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 Bernadette PetersBernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein Release Date: 2002 03 12 Label: Angel Rating:  |
Bernadette Peters marks the Richard Rodgers centennial with this collection of songs, all but one of which were written with Rodgers' second major lyric partner, Oscar Hammerstein II. (The exception is the album-closing "Something Good," written for the film adaptation of +The Sound of Music, for which Rodgers wrote his own lyrics since Hammerstein had died.) The song selection combines some of the songwriting team's biggest hits, "If You Loved Me" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" from +Carousel, "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair, "So Far" from +Allegro, and "Some Enchanted Evening" from +South Pacific, with some lesser known compositions. Peters takes delight in digging up worthy songs that have not gotten much exposure, such as "I Haven't Got a Worry in the World," written for Anita Loos' successful 1946 play +Happy Birthday, which Rodgers & Hammerstein produced. She also looks for ways to recast songs that are well known. For example, in selecting from +South Pacific, she ignores the songs you might have expected her to sing, "A Wonderful Guy" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair," and instead takes on two songs not sung by the show's female lead, "Some Enchanted Evening," which is the big ballad number for the male lead, and, even more unusual, "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame," a song written for a chorus of bawdy sailors. Singing in the second person, she makes the latter a tribute to female superiority. Although Peters is an accomplished Broadway star, this is very much a song album; arranger Jonathan Tunick creates calm, understated settings, and Peters sings in a conversational manner. The album might have benefited from having more contrasting moods, but it makes for a warm, inviting celebration of its composer's 100th birthday. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | It's a Grand Night for Singing [From Stage Fair] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 2:35 |
| 2 | If I Loved You [From Carousel] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:16 |
| 3 | Gentleman Is a Dope [From Allegro] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 2:53 |
| 4 | It Might as Well Be Spring [From State Fair][#] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 4:54 |
| 5 | Out of My Dreams [From Oklahoma!] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:34 |
| 6 | So Far [From Allegro] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:48 |
| 7 | Something Wonderful (From The King and I) | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:25 |
| 8 | I Haven't Got a Worry in the World (From "Happy Birthday") | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:28 |
| 9 | Mister Snow (From "Carousel") | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:41 |
| 10 | Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 3:40 |
| 11 | There Is Nothin' Like a Dame (From "South Pacific") | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 4:45 |
| 12 | You'll Never Walk Alone [From Carousel] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 2:52 |
| 13 | Something Good [From The Sound of Music] | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 2:28 |
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