BARBARA COOK: A CONCERT FOR THE THEATRE
Composer:
Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: April 15, 1987,
Ambassador Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 13
Note: Only recordings of material performed by original cast members are noted below.
Carolina In The Morning (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Gus Kahn) (originally used in The PASSING SHOW OF 1922):
1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall,
Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
[reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
Change Partners
(M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in the film CAREFREE):
1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Come Rain Or Come Shine (M: Harold Arlen; L: Johhny Mercer)
(originally used in ST. LOUIS WOMAN):
1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Dear
Friend (M: Jerry Bock; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in SHE LOVES
ME):
1. She Loves Me, MGM (S) CS 6077
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as
CD/Polydor 831 968-2]
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M
33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/Sony 62017]
3. All I Ask Of You, CD/DRG 91456 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
He
Was Too Good To Me (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (cut from SIMPLE
SIMON):
1. Barbara Cook Sings From The
Heart: The Best Of Rodgers And Hart, Urania (S) USD 2026 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Arthur Harris) [reissued as CD/DRG 91485]
2. Barbara
Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra
conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
3. Live From London,
CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
I Can Cook Too (M: Leonard Bernstein; L:
Betty Comden; Adolph Green) (originally used in ON THE
TOWN):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG
D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
I Love A Piano (M/L: Irving
Berlin) (originally used in STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
I See Your Face Before Me (M:
Arthur Schwartz; L: Howard Dietz) (originally used in BETWEEN THE
DEVIL):
1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Ice Cream (M: Jerry Bock; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally
used in SHE LOVES ME):
1. She Loves Me, MGM (S) CS 6077
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as
CD/Polydor 831 968-2]
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M
33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/Sony 62017]
3. All I Ask Of You, CD/DRG 91456 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
4. Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim,
CD/DRG 91464 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
If Love Were All (M/L: Noel Coward)
(originally used in BITTER SWEET):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
In Between Goodbyes (M: Wally
Harper; L: David Zippel):
1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
The
Ingenue (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
[Let Me Sing] A Simple Song
(M: Leonard Bernstein; L: Stephen Schwartz) (originally used in
MASS):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
Losing My Mind (M/L: Stephen
Sondheim) (originally used in FOLLIES):
1. Follies, CD RCA Red Seal RCD2
7128 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
2. Live From
London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
3. Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim, CD/DRG 91464 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
4. Barbara Cook At The Met, CD/DRG
91497 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
Mr. Snow (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Oscar Hammerstein II)
(originally used in CAROUSEL):
1. Carousel, CD/MCA Records DMCG
6028 (Sarah Brightman and Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Paul
Gemignani)
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, CD/Sony 62017 (Barbara Cook
with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
3. Barbara Cook's Broadway,
CD/DRG 91484 (Barbara Cook with musical direction by Wally Harper)
Sing A Song With Me (M: Wally Harper; L:
Paul Zakrzewski) (originally used in THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND
ROSANNAH ETHELTON):
1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall,
Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
[reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
2. As Of Today, Columbia (S) 34493 (Barbara
Cook with orchestra conducted by Ron Frangipane) [reissued as CD/Koch 8003]
3. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra
conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
4. It's Better With A
Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
(reprise) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
5. Tribute, CD/DRG 91493 (Barbara Cook
with musical direction by Michael Kosarin)
6. Barbara Cook At Carnegie
Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally
Harper) (reprise) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
7. Live From London, CD/DRG
91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Stars (M/L: Laura Nyro):
1. As Of Today, Columbia (S)
34493 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Ron Frangipane) [reissued as
CD/Koch 8003]
Sweet Georgia Brown (M/L:
Maceo Pinkard; Ben Bernie; Kenneth Casey):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
2. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Them There Eyes (M/L: Maceo
Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey):
1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D
MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as
CD/DRG 91475]
2. Barbara Cook At The Met, CD/DRG 91497 (Barbara Cook with
orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
Till
There Was You (M/L: Meredith Willson) (originally used in THE MUSIC
MAN):
1. The Music Man, Capitol (S)
SWAO 0990 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Herbert Greene) [reissued
as CD/Angel ZMD 7 64663 2]
2. Barbara Cook's Broadway, CD/DRG 91484
(Barbara Cook with muiscal direction by Wally Harper)
Wait Till You See Him (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart)
(originally used in BY JUPITER):
1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall,
Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
[reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
Why Did I
Choose You (M: Michael Leonard; L: Herbert Martin) (originally used in THE
YEARLING):
1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430
(Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
Other Material:
A Foggy Day (M: George Gershwin;
L: Ira Gershwin) (originally used in the film A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS)
The Man
I Love (M: George Gershwin; L: Ira Gershwin) (cut from LADY BE GOOD and
ROSALIE; subsequently used in STRIKE UP THE BAND)
Widescreen (M/L: Rupert
Holmes)