Celebrating its catalogue of classic musical theater recordings, Masterworks Broadway premieres Legends of Broadway - a new series of CDs highlighting the careers of four of Broadway's greatest stars in their signature roles. All four collections - Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera - will be released on December 26, 2006.
"Between them, these ladies have won nine Tony Awards and have been nominated for the Tony Award an amazing 23 times.
Barbara Cook,
Angela Lansbury,
Bernadette Peters, and
Chita Rivera all began their fabled careers in the golden age of the modern Broadway musical, in the 1950s and 1960s. The musicals they created or memorably reinterpreted are among the most popular and enduring -
Annie Get Your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie, Candide, Chicago, Follies, Gypsy, Into the Woods, The King and I, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mame, Show Boat, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story and more - and they are all featured in these collections," press notes state.
"Each of the Legends of Broadway titles brings together a definitive choice of songs from original cast and concert recordings that capture the unforgettable performances that made these ladies incandescent stars. Each package is a richly illustrated Digipak and includes an exclusive new interview in which the star brings new insights to the great moments in her career. See the following page for a complete track listing of each disc."
The Legends of Broadway series -
Bernadette Peters,
Chita Rivera,
Angela Lansbury and
Barbara Cook - will be in stores nationwide on December 26, 2006 on Masterworks Broadway.
Track listings follow:
Bernadette Peters: You Can't Get A Man With A Gun (
Annie Get Your Gun) * The Sailor of My Dreams / Raining in My Heart (
Dames at Sea) * There Won't Be Trumpets / Anyone Can Whistle (
Anyone Can Whistle) * Sunday in the Park with George / Children and Art / Move On (
Sunday in the Park with George) * Unexpected Song / Tell Me On A Sunday (
Song & Dance) * Stay With Me / Lament (
Into the Woods) * Time Heals Everything (
Mack and Mabel) * Everything's Coming Up Roses (
Gypsy)
Chita Rivera: America / Tonight (Quintet and Chorus) / A Boy Like That / I Have a Love (
West Side Story) * An English Teacher / What Did I Ever See In Him (
Bye Bye Birdie) * Mean (
Bajour) * All That Jazz / Cell Block Tango / I Can't Do It Alone / My Own Best Friend / When Velma Takes the Stand / Class / Nowadays (
Chicago) * Where You Are / Gimme Love / Kiss of the Spider Woman (
Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Angela Lansbury: A Parade in Town (
Anyone Can Whistle) * It's Today / If He Walked Into My Life (
Mame) * I Don't Want to Know / Kiss Her Now / And I Was Beautiful (
Dear World) * Some People / Small World / You'll Never Get Away From Me / Everything's Coming Up Roses / Rose's Turn (
Gypsy) * The Worst Pies in London / Wait / A Little Priest / By the Sea / Not While I'm Around (
Sweeney Todd)
Barbara Cook: Glitter and Be Gay / You Were Dead, You Know (
Candide) * Hello, Young Lovers / Getting to Know You (
The King and I) * In Buddy's Eyes / Too Many Mornings / Losing My Mind (
Follies) * Make Believe / You Are Love / Why Do I Love You? / After the Ball (
Show Boat) * My White Knight (
The Music Man) * Magic Moment (
The Gay Life) * Dear Friend / Will He Like Me? / Ice Cream (
She Loves Me)
Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal and deutsche harmonia mundi are labels of Sony BMG Masterworks, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Visit
www.sonybmgmasterworks.com for more information on the CDs.
