Oklahoma!
World Premiere Recording
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| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Overture | 5:18 | |
| 2. | ICurly: ''Oh, What a Beautiful Morning'''' with Aunt Eller | 3:19 | |
| 3. | Laurey: Laurey''s Entrance | 0:26 | |
| 4. | Curly, Aunt Eller, and Laurey: ''The Surrey with the Fringe on Top' | 6:04 | |
| 5. | Will Parker, Aunt Eller, Ike Skidmore, and Boys: ''Kansas City'' | 5:23 | |
| 6. | Aunt Eller and Curly: ''The Surrey with the Fringe on Top'' (Reprise) | 0:59 | |
| 7. | Ado Annie: ''I Can''t Say No!'' | 3:11 | |
| 8. | Ado Annie: ''I Cain''t Say No!'' (Encore) | 0:57 | |
| 25:37 |
| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side B | |||
| 1. | Will Parker, Ado Annie, Curly, and All: Entrance of Ensemble | 0:59 | |
| 2. | Laurey, Aunt Eller, and Girls: ''Many a New Day'' | 3:06 | |
| 3. | Girls and Laurey: ''Many a New Day'' (Dance and Reprise) | 3:49 | |
| 4. | Ali Hakim, Men, and Girls: ''It''s a Scandal! It''s a Outrage!'' | 3:25 | |
| 5. | Curly and Laurey: ''People Will Say We''re in Love'' | 5:55 | |
| 6. | Change of Scene | 2:26 | |
| 7. | Curly and Jud Fry: ''Pore Jud is Daid'' | 5:07 | |
| 8. | Jud Fry: ''Lonely Room'' | 2:41 | |
| 27:28 |
| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side C | |||
| 1. | Change of Scene | 1:46 | |
| 2. | Melos Vivian, Laurey, Gertie, Cummings, Ellen, and Kate | 0:42 | |
| 3. | Out of My Dreams. Kate, Ellen, Virginia, Vivian, and Laurey | 2:31 | |
| 4. | Interlude to Ballet | 0:15 | |
| 5. | Dream Ballet | 13:28 | |
| 6. | Entr''acte | 2:34 | |
| 7. | Andrew Carnes, Aunt Eller, Will Parker, Curly, Cord Elam, Farmer, Fred, Ado Annie, and All: ''The Farmer and the Cowman | 4:22 | |
| 8. | Farmer Dance. All | 2:10 | |
| 9. | Change of Scene | 0:29 | |
| 28:16 |
| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side D | |||
| 1. | Will Parker and Ado Annie: ''All er Nothin'''' | 5:15 | |
| 2. | Change of Scene | 0:30 | |
| 3. | Curly and Laurey: ''People Will Say We''re in Love'' (Reprise) | 1:34 | |
| 4. | Change of Scene | 2:11 | |
| 5. | Laurey, Aunt Eller, Ike Skidmore, Curly, Fred, Cord Elam, Andrew Carnes, and All: ''Oklahoma'' | 3:17 | |
| 6. | All: ''Oklahoma'' (Encore) | 1:07 | |
| 7. | Finale Ultimo. Ike Skidmore, Curly, and All: ''Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'''' / ''People Will Say We''re in Love'' | 1:53 | |
| 8. | Exit Music | 2:20 | |
| 18:07 |
Oklahoma!
Added on Sunday, April 28, 2024
Sinfonia of London triumph at the BBC Music Magazine awards!
Sinfonia of London triumph at the BBC Music Magazine awards!
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London’s première recording of the complete original score of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! took home the Opera Award, while the same forces also scooped their fourth Orchestral Award with their album of works for strings by Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius and Elgar.
Described by the magazine’s reviewer as ‘a stunning benchmark for the digital generation’, this recording also went on to win the coveted Recording of the Year.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! was first performed in 1943, and was a significant turning point in the history of musical theatre. It was the first musical to put drama and plot to the fore, portrayed by rounded, believable characters.
It swept aside traditions that had their roots in vaudeville – star turns, comic sketches, and endless lines of high-kicking chorus girls. Oklahoma! does feature dance, but in the hands of the choreographer, Agnes de Mille, this was idiomatic to the plot, and revolutionary in terms of the fifteen-minute dream-sequence ballet at the close of Act I.
The first collaboration between composer and writer, the show was a hit, running for more than five years on Broadway, and paving the way for their masterpieces to come.
John Wilson’s long-held fascination for researching original musical theatre scores of this period and bringing them anew to modern audiences reaches a milestone with this world première recording of the original score in its entirety (no cuts) and in the original orchestrations for twenty-nine-piece orchestra made by Robert Russell Bennett for the original production.
His outstanding cast features Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Jamie Parker, Louise Dearman, Sandra Marvin, Rodney Earl Clarke, Nadim Naaman, and Leo Roberts, ably supported by the ‘Oklahoma!’ Ensemble – twenty-two artists drawn from London’s West End. Wilson comments: ‘I love the connective tissue of the piece, the scene-change music, the ballet, the songs that sometimes get cut, the underscoring. And when so many vastly different new versions are appearing on stage, it’s more important than ever that we have a document of the actual source material.’
Recorded in Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos, the work will be released on double Hybrid SACD and in spatial audio.
There will also be a limited edition (1,000 copies) double-vinyl release.
“…The quality of the recording is so vibrant, vigorous and visceral, that one imagines that they are actually in the first row of the orchestra section. There is also much additional, fascinating interstitial music here, which was necessary in live theatre at the time, in order to facilitate scene/costume changes, etc.
The sheer excellence of the arrangements, interpretation, orchestra, direction and the stupendous cast make this a totally satisfying listening experience – theatre buff, or not.”
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke – Thewholenote.com – 6 February 2024
Oklahoma!
Added on Sunday, August 13, 2023
Chandos Records is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of the complete score of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!' from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, joined by a spectacular cast of Broadway and West end performers.
Oklahoma!
Chandos Records is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of the complete score of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!' from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, joined by a spectacular cast of Broadway and West end performers.
Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London present the world première recording of the complete original score, in its original orchestration.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Complete original score)
Nathaniel Hackmann | Sierra Boggess | Sinfonia of London | John Wilson
• CHAN 5322 Digital
• C H S A 5332 Set of 2 CDs
• ABRD 5322 limited Edition High Grade Vinyl 2-LP Set. numbered from 1 - 1000
Available: 15 Sseptember 2023
Choral: Oklahoma! Ensemble
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London
John Mills leader
Conductor: John Wilson
More info at: Official Web Site Chandos Records