Music composed by Elmer Bernstein. Lyrics written by Carolyn Leigh. Principal cast includes: Anthony Roberts, Marilyn Mason, Brenda Vaccaro, Tommy Tune, Barnard Hughes, Hiram Sherman, James Congdon, Joe McGrath, Bob Gorman, Patti Davis, Alexander Orfaly, Jennifer Darling, Rex Everhart. Recorded at Webster Hall, New York, New York on December 17, 1967. Includes liner notes by Peter Marks. Digitally remastered by Harold Hagopian & Hsi-ling Chang (1999, BMG Studios).

Classical Music

Spoken prayers, readings and blessings alternate with the musical selections on this recording.

Born in 1938 into a musical family, John Harbison studied at Harvard, and with Roger Sessions at Princeton. He is one of America's most accomplished musicians, with four symphonies, three operas and a Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata to his credit.

First Hand Records presents violinist Sasha Rozhdestvensky in the world premiere commercial recording of Shostakovich's unfinished Violin Sonata. This recording includes an extra 28 bars of a development section found in Shostakovich's original manuscript that does not appear in the published score, and is completed by an eleven-bar coda written by conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky. The work is coupled with the Violin Sonata Op. 43. The program also contains world premiere commercial recordings of Shostakovich's Andantino from the String Quartet No.4, his piano duet arrangement of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and his chamber transcription of Gaetano Braga's La Serenata.

Bette Davis was making a triumphant return to Broadway in the 1952 revue Two’s Company … until the show began its previews, when she promptly collapsed onstage on opening night. Davis was perhaps in over her head (song, dance and comedy were not her strong points) in this otherwise charming revue, with a score largely by Vernon Duke (music) and Sammy Cahn and Ogden Nash (lyrics). Two’s Company was one of the last of the sophisticated, satirical revues, a kind of show that television killed off, and its reputation has been held hostage to Davis’s troubled involvement. But Sheldon Harnick, Horton Foote and Peter DeVries were among those contributing material to the show, and the choreographer was no less than Jerome Robbins. Hiram Sherman won a Tony for his expert comedy work in this fascinating relic of Broadway’s past.

Music by VERNON DUKE
Lyrics by OGDEN NASH
Additional Lyrics by SAMMY CAHN
Musical Supervisor and Conductor: MILTON ROSENSTOCK
Production under the supervision of JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON

1. Overture 4:31
2. Theatre Is a Lady - Peter Kelley, Chorus 2:50
3. Turn Me Loose on Broadway - Bette Davis 2:24
4. It Just Occurred to Me - Peter Kelley, Deborah Remsen, Chorus 3:40
5. A Man’s Home Hiram Sherman 3:00 6. Roundabout - Ellen Hanley 3:18
7. Roll Along, Sadie - Bette Davis, Hiram Sherman, Chorus 4:49
8. Out of the Clear Blue Sky - Peter Kelley, Sue Hight 3:10
9. Esther - David Burns 2:28
10. Haunted Hot Spot - Ellen Hanley 2:51
11. Purple Rose - Bette Davis, Hiram Sherman, Chorus 6:00
12. Just Like a Man - Bette Davis 4:37
13. Finale - Bette Davis, Company 1:20

The spectacular sound of trumpet and organ playing in a generous acoustic is captured in this concert. The “infamous” is represented by the wickedly difficult Jericho: Battle Music, by William Albright, written as a virtuoso piece for both players. More famous tunes include the timeless Prince of Denmark’s March by Jeremiah Clarke and Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and Cesar Franck’s Chorale in E Major. The concert ends with the encore Rondeau by Mouret, more famously known as the theme of Masterpiece Theatre. A soloist with an international career including Principal Trumpet positions with several major orchestras, Fred Sautter’s performance on this recording is both authentic and engaging. Roger Sherman is Associate Organist Emeritus of Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, and host of the popular radio program, The Organ Loft. He is also the president of The Gothic Catalog.

Newest release by vocalist and pianist Daryl Sherman, featuring bassist Jesse Boyd and clarinetist/ saxophonist Tom Fischer. Tracks: Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love), Get Out of Town, Ours, Rosalie, Tale of the Oyster, Use Your Imagination, By the Mississinewah, Looking at You, from This Moment On, Mississippi Belle, Who Want's to Be a Millionaire?, Where Have You Been?, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To.

I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED A CELEBRATION TO JIMMY