AN
EVENING
WITH
LERNER
&
LOEWE
(ROYCD
294)
Starring Robert Merrill, Jane Powell, Jan Peerce, Phil Harris. Orchestra under the direction of Johnny Green
The song-writing team of Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe was one of the finest to come out of Tin Pan Alley, being responsible for some of the greatest musical comedy scores that ever graced Broadway and Hollywood. Flare is proud to present this tribute to the team, recorded in the late nineteen-fifties. A magical tribute, it stars Robert Merrill and Jan Peerce - both from New York’s Metropolitan Opera - Jane Powell – one of Hollywood’s all-time favourite sopranos - and much-loved character-singer Phil Harris. With a sixty piece orchestra under the direction of Johnny Green, the tribute presents gems from the scores of Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady and Gigi. Plus bonus tracks.
With 8-page illustrated booklet
CD1:
BRIGADOON
1. Overture (Orchestra)
2. Come to Me, Bend to Me (Jan Peerce)
3. Down on MacConnachy Square (Chorus)
4. There But For You Go I (Robert Merrill)
5. The Heather on the Hill (Jane Powell and Robert Merrill)
6. I’ll Go Home With Bonnie Jean (Jan Peerce)
7. Almost Like Being in Love (Jane Powell and Robert Merrill)
PAINT YOUR WAGON
8. Prelude (Orchestra)
9. Another Autumn (Jan Peerce)
10. They Call the Wind Maria (Robert Merrill and Chorale)
11. I Talk to the Trees (Jane Powell and Jan Peerce)
12. Wand’rin’ Star (Robert Merrill)
13. How Can I Wait (Jane Powell)
14. Finale: There’s a Coach Comin’ In; I’m On My Way (Robert Merrill and Chorale)
CD2:
MY FAIR LADY
15. Overture (Orchestra)
16. Wouldn’t it Be Loverly (Jane Powell)
17. With a Little Bit of Luck (Phil Harris)
18. On the Street Where You Live (Jan Peerce)
19. The Rain in Spain (Jane Powell, Robert Merrill)
20. Get Me To the Church on Time (Phil Harris)
21. Show Me (Jane Powell)
22. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face (Robert Merrill)
23. Finale: I Could Have Danced All Night (Jane Powell, Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce, Phil Harris and Chorale)
GIGI
24. Prelude (Orchestra)
25. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Phil Harris)
26. I Remember It Well (Jane Powell and Robert Merrill)
27. The Parisians (Jane Powell)
28. A Toujours (Robert Merrill)
29..I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore (Phil Harris)
30. Say a Prayer for Me Tonight (Jane Powell)
31. The Night They Invented Champagne (Chorale)
32. Gigi (Robert Merrill)
Bonus tracks from the Lerner & Loewe songbook:
31. Waitin’ For My Dearie (Sally Ann Howes)
32. She is Not Thinking of Me (Louis Jordan)
33. If Ever I Would Leave You (Jan Peerce)
