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Candide (1956 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, Max Adrian, Barbara Cook
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 9911
Format: Cast Recording, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 86859
UPC: 696998685925
EAN: 0696998685925
ASIN: B0000996FW
Release Date: May 13, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture - orchestra | | • | The Best of All Possible Worlds [Ensemble] | | • | Oh, Happy We - Robert Rounseville & Barbara Cook | | • | It Must Me So - Robert Rounseville | | • | Paris Waltz Scene | | • | Glitter and Be Gay - Barbara Cook | | • | You Were Dead, You Know - Robert Rounseville & Barbara Cook | | • | My Love - William Olvis, Barbara Cook, Irra Petina | | • | I Am Easily Assimilated - Irra Petina, Barbara Cook, chorus | | • | Finale Act 1 - Quartet | | • | Quiet - Irra Petina, William Olvis, Barbara Cook | | • | Eldorado - Robert Rounseville | | • | Bon Voyage - William Orvis | | • | What's the Use? - Irra Petina | | • | Gavotte | | • | Finale: Make Our Garden Grow - Entire company | | • | Overture to Candide (bonus) - New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 A nice gift November 24, 2008
This is what it is, as they say. Not the greatest version of Candide, but it's a faithful rendition of the 1956 production. I gave it as a gift to a friend, who was very happy with it.
The First "Candide" Still Glitters May 20, 2008
After more than half a century, the original cast album of "Candide" still glitters, so to speak. Although this production flopped on Broadway, this album has become a cult classic, primarily due to Barbara Cook's clear, sweet, and warm soprano, a "sui generis" voice, unlike the many generic Broadway sopranos of today.
Although this is not my favorite "Candide" overall, the style of some of the performances being a little stilted, Cook is certainly my favorite Cunegonde.
The BEST recording of Candide. October 22, 2007
This is an American Classic...fantastic score performed by the original cast. Can't be beat! Should be in the collection of everyone who enjoys American musical theatre - and opera.
 Glitter and Be Gay October 19, 2007
I currently own two recordings of Candide, this one and the 1997 revival. It is hard to say which one is better; however it is easy to say this one is more important. This is the original. Many have come after it (including a revised version by Bernstein himself) but this is the basis for them all. Each revision is different in some way, so you really should own this one to know the true Candide. In circles of major Broadway fans this recording is considered the definitive way to sing "Glitter and Be Gay" and I must say it is really quite amazing. Candide leans heavily into the styling's of operetta so some west side story fans may be surprised with what they hear, but it is still beautiful music. So why even consider another recording? The 1997 recording has almost the full orchestrations and they sound glorious. Some reworking of libretto and plot may not be, but hearing the magnificent composition of Bernstein is well worth the investment. Bottom line: If you can only get one, this is the one to get. Favorite song: "It Must Be So"
 candid on Candide October 6, 2007
An uneven disk. Some parts are very good, but much of the story line is absent and the tension expected between the fuzzy headed romantic thoughts of some characters and the devious real world does not happen. It seems diluted and while better than the Soundheim stuff of later years is still not at the level expected for this work.
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