It's Got to Be About Love

It's Got to Be About Love

Track Listings

1. So Lucky

2. Jane Iris

3. Uphill from Here

4. If You've Ever Loved

5. Neighborhood Song

6. Mrs. Klein (Intro)

7. Mrs. Klein

8. She Sings in a Chorus

9. Vent du Sud

10. I'm Ready

11. Ailes d'Angéle

12. Jour Aprés Jour (Intro)

13. Jour Aprés Jour

14. Twinkle Twinkle/Fais Dodo

15. I Want You to Know Who I Really Am ( the Coming Out Song)

16. It's Got to Be About Love

Tracks:

Call Me Madam: The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball
Call Me Madam: Washington Square Dance
Call Me Madam: Lichtenburg (Cosmo's Opening)
Call Me Madam: Can You Use Any Money Today?
Call Me Madam: Marrying For Love
Call Me Madam: The Ocarina
Call Me Madam: It's A Lovely Day Today
Call Me Madam: The Best Thing For You
Call Me Madam: Something To Dance About
Call Me Madam: Once Upon A Time Today
Call Me Madam: They Like Ike
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love
Panama Hattie: My Mother Would Love You
Panama Hattie: I've Still Got My Health
Panama Hattie: Let's Be Buddies
Panama Hattie: Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please

Customer Reviews:

Ethel Deserved Better Than This.......2001-06-22

There may indeed be no business like show business. RCA was a major backer of this musical, and fully expected to record the original cast album. Decca, Merman's recording label, wouldn't allow her to appear. The solution the two compnaies decided on was an original cast album on RCA featuring Dinah Shore doing Merman's numbers, and this mediocre studio album.

Decca was never a winner when it came to modern recording techniques. Merman's voice has no echo or reverb to enhance her performance. The arrangements are by Gordon Jenkins, which fit Ethel's style like it was a dress bought in a bargain basement. It is a shame that in the later years of her life, Ethel didn't choose to revisit this score and re-record it, as she did with Annie Get Your Gun twice.

The selections from Panama Hattie are a nice rarity, but they are taken from scratchy shellac originals. There are several compilations that include these numbers with no annoying extraneous noise.

It's Got to Be About Love
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It's Got to Be About Love
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Manufacturer: Maggie & Shandi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

So Lucky
Jane Iris
Uphill from Here
If You've Ever Loved
Neighborhood Song
Mrs. Klein (Intro)
Mrs. Klein
She Sings in a Chorus
Vent du Sud
I'm Ready
Ailes d'Ang
Jour AprJour (Intro)
Jour AprJour
Twinkle Twinkle/Fais Dodo
I Want You to Know Who I Really Am ( the Coming Out Song)
It's Got to Be About Love

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The BEST Gershwin/Porter album
Glowing Coles of Porter...

Fennell Conducts Porter & Gershwin

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000057LZ
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

Blow, Gabriel, Blow
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It's All Right With Me
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In the Still of the Night
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The BEST Gershwin/Porter album.......2004-02-11

Perhaps I'm romanticizing, but this was THE cd I listened to in high school. The arrangements are absolutely captivating; building new material over the original themes while referencing them so purely. I couldn't imagine a better use of your money than purchasing this album, it will bring you years of joy!

Glowing Coles of Porter..........2004-01-15

I can only comment on the Porter half of this recording, as I own it on original vinyl. It's a mono copy, but you wouldn't know it. As usual, excellent engineering from Mercury, who set standards in the early 60's that still count (IMHO) as best practice.

Frederick Fennell is right at home in the warmth of these beautifully wrought Ray Wright orchestrations. As he should be; Wright's day job was orchestrating for Radio City Music Hall. The sound is lush, the dynamics amazing, the performance spot on. It gets four stars only because I can't justify five, not having heard the Gershwin half.

Tracks:

Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye (Orig. Cast) [O Mistress Mine] - Pierre Fresnay,
Who Knows? ( of Orig. Cast) [Rosalie] - Nelson Eddy
I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart ( of Orig. Cast) [Rosalie] - Marjorie Lane
Rosalie ( of Orig. Cast) - Nelson Eddy
It's De-Lovely ( of Orig. Cast) [The Fleets Lit Up] - Frances Day
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Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love ( of Orig. Cast) [Leave It to Me] - Mary Martin
My Heart Belongs to Daddy ( of Orig. Cast) [Leave It to Me] - Mary Martin
Do I Love You? [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Frances Day
But in the Morning, No! [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Frances Day, Bud Flanagan
Friendship [Dubarry Was a Lady] - Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman
Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Black Velvet] - Pat Kirkwood
My Heart Belongs to Daddy ( of Orig. Cast) [Black Velvet] - Pat Kirkwood
My Mother Would Love You (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
I've Still Got My Health (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
Let's Be Buddies (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Joan Carroll, Ethel Merman
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please (Of Orig. Cast) (Panama Hattie) - Ethel Merman
Everything I Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
I Hate You Darling [From Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
Farming (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Danny Kaye
Let's Not Talk About Love (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Danny Kaye
Ace in the Hole (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
Farming (Of Orig. Cast) [Let's Face It] - Mary Jane Walsh
Let's Be Buddies [Black Vanities] - Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan

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A Comic-Opera Treasure!
an obscure delight!

Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools

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Tracks:

Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Overture
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Chorus - We've Traveled Far (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Approach! What Is Your Name, Sir? (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - With A Sword That Is Sterner Than Moses (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Unhappy Oddling (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - My Fair Skin, My Bare Chin (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Was Ever There Insanity (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Snugly Hidden Safe From Prying (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Madness Beyond All Measure (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - When The Purse Is Clinking (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - There, Like A Vapor (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - O Look So Woeful (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Such As She Seems To Be Frigid (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Let's Sing, Let's All Be Jolly (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - For All Types Of Confusion
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - The Fierce One Lives Only For The Slaughter
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - I Beg You To Stop (Malgoverna, Gloriosa, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - We Praise The Sun For Beauty (Malgoverna)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Bumpkin, Coarse-grained (Gloriosa, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - If You Will Love Me, I Will Love You (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - No, They Cannot Persuade Me! (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Lovely Ladies, You Enjoying (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Where's My Lover, Sweetheart (Sordidone)

Tracks:

Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Sordidone, Be A Bunny
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Are You Hiding? (Sordidone, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - See Comely Phyllis Wander (Garbata, Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Don't Come Near Me (Semplicina, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - The High And Mighty Lion (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Quiet At Last (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - Semplicina, Do You Hear Me? (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Quartet - Ever More Bitter Shall Be My Raging (Gloriosa, Garbata, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - What Now? What New Forms Of Madness? (Gloriosa, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Chorus - Long Live King Arcifanfano (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Earth, Our Dearest, Good And Nearest (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - That His Sowing Yield A Growing (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Has The Fool Committed (Malgoverna, Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Ask Of Beauty, She Will Answer (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Hop And Stop It! (Furibondo, Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - All Of This Planet, I Cry To Each Man (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What's Unleashed These Dreadful Roars? (Garbata, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - I'm Simple And I'm Candid (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Mischief And Load This Purse Is!
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Goddess Bright As Morning
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Mother Always Used To Tell Me (Sordidone, Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - What A Lot I Need What I Need Lot's Of! (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - May He Not Come To Harm (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - There's A Devil In A Ducat (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Gather, O Subjects, About Us (Gloriosa, Garbata, Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Duet - If You Marry Me (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - With Curiosity All Aflame (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Quiet, Please, We Implore You!
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - The Wise And The Mad Have Got One Word For Their Dwelling

Customer Reviews:

A Comic-Opera Treasure!.......2007-01-28

Dittersdorf is a sort of working-man's Mozart; in fact, this opera sounds similar to some of Mozart's early operas. But Mozart sought to break the rules and to explore new musical ideas; Dittersdorf is not an innovator...yet he is no less a master! This performance, too, is a materpiece of refined (not always!) comedy; the arias include some extremely difficult vocal leaps and trills, yet the primary joy is the witty verse. W.H. Auden (no less!) ramrodded this translation to English. And Anna Russell, famed for her "Analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle" steals every scene she's in! Ad-libbing shamelessly, her introductory aria, all by itself, is worth more than the purchase price!

an obscure delight!.......2002-07-31

Eleanor Steber's image on the cover of this set caught my eye while rummaging through the cut-out bins of San Francisco on a recent opera whirlwind. What a lost treasure this performance is - recorded "LIVE" in NYC 1965! All the principles shine, their energy ebullient. Don't hesitate, buy it and smile before it disappears.