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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724352735228 Format: Soundtrack Label: Angel Records Manufacturer: Angel Records MPN: 27352 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Angel Records Release Date: March 13, 2001 Studio: Angel Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Richard Rodgers always considered Carousel his favorite score, even though it didn't generate the number of popular hits of some of the other shows he produced with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Their adaptation of the Ferenc Molnar play Liliom is marked by three especially sublime moments. "The Carousel Waltz," Rodgers's alternative to the traditional Broadway overture, serves as an orchestral backdrop to the opening scene and is one of the best miniatures ever written for the theater. "If I Loved You," which establishes the romance of carnival barker Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae, a late replacement for Frank Sinatra) and nice girl Julie Jordan (Shirley Jones), is a musical minidrama in which the pair's discussion of how they are not in love reveals just how much they are in love. "Soliloquy" is Billy's powerful solo that foreshadows the action to come in Act II. Add the inspirational anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone," and you have Rodgers and Hammerstein's most extraordinary, near-operatic score. On the soundtrack for the 1956 film, MacRae and Jones are in exceptional voice (following their success in 1955's Oklahoma) and the orchestra sounds glorious, but unfortunately some of the numbers were shortened, most notably "If I Loved You." Extensive production notes, an interview with Jones, and a synopsis are included. --David Horiuchi Average Rating:
 Rating:  - So perfectMy father beat me once for a misdeed, and I resolved then and there that Iwould never cry under his beltings again. He whipped me 'til his belt broke and I would not give him the satisfaction of one tear. But this music...and this movie... draws out what the belt could not. It gets me every time. I fight it and the tears well up on their own...what a perfect tragedy this movie is, how haunting the music. Gordon McRae was such an artist. His singing ... Read More Rating: - Complete VersionSince the 1970's newer copies of Carousel Have tracks that are edited Thank God this version has a lot more music including the complete seven minute version of The Carousel Waltz I believe the movie itself doesn't play the whole waltz Rating: - Gordon McRae At His FinestAhhh...absolutely the most Golden sounds from Gordon McRae. Makes you gain a whole new appreciation of this man's incredible voice. He seems to know exactly how Rodgers & Hammerstein wanted these songs to be sung. Only soundtrack more comparable is "Okalahoma." Rating: - AWESOME!!LOVE SOUND TRACTS FROM OLD MOVIES - SING ALONGS AND THE BEST ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AND CAN SING LOUD. IT IS A KEEPER Rating:  - MacRae and Jones soar in this tragic R&H musicalThis film adaptation of Carousel came shortly after the Oklahoma! film and reunited Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. Although the film was not well-received at the box office, the soundtrack shows MacRae, Jones and the superb cast performing their roles to their heart's content. Their performance helps bring out the pathos in this tragic R&H musical, which Rodgers himself considered his favourite of all his works. MacRae shines vocally as Billy Bigelow, bringing an open-hearted musicality ... Read More |
