South Pacific [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / Richard Rodgers, music ; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrics ; [book by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Joshua Logan, adapted from James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific].
Other Titles: Tales of the South Pacific.
South Pacific.
Author: Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia Broadway Masterworks, p1998.
Description: 1 sound disc (65 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Musicals.
Musicals Excerpts, Arranged.
Orchestral music, Arranged.
Compact discs. lcsh
Performers: Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, singers ; with supporting performers ; Salvatore Dell'Isola, musical director ; Lehman Engel, conductor (tracks 17-19) ; Philadelphia Orchestra "Pops" ; AndreĢ Kostelanetz, conductor (track 20).
Notes: Recorded Apr. 18-19, 1949, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, except tracks 17-18, recorded June 8, 1951, track 19, Oct. 10, 1949, and track 20, Dec. 27, 1951.
Compact disc.
Originally released May 9, 1949, as ML 4180; track 20 originally released 1952, as CL 806.
Program notes and synopsis by Marc Kirkeby (14 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents: Overture -- Dites-moi -- A cockeyed optimist -- Twin soliloquies -- Some enchanted evening -- Bloody Mary -- There is nothin' like a dame -- Bali Ha'i -- I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair -- A wonderful guy --Younger than springtime -- Happy talk -- Honey bun -- You've got to be carefully taught -- This nearly was mine -- Finale: Dites-moi (reprise) --Loneliness of evening (Mary Martin) -- My girl back home (Mary Martin) -- Bali Ha'i (Ezio Pinza) -- South Pacific : symphonic scenario for concert orchestra.
