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Kritzerland is proud to present the latest release in the Ben Bagley series:
BALLET ON BROADWAY … AND MORE
Music by Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Cole Porter, Sigmund Romberg, Gene de Paul, Hoagy Carmichael, Vernon Duke
Lyrics by Ted Fetter, Lawrence and Lee, Harold Rome
Ballet Arrangements by Genevieve Pitot, Peter Matz, Trude Rittman
Ballet on Broadway conducted by Lehman Engel
Ballet on Broadway was rescued from oblivion by Ben Bagley. It was a pet project of the great Lehman Engel. Only a handful of copies got pressed, it was not released, and no one ever knew of its existence, other than Engel and the lucky few who managed to have a copy. Bagley contacted Engel, who was thrilled it could finally see the light of the day, and finally musical theatre lovers got to hear it.
Creating dance and ballet musical arrangements in musicals was and is a true art and this CD is the living proof. Great dance and ballet music from High Button Shoes, Jamaica, Look Ma, I’m Dancin’, Shangri-La, Can-Can, The Girl in Pink Tights, and the amazing “Sadie Hawkins Day Ballet” from Li’l Abner. These kinds of things never made the cast albums of the shows, so it’s simply wonderful to have them available and brilliantly conducted by Engel.
Ballet on Broadway was originally released by Bagley on LP. He later released it on CD but it’s been out of print for decades. As he was wont to do, Bagley filled out the running time of the CD was some wonderful and obscure material, mostly by the great Vernon Duke. The Show is On was a 1937 musical revue with music mostly by Duke and lyrics by Ted Fetter. Dilly was adapted by playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee from the novel, Miss Dilly Says No. They worked on it in the early 1950s but the musical never happened. The songs, however, are delightful. In 1943, Duke, with Harold Rome as his lyricist, wrote a musical called Nantucket, set in the 19th century. They wrote nine songs for it, but it, like Dilly, never got off the ground. One can never have enough Vernon Duke and these selections are all very interesting and filled with Duke’s wonderful melodies.
As with our other releases in our ongoing reissues of the Ben Bagley albums, we have spruced up the sound considerably and we, of course, feature the wonderful art of Harvey Schmidt.
BALLET ON BROADWAY … AND MORE is limited to 500 copies only and priced at $19.98, plus shipping. This is a PRE-ORDER – CDs will ship by the last week of May, but never fear, we’ve actually been averaging three to five weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com. Also note that your PayPal receipt is the only receipt you get – we don’t send out confirmations beyond that.
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Maybe more film music fans here will find this Broadway album appealing, since it's more purely orchestral in focus than others in the series. Neat release!
Yavar
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I don't always list the new show stuff here, but a few people asked me to, since they collect both, so why not?
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Surely not; it sounds like it will have a variety of great composers. Sadly after Nick Redman's tragic and untimely death, combined with the Disney purchase of Fox, I very much fear that Bruce might break the news that the project is no longer happening. If that happens (please reassure us one more time, Bruce?) then we might just have to hope that Intrada considers picking up what Bruce has been working on, as they did with George Duning's Then Came Bronson and some other projects that originated first with FSM.
Yavar
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1. Why on earth *would* I “be trying to give Bruce a way out” when you know I want this box set too? Golden Age premieres including Alfred Newman?? Sign me up.
2. Why on earth would you think Bruce needs me to give him a way out? That’s just silly. After working on it (and having Mike work on it), I have no doubt that IF Bruce can put out the box, he will! He wouldn’t have told us about it months ago if he wasn’t sure it’d be coming out eventually at the time. But he didn’t know that Nick Redman was going to pass away when he did, and Nick was the Fox person who this all went through.
Yavar
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You know, I don't understand why that thread is so hard to find either. I eventually found it somehow but it's weird to me. Let me see if I can bump it so you can post this there.
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