- Audio CD (Aug 22 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered, Cast Recording, Soundtrack
- Label: RCA Victor Europe
- Run Time: 174 minutes
- ASIN: B00004WFNP
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#65,737 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #19 in Music > Soundtracks > By Decade > 1960s
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Track Listings
| 1. Prelude And The Sound Of Music |
| 2. Overture And Preludium (Dixit Dominus) |
| 3. Morning Hymn And Alleluia |
| 4. Maria |
| 5. I Have Confidence |
| 6. Sixteen Going On Seventeen |
| 7. My Favorite Things |
| 8. Do-Re-Mi |
| 9. The Sound Of Music |
| 10. The Lonely Goatherd |
| 11. So Long, Farewell |
| 12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
| 13. Something Good |
| 14. Processional And Maria |
| 15. Edelweiss |
| 16. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise) |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote the music for this film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The scene in which Andrews crests a hill with her arms spread singing the title track is one of the greatest in American film. Hearing that song forever fills the listener with that image, and remains as fresh and even chilling as it was initially. Unfortunately much of this has been co-opted by television advertisements or whatever, and so could languish because of the clichéd quality of it. Fortunately, conductor Irwin Kostal delivered a wonderful score, and the vocal delivery is as vibrant as any in the storied history of film musicals. --Scott Wilson
Product Description
Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote the music for this film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The scene in which Andrews crests a hill with her arms spread singing the title track is one of the greatest in American film. Hearing that song forever fills the listener with that image, and remains as fresh and even chilling as it was initially. Unfortunately much of this has been co-opted by television advertisements or whatever, and so could languish because of the clichéd quality of it. Fortunately, conductor Irwin Kostal delivered a wonderful score, and the vocal delivery is as vibrant as any in the storied history of film musicals. --Scott Wilson
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A ridiculous way to release a complete recording
April 2 2004
Format:Audio CD
I was horrified when I was browsing the record store and saw how this supposedly complete disc was arranged. I have no doubt that it sounds fine, but under the circumstances, it is a waste of money and I refused to buy it.
The manufacturers have done nothing more on this "Sound of Music" re-release than add a second CD containing everything that had to be omitted from the LP and other CD versions of the film soundtrack album. RCA Victor, it seems, could not be bothered to start from the beginning and do the same beautiful job that Angel Records did with the enhanced editions of the "Oklaoma!", "Carousel", and "The King and I" soundtracks. The makers of those CD's saw to it that all the songs as well as the previously omitted material were all sequenced IN THE ORDER THAT IT APPEARED IN THE FILM.
But, apparently, doing this is too much work for RCA Victor. Instead of giving us the pleasure of being able to listen to all the songs and music in its proper order, so that we can get the feeling that we are listening to the soundtrack as it ought to be heard and experienced, we have to sit through the soundtrack album exactly as it was issued for its previous incarnation, and then put on ANOTHER CD so that we can listen to the background music and other versions of the tracks heard on the first CD in the set.
This is just sloppy and insensitive thinking. Why would RCA release a soundtrack album of a beloved film in an edition like this, when Rhino, with its M-G-M soundtrack series, and Angel, with its enhanced editions of three Rodgers and Hammerstein musical films, have done such a superlative job on their soundtracks?
The answer, of course, is pure laziness. They have the most successful and beloved film musical on their hands, so RCA Victor assumes that listeners will automatically buy any version of it, no matter how it is issued.
Shame on them.
Love it!
May 14 2004
Format:Audio CD
Simply perfect for adults and kids. Will addict for a lifetime.
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