Favorite Overtures- Page 3
Favorite Overtures
#50Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 1:11pmBless you, uncageg! I never knew about this site and am delighted to find a "Rodgers and Hammerstein" radio station.
#51Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 1:32pm
It has been around for a while and they expanded their stations over time. I listen to the Sondheim station a lot. For general listening I prefer BWW's station but for specific listening, I love AccuRadio. I also like that you can listen to music from certain time periods. They don't take requests though.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 9/19/10 at 01:32 PM
#52Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 1:34pm
Finian's Rainbow
South Pacific
Gypsy
(Do Ent'ractes count? if so then) Ragtime
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
#53Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 1:43pm
CO2, they also mix in movie versions and concert versions. I also just noticed they have a "Wide Playlist" channel that includes more obscure stuff.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 9/19/10 at 01:43 PM
bwaymizfit2
Understudy Joined: 5/19/06
#54Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 4:27pmI certainly agree with all the more obvious choices already listed. However, one of my personal favorites (if we're including entr'actes) is the entr'acte from The Scarlet Pimpernel. Say what you want about especially the later versions of the show (and I'll agree with you), but I just LOVE the entr'acte, especially the trombone counterpoint at the end.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#55Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 4:52pm
Gypsy
Follies
My Fair Lady
The Producers (CD version)
42nd Street
NO No Nanette
Chicago
I also love the Jerry Herman's Broadway overture (or "the Showtunes")
#56Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/19/10 at 11:43pmSouth Pacific by far.
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
#57Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/20/10 at 2:45am
frontrowcentre, I'm with you on Bells Are Ringing—I adore that overture! (I'm so glad the show is getting another shot at Encores after that blasted revival ten years ago. Do it right this time!)
Just listened today to the overture of the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette after many, many years. Wow. It's wonderful! Give it a listen if you haven't lately.
#58Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:40amIs there no love for the Show Boat overture? I've only have one recording (The 1988 3 CD EMI) but was hooked the first time I [recently] heard it.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#59Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/20/10 at 8:43amWhat was the last NEW show to have a great overture? All I can think of is Light in the Piazza - which is one of the greatest.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#60Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/27/10 at 2:15am
Light in the Pizza is so beautiful.
but, I am in love with Legally Blonde's overture. It is sooo sweet, and the lead into Omigod You Guys is just adorable!
Dirty Rotten and Sweet Charity also are some of my favorites..
and although it isn't an overture, Next to Normal's prelude always gives me a shiver.
#61Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:27am
I have all my overtures in one mood-improving playlist. It never fails.
Has anyone mentioned the Gershwin overtures?
Girl Crazy
Oh, Kay!
Funny Face
Of Thee I Sing
Strike up the Band
They are just thrilling to listen to!
(Tazber, that National Symphony Orchestra collection sounds wonderful. Thanks for posting it. I'm downloading it now.)
#62Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:30am
How could I forget Promises, Promises?
I think it might be my all time favorite.
#63Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:39am^ I agree! Promises Promises has an incredible overture. I also like the Love Never Dies overture.
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willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
Jyn326
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#65Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/28/10 at 7:50amI saw Idina Menzel at the Cincinnati Music Hall on Sunday. Before she performed, the Cincinnati Pops played several selections from Broadway musicals. I was very excited when they played the West Side Story overture. It was fantastic.
#67Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:39pm
Thank you uncageg!
AccuRadio's Broadway Overtures Channel is truly wonderful.
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