(4-box set) This is the latest release in Avid's highly successful Gold Remasters series. Features the shows: "The King And I," with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Bryner, who received the Oscar in 1956 for the film. Ethel Merman stars in "Annie Get Your Gun," Irving Berlin's masterpiece. "Oklahoma," with over 2000 performances, showcases Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration. "Kiss Me Kate" by Cole Porter, shown over 1000 times after it's opening in 1948. "Paint Your Wagon" has a great Leorner and Lowe score before they wrote My "Fair Lady." "Kismet," (Arabian Nights story, music by Borodin) and a revue, "New Faces of 1952," finish the set.
M**M
"Great Broadway Shows"
Such a disappointment! The sound quality is beyond poor on CD 1 and is followed closely by CD 4; the other CDs are okay. If you're into old Broadway songs, buy "Greatest Broadway Hits: Golden Greats" instead. The latter is listenable.
K**N
Great Broadway Shows
I purchased this set originally for New Faces of 1952. Being a fan of most musicals of that era I was not disappointed. I found the original cast recordings to be excellent and a perfect introduction to Broadway Shows.
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