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July 22, 2015… A cast recording of this season’s sensational production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel is now available. The second full-length cast recording of a Stratford musical in the Festival’s history, following last year’s Crazy for You, the new album features a luscious score that includes such Broadway favourites as “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “If I Loved You” and “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over.”
The recording is available for purchase at the Stratford Festival Shop or online via CD Baby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/2015stratfordfestivalcas.
Named the best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine, Carousel follows the tragic romance between a troubled carnival barker who turns to crime and the trusting millworker who loves and forgives him despite his violent nature.
Featured on the album are Alexis Gordon as Julie Jordan, Jonathan Winsby as Billy Bigelow, Evan Buliung as Jigger Craigin, Sean Alexander Hauk as Enoch Snow, Alana Hibbert as Nettie Fowler and Robin Evan Willis as Carrie Pipperidge, along with 31 cast members and 17 musicians led by Musical Director and Conductor Franklin Brasz. The album is produced by Peter McBoyle and Mr. Brasz.
Directed by Susan H. Schulman and choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld, Carousel plays at the Stratford Festival until October 16.
Musical numbers
Act I
Prologue – The Carousel Waltz
Mister Snow
If I Loved You
June Is Bustin’ Out All Over
Mister Snow – Reprise
When the Children Are Asleep
Blow High, Blow Low
Soliloquy
Act II
A Real Nice Clambake
Geraniums in the Winder/Stonecutters Cut It on Stone
What’s the Use of Wond’rin’
You’ll Never Walk Alone
The Highest Judge of All
The Ballet
If I Loved You – Reprise
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Reprise
The recording is dedicated to the memory of Jim Biros, who served as executive director of the Toronto Musicians Association until his passing in 2014. Mr. Biros was instrumental in helping the Festival create this cast album initiative.
Carousel is presented by special arrangement with R & H Theatricals. The recording is produced by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company.
Carousel features music by Richard Rodgers, with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Ferenc Molnar’s play Liliom as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer, with original dances by Agnes de Mille and orchestral reduction by Larry Blank, based on the original by Don Walker.
Production support is generously provided by Cec & Linda Rorabeck. Support for the 2015 season of the Avon Theatre is generously provided by the Birmingham family.
The production is dedicated to the memory of director and choreographer Brian Macdonald.
The 2015 season continues until November 1, featuring Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Adventures of Pericles, The Sound of Music, Carousel, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Physicists, Possible Worlds, She Stoops to Conquer, Oedipus Rex, The Alchemist and The Last Wife. For tickets or more information, visit www.stratfordfestival.ca or call 1.800.567.1600.
Photo: Seana McKenna and Geraint Wyn Davies. ©2014 Don Dixon.
2015-07-22
Stratford: Stratford cast recording of "Carousel"now available online at CD Baby