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Kiss Me, Kate (1959 Recording With Original Cast)
from: Angel Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077776476025
Format: Cast Recording
Label: Angel Records
Manufacturer: Angel Records
MPN: 64760
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Angel Records
Release Date: March 16, 1993
Studio: Angel Records
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Editorial Review:
Among the many Kiss Me, Kate recordings, here's a curiosity. Ten years after their historic original Broadway cast recording of Cole Porter's masterwork, principals Harold Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, and Harold Lang re-recorded the show in stereo. Some numbers are a bit lackluster in comparison to the original, while others are pretty much the same (running times in many cases are the same down to the very second). Advantages of the original include some connecting dialogue, the overture as a bonus track (the famous instrumental opening featuring the piano riffs is actually the entr'acte), and of course the authenticity that comes with being the "original Broadway cast recording." Benefits of this version are a more spacious sound, a synopsis for those unfamiliar with the plot (but both sets of liner notes are good), and a very interesting version of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" sung by the gangsters in parallel octaves, which according to one urban legend was sung by Drake overdubbing himself. --David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - stereo "Kate" with the original cast reunited
There isn't much to recommend this recording over the 1949 OBC, except that this recording is in stereo and the OBC was mono. In 1959, the original Broadway stars of KISS ME KATE were reunited, to record a studio album of the score in the new stereo format. While time did little to diminish the amazing vocal prowess of Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang, the overall recording is so similar to the OBC that it's almost frightening.
As my fellow reviewer Mark Andrew ... Read More
Rating:  - Original cast reunited 10 years later for this stereo remake
KISS ME KATE opened on Broadway on Dec 30, 1948 to rave reviews. Columbia records made the original cast recording, but 10 years later Alfred Drake produced this stereo re-make for Capitol using the exact same text as the first album. Again the record opens with the Entr'acte instead of the Overture. And the same trims have been made in the songs. Even conductor Pembroke Davenport is back to conduct the orchestra.
With both available on cd which should you get? Tough call. The performances are a ... Read More
Rating:  - Not the ORIGINAL "Original Cast" recording
This EMI studio remake has been a source of confusion for buyers ever since it was first issued in 1959. While it does reunite the four principals - Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang - ten years after their original 1949 Broadway recording, there has always seemed to me something a little strained and slightly faux about this entire re-production. On the surface they are closely following the original arrangements, including the replacement singers who assume the minor roles; ... Read More
Rating: - The Broadway Classic!
One of the greatest shows in Broadway history, Kiss Me Kate is complete with witty book, beautiful, memorable score, and a little dose of Shakespeare. A play within a play, Kate is about a once-married couple playing opposite each other in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. I am currently in a community theater production of Kiss Me Kate, and it's a thrill to be in. Cole Porter's score is a dazzling work of art. I own this particular version, and also made an amazing find in Virgin ... Read More
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