Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 Original Broadway Cast) [Soundtrack]

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It's hard to get more embedded in the early 1970s than an encounter with Two Gentlemen of Verona. The show embodies a long-gone chunk of New York theater history, when a musical's racially integrated cast was taken for granted; when a producer like the Public Theater's Joseph Papp thought it his duty to bring the classics to the masses; when composer Galt MacDermot (best known for Hair) and lyricist John Guare made Shakespeare pop, in all the meanings of the word, without dumbing it down. So yes, Two Gentlemen of Verona is of its time--and it was a fabulous time. Led by Raul Julia, the cast breathes uncommon energy into MacDermot's score. All right, so it's not Hair, but this show still has a lot more kick and melodies than most of what's currently on Broadway. Just check "What Does a Lover Pack" and "To Whom It May Concern Me," or the way "Follow the Rainbow" segues into "Where's North" and its rocking brass arrangements: fabulous! This recording had been out of print for too long, and it's great to have it available again. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 Original Broadway Cast), Music, Galt MacDermot, John Guare, Sheila Gibbs, Raul Julia, Cast Recordings, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Original Cast Recordings, Pop, Showtunes / B'way
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • This stinker beat "Follies" for Best Musical of the Year!
  • Ahh that 70's sound!
  • How Did This Win Best Musical of 1972?
  • One Big Reason to Buy This
  • BEST STAGE MUSICAL EVER WRITTEN. PERIOD.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 Original Broadway Cast)
Galt MacDermot , John Guare , Sheila Gibbs , and Raul Julia
Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066C1O
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

  1. Summer, Summer
  2. I Love My Father
  3. That's A Very Interesting Question
  4. I'd Like To Be A Rose
  5. Thou Julia, Thou Has Metamorphosed Me
  6. Symphony
  7. I Am Not Interested In Love
  8. Love, Is That You?
  9. Thou, Proteus, Thou Has Metamorphosed Me
  10. What Does A Lover Pack?
  11. Pearls
  12. I Love My Father
  13. Two Gentlemen Of Verona
  14. Follow The Rainbow
  15. Where's North?
  16. Bring All The Boys Back Home
  17. Love's Revenge
  18. To whom It May Concern
  19. Night Letter
  20. Love's Revenge
  21. Calla Lily Lady
  22. Land Of Betrayal
  23. Thurio's Samba
  24. Hot Lover
  25. What A Nice Idea
  26. Finale
  27. Love Me
  28. Eglamour
  29. Kidnapped
  30. Mansion
  31. What's A Nice Girl Like Her
  32. Dragon Fight
  33. Don't Have A Baby
  34. dialogue
  35. Milkmaid
  36. Exit Music

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It's hard to get more embedded in the early 1970s than an encounter with Two Gentlemen of Verona. The show embodies a long-gone chunk of New York theater history, when a musical's racially integrated cast was taken for granted; when a producer like the Public Theater's Joseph Papp thought it his duty to bring the classics to the masses; when composer Galt MacDermot (best known for Hair) and lyricist John Guare made Shakespeare pop, in all the meanings of the word, without dumbing it down. So yes, Two Gentlemen of Verona is of its time--and it was a fabulous time. Led by Raul Julia, the cast breathes uncommon energy into MacDermot's score. All right, so it's not Hair, but this show still has a lot more kick and melodies than most of what's currently on Broadway. Just check "What Does a Lover Pack" and "To Whom It May Concern Me," or the way "Follow the Rainbow" segues into "Where's North" and its rocking brass arrangements: fabulous! This recording had been out of print for too long, and it's great to have it available again. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars This stinker beat "Follies" for Best Musical of the Year!.......2007-03-27

Need I say anymore. The score is dated and flat as was this show when I first saw it in the early '70's. And the fact that this show went on to capture that year's Tony Award over Sondheim's wonderful "Follies" is still one of the biggest mistakes in Broadway history. I just wonder why they ever bothered to release this on CD. The two record set originally produced was enough to gall while the Sondheim show got the abbreviated one record short shaft. Let these "Two Gentlemen" die in peace.

5 out of 5 stars Ahh that 70's sound!.......2007-03-17

Great score and comedy put to music. Come see it at Paramus Catholic ,NJ.
during the month of May, 2007.

2 out of 5 stars How Did This Win Best Musical of 1972?.......2006-08-08

Based on Shakespeare's play, "Two Gentlemen of Verona" won the 1972 Tony for Best Musical over the more deserving "Follies" and crowd-pleaser "Grease".

Best known for "Hair", Galt MacDermot's score does not contain any real musical "standards", but is highlighted by "What Does A Lover Pack", "To Who It May Concern Me", and the excellent, brass heavy "Where's North". Raul Julia ("Nine") and Clifton Davis are fine as the male leads. The voices of the female leads, however, leave something to be desired.

Possibly more "brilliant" during the time of its Broadway run ... this score just doesn't seem all that interesting in 2006.

3 out of 5 stars One Big Reason to Buy This.......2006-05-26

This is a nostalgic favorite because my high school did a bfd production of it and man, was it fun. The score has some marvelous energy and a lot of silliness/camp. I bought this 20 years later and found that I pretty much still knew the whole thing by heart.

OK. The vocals. The actresses playing Julia and Sylvia are awful, awful singers. Really bad. Which is a shame because most of Julia's songs are dynamite. Clifton Davis has a great voice and some fine opportunities to show it off. Full, warm, vibrant.

Raul Julia. What a marvelous voice. The Perfect Broadway Voice. Huge, delicious, expressive, alive, sensual, with that undiluted accent. His charm is palpable here. Even the sillliest songs are full of wit and charm. I get the feeling he may have been the show stealer here.

I bought it for some of the funky, brass-heavy arrangements and the heavy nostalgia element. I'd buy it again for Raul Julia's numbers.

5 out of 5 stars BEST STAGE MUSICAL EVER WRITTEN. PERIOD........2006-03-26

I am starting to believe that the Amazon.com reviewers feel they have to give a negative slant to their subject -- regardless of its merit -- in order to fulfill some false belief that the function of a reviewer is to be critical. I completely disagee with this reviewer. If a person familiar with neither story listened to both albums, he would emerge knowing the plot of "Two Gentlemen" and knowing nothing about what happens to whom in "Hair". "Hair" is written in mostly minor keys and is actually a very dark, bleak, and nihilistic plot with a tragic ending. "Two Gentlemen" layers complicated musical and vocal patterns in glorious, soaring harmonies while moving the story forward to give the Sixties Message lacking in the supposedly quintessential 60's Musical "Hair": "All You Need Is Love". THe fact that these two contrasting scores were written by the same person, the brilliant Galt Mc Dermott sums up the continuing question about the 60's: "Were they a good thing or a bad thing?" I only know of one way to judge a musical: If I listen to it from beginning to end and walk away from it sad that it's over, but with a huge smile on my face it did what it's supposed to do. If I've been listening to the Album for 30 years with the same smile, then that's above and beyond the call of duty. That's "2 Gentlemen". And..Raul (Proteus) , we miss you down here! You were pure charm. :)






Songs to Shakespeare
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of my Favorite CDs
  • Melodious Shakespeare
 Songs to Shakespeare
John Addison , John Addison II , William Aikin , Thomas Arne , Sir Henry Rowley Bishop , Benjamin Britten , Geoffrey Bush , John Clifton , Henry Balfour Gardiner , Franz Joseph Haydn , Mervyn Horder , Herbert Howells , John Ireland , William Linley , John Major , Sir Charles H.H. Parry , Roger Quilter , John Christopher Smith , Charles Villiers Stanford , Michael Tippett , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Graham Johnson , and Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZP7
Release Date: 1993-11-19

Tracks:

  1. You Spotted Snakes
  2. No More Dams I'll Make For Fish
  3. On A Day, Alack The Day
  4. She Never Told Her Love
  5. O Mistress Mine
  6. Lawn, As White As Driven Snow
  7. If Love Make Me Forsworn
  8. O Happy Fair!
  9. If Music Be the Food Of Love
  10. Farewell, Thou Art Too Dear For My Posessing
  11. When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes
  12. Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
  13. The Rain It Raineth Every Day
  14. Orpheus With His Lute
  15. Come Away Death
  16. Fear No More The Heat o' The Sun
  17. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
  18. It Was A Lover And His Lass
  19. Winter
  20. When Daffodils Begin To Peer
  21. Under The Greenwood Tree
  22. Songs For Ariel - I. Come Unto These Yellow Sands
  23. Songs For Ariel - II. Full Fathom Five
  24. Songs For Ariel - III. Where The Bee Sucks
  25. Who Is Silvia?
  26. Francie
  27. Sigh No More Ladies

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of my Favorite CDs.......2004-02-19

In this wonderful collection of Shakespeare settings, Mr. Rolfe-Johnson creates a magical atmosphere using his unbelievable musicality and gorgeous, gorgeous voice! The songs themselves range from the sweet and charming "No more Dams!" to the heavenly interpretation of "She Never Told Her Love", but for me the high point of the whole CD is his incredible performance of the early version of Vaughan Willams' "Orpheus with his Lute"...this song alone is worth the price of the album! Mr. Rolfe Johnson is truly one of the worlds most exquisite tenors! A must have for every fan of English Song!

5 out of 5 stars Melodious Shakespeare.......2001-01-24

This CD consists of a collection of settings of Shakespearian lines by composers ranging from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries. It is an ideal vehicle for finding a new way to enjoy these writings of Shakespeare and also experience the work of a number of British composers, some well-known and some not so well-known
Fanfare: Shakespearian Music from Stratford
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    		Fanfare: Shakespearian Music from Stratford
    Louis Applebaum , Elmer Iseler Singers , and Christopher Plummer
    Manufacturer: Marquis Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
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    ASIN: B00005V8D7
    Release Date: 2005-09-13

    Tracks:

    1. Two Stratford Fanfares
    2. Who is Silvia?
    3. When I Consider
    4. Fortune and Men's Eyes
    5. Expense of Spirit
    6. Dare I Question
    7. He That Is (Finale)
    8. Suite from Richard III
    9. "Love Love" from Troilus and Cressida
    10. Bella Mia
    11. Non Gemete
    12. Grazie Luna
    13. "If Music Be The Food of Love" from Twelfth Night
    14. "Orpheus with his Lute" from Henry VIII
    15. Moth's Song
    16. When Daisies Pied
    17. Suite of Dances from Much Ado About Nothing
    18. Jog On / St. Jamy
    19. Lawn of White
    20. Canakin Clink
    21. Moments from Romeo and Juliet
    Waiting for the Limo
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      		Waiting for the Limo

      Manufacturer: Kilmarnock
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000AAAYN8
      Release Date: 2003-09-30

      Tracks:

      1. Waiting For The Limo
      2. Golden Glow
      3. Flat Dance
      4. Travel Time
      5. Heading For The Wedding
      6. Awake O Bride
      7. Molly
      8. Blessing
      9. Toccata For Saxophone
      10. Walk Away Happy
      11. The Way Of The Land
      12. The Preservation And Education of a Teenager In Africa
      13. Pestilence, Famine and War
      14. Blatant Escape
      15. Sanctuary
      16. Reading Class
      17. Piano In The Library
      18. The Right To Know
      19. Educated Rest
      20. Spinning
      21. The Woodcutter's Meditation

      Product Description

      Tracks: 1.Waiting for the Limo 2.Golden Glow 3.Flat Dance 4.Travel Time 5.Heading for the Wedding 6.Awake O Bride 7.Molly 8.Blessing 9.Toccata for Saxaphone 10.Walk Away Happy 11.The Way of the Land 12.The Preservation and Education of a Teenager in Africa 13.Pestilence, Famine and War 14.Blatant Escape 15.Sanctuary 16.Reading Class 17.Piano in the Library 18.The Right to Know 19.Educated Rest 20.Spinning 21.The Woodcutter's Meditation 22.More Than We Seem
      Helene Williams Sings Songs Of Love
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        		Helene Williams Sings Songs Of Love
        Albert Tepper , Jeanne Singer , Adele Berk , Elie Siegmeister , Mira J. Spektor , and Helene Williams
        Manufacturer: Capstone
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000061U0
        Release Date: 1998-03-17

        Tracks:

        1. Five Songs: Love's Secret, Op.6 No.1 (Part 1 Of Three Girls Love Songs)
        2. Five Songs: The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, Op.89
        3. Five Songs: The Definition Of Love, OP.111
        4. Five Songs: Tell Me, What Is Love?, Op.95A No.10 (Superspy!: The Musical)
        5. Five Songs: In Der Freund, Op.62
        6. Two Christina Rossetti Love Songs: When I Am Dead, My Dearest, Op.6 No.2
        7. Two Christina Rossetti Love Songs: Sonnetina #7: Remember Me When I'm Gone Away, Op.66
        8. Shakespeare Cycle, No.1: O Mistress Mine
        9. Shakespeare Cycle, No.5: Who Is Sylvia
        10. Shakespeare Cycle, No.6: Ariel's Song
        11. A Cycle Of Love: Merging Song
        12. A Cycle Of Love: A Decade
        13. A Cycle Of Love: Lament
        14. A Cycle Of Love: All Beauty Brings You Close
        15. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.1: Remembrance
        16. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.2: Severance
        17. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.3: The Two
        18. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.4: Loneliness
        19. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.5: Scars
        20. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.6: Your Hand
        21. An Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, No.7: Waiting
        22. Three Songs: Night Song At Amalfi
        23. Three Songs: Song
        24. Three Songs: Sigh No More, Ladies
        25. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle. i: If I Can Step Within
        26. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, ii: To My Jewish Friend In Pittsburgh
        27. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, iii: The Beauty Of Love
        28. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, iv: I Locck My Heart Against You
        29. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, v: Won't You Unlock
        30. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, vi: To Carlo
        31. An Elizabeth Gurly Flynn Love Song Cycle, vii: On 'Equality'
        32. Two Songs: Lonely Star
        33. Two Songs: Chalk Marks On The Sidewalk
        34. Call Me
        Horder: Songs
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          		Horder: Songs

          Manufacturer: Symposium
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000009JRZ
          Release Date: 1994-10-24

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