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| South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall | 
 enlarge | Artists: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Reba Mcentire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alec Baldwin
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 10081
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000646202
UPC: 602498535851
EAN: 0602498535851
ASIN: B000EMG9AY
Release Date: April 18, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Dites-Moi / Oh, and what's that flower over there? | | • | A Cock-Eyed Optimist | | • | So when you joined the Navy... | | • | Twin Soliloquies | | • | One waits so long for what is good | | • | Some Enchanted Evening | | • | Dites-Moi (Reprise) | | • | Bloody Mary | | • | Say, is that a boar's tooth bracelet on your wrist? | | • | There Is Nothin' Like A Dame | | • | Ah, hello... you make trouble for me? | | • | Bali Ha'i | | • | Bali H'ai (Reprise) | | • | So tell us, Nellie, what did old Ironbelly want? | | • | I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair | | • | Hello, is that a new American song? | | • | Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) | | • | Will you come to my party Friday? | | • | A Wonderful Guy | | • | What should I do, Captain? / Bali H'ai (Reprise) | | • | You wait, Lootellan... | | • | Younger Than Springtime & Bali H'ai (Reprise) | | • | A Wonderful Guy (Reprise) | | • | This Is How It Feels & A Cock-Eyed Optimist (Reprise) | | • | Finale Act 1 - Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) | | • | Entr'acte | | • | Happy Talk | | • | It is my great pleasure to bring you our skipper... | | • | Honey Bun | | • | You've Got To Be Carefully Taught | | • | This Nearly Was Mine | | • | Well, de Beque, I take off pretty soon for Marie Louise... | | • | Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) | | • | Alright, Let's Start Those Trucks... / Honey Bun (Reprise) | | • | Finale Act 2 - Dites-Moi (Reprise) |
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From the second the majestic overture of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1949 show starts, you know you're in for a treat: In this age of diminished Broadway pits, hearing the 45-piece Orchestra of St. Luke's firing on all cylinders is just thrilling. And that's only the beginning of the fun in this most traditional, most delightful musical, recorded live at Carnegie Hall in June 2005. As Nellie Forbush, Reba McEntire deploys a homespun Southern charm that works marvels against the urbane Emile de Becque, i.e., Brian Stokes Mitchell and his impossibly buttery baritone (check out his rendition of "Some Enchanted Evening"). Of course we shouldn't be surprised, since country star Reba had turned out to be musical-theater star Reba when she replaced Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway. Here, she brightly delivers classics (yes, the show is packed with them) like "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful Guy." And let's not forget Lillias White, chewing the scenery in spectacular fashion as Bloody Mary ("Bali Ha'i," "Happy Talk"--what was that about the show being packed with memorable tunes again?). When the classic American musical is done with such gusto, it's hard not to be won over. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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 An Enchanted CD April 21, 2006
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
In the beginning, was the Score. And oh, my, what a score it is; truely one of the gems of the Golden Age of Broadway Musicals. One is transported, as classic after classic washes over you. And although some of the references are a bit dated, ("skin as soft as DiMaggio's glove"), it makes no difference. That old cliche': "they don't write 'em like this anymore", is certainly true.
The performers are really wonderful. Jason Danieley and Lillias White are standouts. Perfect for their roles. Alec Baldwin made me laugh out loud. (What a hambone!) And Brian Stokes Mitchell! Wow! Dude can sing!
As a long-time fan of Country Music, I have watched the artistic growth of Reba McEntire for many years, but she continues to amaze. Her performance in "Annie Get Your Gun" was sublime. And I think she is wonderful here, bringing zest, heart, and passion to her role. Not to mention that voice. You can hear one syllable of one word, and immediately know it's Reba. There's no singer like her. As Country fans know, she has always been a premier story-teller in song, and she uses that talent to great advantage here. Once again, she's made her fans proud. Nice goin', Red.
The only thing better than this CD? That would have to be the DVD, scheduled for May 2006. Can't wait.
a wonderful concert May 3, 2006
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
I watched this concert on our local PBS station, and was completely captivated. Firstly, no one has sung the part of Emile like Brian Stokes Mitchell; forget what you think you know of "This Nearly was Mine". His version is simply the most beautiful one I've ever heard. He sang it with such passion that it moved me to tears.
Secondly, I must admit I'm not a Reba fan. Nothing against her, but I just don't care for country music. HOWEVER...
She did an incredible job as Nellie. Her Tulsa accent worked very nicely as the girl from Little Rock. And she put such joy and energy in the part, I couldn't help but love her.
Thirdly, Lillias White was absolutely outstanding in her role, singing "Bali Hai" better than I've ever heard it.
True, this is an unusual version of this musical, but that's what I enjoyed about it. The songs are of course familiar, but they have a new life to them in this concert version.
Authentic Nellie and Great Cast May 1, 2006
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Those Broadway aficianados - some appear on this page - who approach show tunes the way opera buffs do opera - as a sacred pure art - will drop their monacles when they hear Reba McEntire bend notes like steel girders. And after hearing Mary Martin work so hard (and well) to disguise her Texas twang in the incredible original cast recordings ("...waiting for the daunce", for instance), it is a shock for a moment. But then the rightness of the contrast with Mitchell's operatic barotone creates the same magic that Pinza and Martin had, two very different worlds, styles and talents that somehow merge. Though the very difficult circumstances may contribute real nervousness to McEntire's performance (these concerts are always wildly under-rehearsed for financial reasons), she works it into her performance and gives Nellie a quality of vulnerability that illuminates why her fears would pull her back from her passion. Mitchell plays the very adult quality of his character well, a man who expects trouble even from a woman he loves deeply; racism is no surprise to him, he'd seen Hitler rise. This takes thirty years off the script. He sings the magnificent "This Nearly Was Mine" perhaps a shade too slow in tempo, but with the phrase cut for time in the middle section of Pinza's recording restored and Mitchell's acting of it, this is the definitive version as of now. His performance is wisely informed by Pinza's, just as any Henry Higgins is by Rex Harrison's, but built on to make it his own. White does similar work with Bloody Mary, absorbing Juanita Hall without imitating her. Cable is very well sung if flatly acted; Alec Baldwin condescends to the underwritten baffoonish part of Billis, but is fine anyway (fortunately his singing appearance is brief). The sailors even sound believably lusty, if still not the equal of the real ex-sailors Joshua Logan assembled for the original production. The only complaint here is that every scrap of underscored dialogue is included, and it's cued so that you can't just play the songs. Which makes it ideal for one listen, then you wish you could have an edited version (which in fact I am making on my Mac as we speak) closer to the length of the original. All in all, with its great restored orchestrations and this cast, it's the equal of the original, which I memorized when I was five. Supposedly dated, done this intelligently and with this kind of talent, there is no reason "South Pacific" couldn't be a smash on Broadway all over again. As with "Showboat", Oscar Hammerstein's liberal humanity still glows from a much uglier era of racial relations. This recording not only shines musically, it dispells the erroneous notion that the work suffers from any tinge of racism itself (something that may have risen from the somewhat smug movie version). "You've Got to Be Taught", which they had to fight to keep in the score, still has a sting and rings true fifty seven years later. Note: there is little to recommend the DVD because the performance with scripts and almost no staging on the small Carnegie stage is visually dull, worth catching on PBS maybe, but the CD is the keepsake.
Enchanted evening April 27, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
It was only by accident I came across the Great Perfomances show on PBS, South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. Prepared to listen and look for a minute -- the evening flew by and I was enchanted from beginning to end. The really GREAT voice was Brian Stokes Mitchell as French planter Emil. I always thought Ezio Pinza was THE Emil but Mitchell kicks major derrier. His voice breaks my heart and never have I heard the songs sung as well or with such depth as Mitchell brings to the role of Emil. Reba was as good as it gets. At times she was uncomfortable with the lines and wish her nervousness had not come through in the speaking parts but the songs and music.....Reba WAS Nellie Forbush. Her energy seemed to carry everyone to new levels and this rendition of South Pacific sparkled. Wish Reba and Mitchell would do it on stage, complete production. Now I am anxious to get the CD and put my tape of the movie version of South Pacific out of its misery. SP is my favorite musical bar none. I don't know why but it just makes me glad to be alive. I hope Reba and Brian Mitchell do take this version of South Pacific on the road. I would go a long way to see it. Alec Baldwin was OK as Luther Billis .... but Ray Walston is still my favorite. Reba was terrific and Mitchell....God gave him a voice that must make angels weep.
Amazing performances from Mitchell, Danieley, and White April 19, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I had the pleasure of being in the audience for this amazing Carnegie Hall Concert presentation. Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jason Danieley, and Lillias White were clearly born for these roles. Mitchell soars on "This Nearly Was Mine" (Pinza who?), while Danieley has the voice of an angel in "Younger Than Springtime". White brings sparkle and life to the part of Bloody Mary. Reba McEntire was clearly vocally right for the part of Nellie, but was not quite comfortable with the concert setting, a flaw that really does not come through on the recording. Alec Baldwin made a funny and surly Luther Billis (his spoof on "Bali H'ai" is quite funny). I have never been a fan of "South Pacific", but Mitchell and Danieley have changed all that.
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