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Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein
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by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Price:$17.98
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Listener Reviews & Comments
I am second to none in my admiration for Richard Rodgers' music and Oscar Hammerstein II's lyrics. I am also a fan of the entertainer, Bernadette Peters, arguably our finest interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's songs. But something has gone terribly awry in this dull collection of (for the most part) overly familiar songs. Do we really need another CD collection with "It's A Grand Night For Singing" and "It Might As Well Be Spring?" These are terrific songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein film, STATE FAIR, but they've been done to death for decades by every brand of singer and instrumentalist imaginable and Peters brings nothing new to her performances. Also "You'll Never Walk Alone" (CAROUSEL) and "Something Wonderful" (THE KING AND I) are sung well enough, but it is as if Peters is paying no attention to the lyrics: these numbers do not jump off the CD and force you to pay attention. There are so many songs written by Rodgers and Hammerstein that beg to be recorded: songs from their "failure" PIPE DREAM and from their little known ME AND JULIET. To prove my point, it is the two selections from their third Broadway musical ALLEGRO that stand out on this album not only because "The Gentleman Is A Dope" and "So Far" are tremendous songs, but also because we have not heard them over and over and over again. The biggest misstep on the album is a silly arrangement of "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" from SOUTH PACIFIC in which Peters spends most of the song either growling or shouting. The biggest success is the short, sweet, simple "Something Good" from the film version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC in which words, music and performance come poignantly together.
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