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- Waltz Carousel Medley
- Sound Of Music, The
- I Have Dreamed
- I Wish I Were In Love Again
- Where or When
- Do I Hear A Waltz
- It's A Grand Night For Singing
- Wonderful Guy, A
- Out Of My Dreams
- Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
- This Nearly Was Mine
- Nobody Told Me
- Thou Swell
- My Funny Valentine
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Spring Is Here
- Bewitched
- If I Loved You
- Edelweiss
- Cock-Eyed Optimist, A
Philips [446-219] CD
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Only songs n° 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 are written by Lorenz Hart
Julie Andrews's early film successes (The Sound of Music and Mary
Poppins) were a mixed blessing. They turned her into a screen star
of the greatest magnitude but they also landed her with the image
of the bright, nicely spoken nanny with a song for every occasion.
In these estuary-voweled times, her crystalline diction might be less
fashionable than ever. But years of lampooning have tended to obscure
the fact that she is also one of the greatest musical stars of the
20th century, a highly skilled interpreter of lyrics and a fine actress.
In 1994, she returned to the recording studio for this polished selection
of Richard Rodgers standards, including "The Sound of Music"
and "Edelweiss," as well as a sweeping medley of waltzes
(written with Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim), and some beautiful
ballads ("My Funny Valentine" and "If I Loved You").
Inevitably, the voice is darker in places, an unfortunate reminder
of future problems that would lead to a musically disastrous throat
operation. But the control and phrasing are as sharp as ever, maturity
has brought new texture to her reading of the material, and the whole
production drips with class.
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Only songs n° 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 are written by Lorenz Hart
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