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Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jean Bayless - The Sound of Music (1961 London Cast)
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Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jean Bayless - The Sound of Music (1961 London Cast)

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The Sound of Music (1961 London Cast)
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Artist(s)Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Jean Bayless
StudioAngel Records
Release DateJanuary 14, 1997
UPC Code724385265624
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Tracks

  1. Preludium - Orchestra
  2. The Sound Of Music - Jean Bayless
  3. Maria - Constance Shacklock/Olive Gilbert/Silvia Beamish/Lynn Kennington
  4. My Favorite Things - Jean Bayless/Constance Shacklock
  5. Do-Re-Me - Jean Bayless/Roger Dann/Children
  6. You Are Sixteen - Barbara Brown/Nicholas Bennett
  7. The Lonely Goatherd - Jean Bayless/Children
  8. So Long Farewell - Children
  9. How Can Love Survive - Eunice Gayson/Harold Kasket
  10. The Sound Of Music - Jean Bayless/Roger Dann/Children
  11. Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Constance Shacklock
  12. No Way To Stop It - Roger Dann/Harold Kasket/Eunice Gasket
  13. An Ordinary Couple - Jean Bayless/Roger Dann
  14. Processional: Grandeamus - Ensemble
  15. You Are Sixteen - Jean Bayless/Barbara Brown
  16. Edelweiss - Roger Dann/Jean Bayless/Children
  17. Finale: Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Constance Shacklock/Company

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (3 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteArguably the best Sound of Music recordingQuote
To me, this recording of The Sound of Music is one of the best out there. Jean Bayless is great as Maria. I will not compare her to Mary Martin or Julie Andrews--each woman stands on her own merits. The same goes here. Go beyond the ever popular movie soundtrack and look for this one next time you're in the record store. I'm sure you'll find it very enjoyable. The stereo recording is fantastic.

This 1997 release from Angel Records presents the complete recording (all 17 cuts) as heard on the original 1961 LP. Laserlight released a truncated version of the recording in 1995 with only 11 cuts; several important songs missing. AVOID the Laserlight release at all costs. Look only for the original Angel Records version. It is still in print. November 19, 2004

rating: 4 Quotea superb cast; great orchestrationsQuote
This is the superb cast album to the original 1961 London production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, starring Jean Bayless. THE SOUND OF MUSIC ran for an amazing 2,385 performances (the Broadway production ran for 1,433 performances) and still holds a record as the longest-running London production of a foreign show.

Jean Bayless, in her West End debut, invests Maria with a sincere and effervescent quality which is perfect for the character. Roger Dann is great as Captain von Trapp. Legendary opera star of Covent Garden, Constance Shacklock, is a thrilling Mother Abbess. Eunice Gayson gives the haughty Baroness a comically-shrill edge, with Harold Kasket in the role of resourceful Max.

Barbara Brown is a lovely Lisel (though sounds too much like Lauri Peters from the OBC), and Nicholas Bennett is wonderful in the role of troubled Rolf Gruber. Among the nuns is Lynn Kennington (the following year she played Adriana in a London production of THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE).

Angel Broadway have done a lovely job in bringing this title to CD. Stay away from the horrid abriged version from Laserlight! April 29, 2004

rating: 4 QuoteI love this musicQuote
I want the letters of the song, specially, do-re-mi, I'll be glad if you send me that letter. May 22, 1999

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