DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances | Gerard Alessandrini, Irving Berlin, ... | A disappointment     classical music:     DRG 25th Anniversa...   DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances Gerard Alessandrini, Irving Berlin, ... Drg, 2001 average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image  for more information click here Great compilation I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does. The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.  for more information click here A disappointment There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money. Tracks Just Go to the Movies | I Wish I Were in Love Again - Rodgers, Richard | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Hart, Lorenz | Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend | I Just Want to Be a Star | Wild About You - Berlin, Irving | Beaver Ball at the Bug Club | The Baseball Game | Isn't It Great to Be Married? - Kern | A Perfect Time To Be in Love | You're Just in Love - Berlin, Irving | Fine for the Shape I'm In | The French Lesson | Better - Kleban | Never Will I Marry | I Can't Remember - Frandsen | Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' to Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Joplin | Someone Wonderful I Missed - Coleman | Someone Wonderful I Missed | Someone Wonderful I Missed | The Pleasure of Your Company | Liza One-Note | Liza One-Note | What's New at the Zoo? - Styne | Once Upon a Time/True Love - Porter | Feel It (Guantanamera, Linda Quisqueya, Piel canela, Mexico lindo y qu | There She Goes/Fame | There She Goes/Fame | What's New at the Zoo? | Once Upon a Time/True Love | Once Upon a Time/True Love | Artificial Flowers | Artificial Flowers | Driving at Night/Our State Fair | Driving at Night/Our State Fair | Perfectly Alone - Dorff | Foolish Dreamin'/Somethin Beautiful/Real Enough to Change My Mind - Bucchino | O Foolish Heart | All Good Gifts - Schwartz | Walking Papers - Kander products you might be interested in recommendations Name-dropping: works by people I've known Cy Coleman: Music of a Broadway master William Finn! performances Puccini - La Boheme (The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series) Andre Rieu: Live in Vienna Puccini - La Boheme / Pavarotti, Scotto, Niska, Wixell, Plishka, ... Vivere Live in Tuscany [DVD/CD] Adams: Doctor Atomic anniversary French Suites - 70th Anniversary Edition Om Namaha Shivaya: Deluxe Tenth Anniversary Edition Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration Art of the Fugue - 70th Anniversary Edition   search for classical music 25th, anniversary, performances, show, stopping      toavi.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Pineapple