens, Robert Merrill & Peter Palmer; the Jones Beach recording of 'Song of Norway;' excellent studio recordings of 'The Merry Widow' with Lisa Della Casa & John Reardon and the Lincoln Center Cast Recording with Patrice Munsel, Bob Wright & Frank Porretta; 'The Student Prince' with Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce & Giorgio Tozzi; an obscure off-Broadway show 'Half-Past Wednesday,' the afore-mentioned 'Secret Life of Walter Mitty;' 'A Thurber Carnival,' TV Cast Recordings of 'Androcles and the Lion, 'Mr Broadway' & 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' (from RCA); 'Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall' (Columbia); Jerry Herman's TV score for 'Mrs. Santa Claus' with Angela Lansbury; the Lincoln Center Cast recording of 'Kismet' with Alfred Drake & Anne Jeffreys . . . . the list goes on.