Robert Wright - Song Of Norway (1944 Original Cast Members)

Facts


Artist(s)	Robert Wright
Studio	Box Office
Release Date	January 1, 2000
UPC Code	764805169620

Tracks

Prelude and Legend (A minor Concerto)
Hill of Dreams (A Minor Concerto)
Freddy & His fiddle (Nowegian Dance No. 2, Op. 35)
Now (Waltz, Op. 12 and Violin Sonata No. 2)
Strange Music (Nocturne and Wedding Day in Troldhaugen)
Midsummer's Eve ('Twas on a Lovely Eve in June & Scherzo in E minor)
March of the Trollgers (Mountaineers' Song, Halling in G Minor, March of the Dwarfs)
Hymn of Betrothal (To Spring) and Finale of Act 1
Bon Vivant (Water Lily)
Three Loves (Alumblatt and Poem Erotique)
Finaletto: Part 1
Finaletto: Part 2 - Nordraak's Farewell (Springtide); Reprise of Three Loves (Albumblatt and Poem E
I Love You (Ich Liebe Dich)
At Christmastime (Woodland Wanderings)
Song of Norway - Finale (Poem by Milton Lazarus)
I'll Remember April - Wright, Robert
These Foolish Things - Wright, Robert
I'll Get By - Wright, Robert

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User Reviews

Average user review:

(6 reviews)

Get the 1990 2-disc recording instead

There is a beautifully recorded studio cast, recorded in the UK, available for those who want the complete score. Amazon carries it; just search for: Song Of Norway 1990 London Studio Cast September 27, 2007

Horrible remastering of dated operetta

This is as clear as mud - the songs are lovely and the singing is fine but the transfer from original discs is substandard. Also to note the libretto and dialogue (even for 1946) are the poorest ever recorded. Embarrassingly awful writing with putrid attempts to act - it was not a loss at all to have a lot of the recorded dialogue cut for the LP transfer.

For the record:

The LP eliminated:

3. Opening dialogue of FREDDY AND HIS FIDDLE
5. Opening dialogue and musical intro to STRANGE MUSIC
7. Entire cut except for final few words
9. Three minutes of opening dialogue
10. Two minutes of musical intro

Cuts 6 and 7, cuts 10 and 11 and cuts 13 and 14 were double bands recorded onto single sides of the 12 inch 78-rpms. Maximum time for a side of this size was 4 and one half minutes.

The score needs a modern studio reproduction sans dialogue. This CD is a very very poor incarnation of the original recording. February 26, 2004

PLEASE wait for the Decca Broadway remaster!!
I want to strongly advise against anybody purchasing this shoddily mastered Box Office Recordings CD of "Song of Norway". The score is beautiful, but this CD makes all of the singing voices sound like mush! Decca Broadway (the REAL owners of the masters of the original recording) will be making a remastered CD of "Song of Norway" which is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2003. Please be patient and wait for the remaster. Don't even THINK about getting THIS CD! October 27, 2002

Song of Norway needs to be redone on Broadway
What a beautiful score and magnificent singing. I've looked for a long time for this particular album and the remastered cd is as good as I remember the original and that is saying quite a lot. My particular cd seems to have a slight defect and I have informed amazon.com about that. But considering how reliable they have been in the past, I'm not concerned. If you liked the "Sound of Music" you should love this. January 20, 2000

Historical, but so dated beautiful music
I would like to give this Musical five stars, for purpose and effort; but for that alone. In 1945 the concept was aesthetically and politically relevant;the music of Grieg wondrous and the lyrics, well, pretrty campy. The cast,excellent. This CD is worth having for its historical position in American Musical Theatre. But, it is so dated.Kitty Carlisle is a gem, and lucky to hear in prime voice but sadly, she is not Ira Petina. This is a a beautful, naive, "nation-at- war" amd "lets remember Norway" musical September 14, 1999

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