St. Louis Woman (& Harold Arlen Sings) - Broadway Cast

Advantages: A good mixture of movie songs and Decca Recordings
Disadvantages: It is just another Garland compliation

...it once, and recorded it in about four takes. Yes, She could be volatile, unpredictable, even monstrous, but she was still a professional. My favourite track is "The Trolley Song" from "Meet Me in St Louis2 (And although I was born too late to see her sing it in person I did get to see her daughter Lorna sing it in London recently). A bouncing version of Cole Porter's "Be A Clown" from The Pirate is here as well as the showstopper from "Easter Parade", "A Couple of Swells". Not to mention a version of Al Jolson's "Swanee" which later appeared in the greatest musical drama ever made "A Star is Born". Proving that Garland's voice has outlived the triumph and the tragedies, this compilation is full of effortless magic. It shows how much Judy is still very much with us. During "Over The Rainbow" she is the small girl from Kansas telling us... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: its a great show and the music is brill
Disadvantages: there are no disadvantages

...i think the music from this fil is very good, i seen this show performed in school last year and i would recomend it for any one, it was amazing. th3 music from this very good and some i may say as a singer would be very hard and some people i seen singing were as young as twelve years old and up to at least sixteen. It was a great expeirance snd if you ever have the chance to see the show you should deffinetly take the chance you will be very impressed with the way they put on american accents. if you want any more information leave a comment on my acount page and i will get back to you.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: It's a classic and brilliantly sung
Disadvantages: some people with ignore it as it is a musical

...I performed this muscial in 2000 and bought the CD for the purose! You cannot help singing along to classics like "I like to be in America" and "I feel Pretty". The cast are naturally exceedingly talented and when dancing along it is nice to pretend you are the one singing! Some songs are comical for example "Officer Krupke" Some or Sinister for example "Cool" Some are full of anticipation "Tonight" Some are full of Pride "Jets song" Some are full of dreams "Somewhere" There is definately something for everyone regardless of whether you are a hardcore musicals fan or a musical hater. Not all the songs are soppy or sad and the tunes are catchy and make you tap to the beat! I would recommend this as a musical and as a CD as you can follow the story more or less through only the music. The story is a typical Romeo and Juliette tale... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful