#26
Posted: 5/29/12 at 4:23pm
Horse Tears--thanks for bringing up On The Town. I think the ballet music is really the heart of the piece and some of the most gorgeous music Bernstein wrote. Thankfully the recording he did in the 60s (I believe) is included as bonus material on the studio cast album with much of the original cast they did around then.
I have to echo the vote for the prologue of Follies--I love the song with lyrics, but I think I prefer it without. This doesnt' really count, but I also love Sondheim's Stavisky score and have always thought it would make a good ballet piece (Sondheim has mentioned how much of the orchestral music he loves the most is ballet--I was pleased to see in his list of record albums a copy of Glazunov's gorgeous score for Raymonda--and I would love to hear an original score from him for a ballet).
My favorite Rodgers piece is Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
I have to echo the vote for the prologue of Follies--I love the song with lyrics, but I think I prefer it without. This doesnt' really count, but I also love Sondheim's Stavisky score and have always thought it would make a good ballet piece (Sondheim has mentioned how much of the orchestral music he loves the most is ballet--I was pleased to see in his list of record albums a copy of Glazunov's gorgeous score for Raymonda--and I would love to hear an original score from him for a ballet).
My favorite Rodgers piece is Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
