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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0044001873027 Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered Label: Decca Broadway Manufacturer: Decca Broadway MPN: 018730 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Decca Broadway Release Date: July 30, 2002 Studio: Decca Broadway Average Rating:
 Rating:  - AwesomeI bought this product for my mom and she loves it. She didn't know she could find it on CD and she was thrilled when she got it. She enjoys the quality of the CD sound over the old record she had. Rating: - The Desert Song/The New MoonI have loved the music of The Desert Song since I first saw it, starring Dennis Morgan, in the cinema many, many years ago, and then the Gordeon McCrae version on TV. I think the Dennis Morgan one was better, or perhaps I may be prejudiced as I have an unfortunate tendency to prefer original versions (how many subsequent productions have proved superior? Not too many). However, back to the CD. To listen to this super CD is pure pleasure, a real nostalgia trip. Although I had never heard of ... Read More Rating:  - Two classic operettas on one CDDecca Broadway's operetta series providing remastered reissues of eight classic recordings from the 1940s/50s is most welcome. Many of these operettas have no other available recordings on Cd, and these Decca albums have been out-of-print since the late 1960s. This set offers a classic DESERT SONG recording with Felix Knight, Wilbur Evans and Kitty Carlisle. Some of the dialogue is hysterical: "I Can't kill you" says Kitty before she sails into "I Love You" in the first act finale. It's ... Read More Rating: - Stupendous Operettas Finally AvailableTHE DESERT SONG/THE NEW MOON reissue on Decca Broadway Operettas series is as welcome as a spring day. Despite the limited range of the mono sound of both releases, the CD double play should make a welcome addition to any theater lover's music library. Of the two, THE NEW MOON comes off best with absolutely stunning baritone singing by Lee Sweetland on "Marianne" and "Stouthearted Men" and finer but less impressive work by Jane Wilson and Thomas Hayward on the other familiar numbers. And ... Read More |
