Diverse: Something's gotta give

Something's Gotta Give

Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) and
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
1 On the Street Where You Live 3:17
from My Fair Lady (1956)
Concert orchestraton by Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Cole Porter (1891-1964)
2 So in Love 2:32
from Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
Original Broadway orchestration by Don Walker (1907-1989), restored by David Charles Abell (b. 1958) and Seann Alderking (b. 1963)
Simon Keenlyside baritone

3 Night and Day 4:00
from Gay Divorce (1932)
Concert orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
4 People Will Say We're in Love 4:13
from Oklahoma! (1943)
Original film orchestration (1955) by Robert Russell Bennett
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Scarlett Strallen soprano

Jerry Bock (1928-2010) and
Sheldon Harnick (b. 1924)
premiere digital recording
5 When Did I Fall in Love? 4:01
from Fiorello! (1959)
Original Broadway orchestration by Irwin Kostal (1911-1994), restored by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking
Scarlett Strallen soprano

Lionel Bart (1930-1999)
6 Reviewing the Situation 6:06
from Oliver! (1960)
Original Broadway orchestration (1963) by Eric Rogers (1921-1981), restored by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking
Charles Mutter violin
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) and
Oscar Hammerstein II
7 All the Things You Are 3:33
from Very Warm for May (1939)
Concert orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
8 Soliloquy 8:04
from Carousel (1945)
Original Broadway orchestration by Don Walker, restored by Bruce Pomahac (musical supervision) and Wayne A. Blood (musical preparaton)
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
premiere digital recording
9 Something's Gotta Give 7:05
from Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Original film orchestration by Lloyd 'Skip' Martin (1916-1976) and Edward B. Powell (1909-1984), restored by Derek Greten-Harrison (b. 1980)
Simon Keenlyside baritone

George Forrest (1915-1999) and
Robert Wright (1914-2005)
10 Stranger in Paradise 4:20
from Kismet (1953)
Based on music by Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833-1887)
Original Broadway orchestration by Arthur Kay (1881-1969), restored by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Scarlett Strallen soprano

Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
premiere recording in this arrangement
11 It Might as Well Be Spring 3:57
from State Fair (1945)
Original arranged by Alfred Newman (1901-1970)
Original film orchestration by Edward B. Powell and Conrad Salinger (1901-1962), restored by Derek Greten-Harrison
Scarlett Strallen soprano

Hugh Martin (1914-2011) and
Ralph Blane (1914-1995)
premiere digital recording
12 The Girl Next Door 3:37
from Athena (1954)/Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Original film orchestration by Robert Franklyn (1918-1980) and Conrad Salinger, reconstructed by Derek Greten-Harrison
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Jule Styne (1905-1994) and
Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
premiere stereo recording in this arrangement
13 It's Magic 2:51
from Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Original film orchestration by Ray Heindorf (1908-1980), restored by Derek Greten-Harrison, adapted for baritone by Jason Carr (b. 1967)
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
14 Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' 2:45
from Oklahoma!
Concert orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Jerry Bock and
Sheldon Harnick
15 If I Were a Rich Man 5:37
from Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway orchestration by Don Walker, restored by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
16 If I Loved You (Bench Scene) 8:38
from Carousel
original Broadway orchestraton by Don Walker and Hans Spialek (1894-1983), restored by Bruce Pomahac (musical supervision) and Wayne A. Blood (musical preparation)
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Scarlett Strallen soprano
TT 75:38

BBC Concert Orchestra
David Charles Abell
Recorded in:
Watford Colosseum
3-5 March 2014
Producer(s)
Brian Pidgeon
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Rosanna Fish (Assistant)
Jonathan Cooper (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz