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Album Description:
The landmark musical's first-ever Broadway revival! The curtain rang down on Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. Based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, the musical is set on a tropical island during World War II and tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples - U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque and Marine Joe Cable and a young local native girl Liat - and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of the war and by their own prejudices. Considered by many the finest musical ever written, the score's songs include such musical theater classics as 'Some Enchanted Evening,' 'Younger Than Springtime,' 'Bali Ha'i,' 'There is Nothin' Like a Dame' and 'A Wonderful Guy.'









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Disc 1:

1. Act 1. Overture
2. Act 1. Dites-moi
3. Act 1. A cockeyed optimist
4. Act 1. Twin Soliloquies
5. Act 1. Some Enchanted Evening
6. Act 1. Bloody Mary
7. Act 1. There is Nothin' Like a Dame
8. Act 1. Bali ha'i
9. Act 1. My Girl Back Home
10. Act 1. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
11. Act 1. Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening
12. Act 1. A Wonderful Guy
13. Act 1. Reprise: Bali ha'i
14. Act 1. Younger than Springtime
15. Act 1. Reprise: Wonderful Guy
16. Act 1. This is How It Feels
17. Act 1. Finale Act 1
18. Act 2. Entr'acte
19. Act 2. Happy Talk
20. Act 2. Reprise: Younger Than Springtime
21. Act 2. Honey Bun
22. Act 2. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
23. Act 2. This Nearly Was Mine
24. Act 2. Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening
25. Act 2. Reprise: Honey Bun
26. Act 2. Finale Ultimo

Customer Rating: - Old Classic Given Facelift
Before going to NYC in the spring I was least excited to see the musical South Pacific. Remembering only the low-quality film version I had seen as a child I thought the musical would be dull. I could not have been more wrong. The musical echoes of classic Broadway with an outstanding pit orchestra dressed to the nines in tuxedos and black dresses, it was a welcome change from the lax behavior often seen in orchestras with the tubas doing crossword puzzles and absentmindedly listening to the show. The voices of the two leads were absolutely amazing, especially Kelli O'Hara's crystal clear voice. The CD remarkably captures her clarity as well as the beauty of the original sweeping orchestrations. The CD also has a few numbers not included in other cast recordings, songs like "My Girl Back Home" especially show off the voice of Matthew Morrison, previously seen in the "Light in the Piazza." This recording is differs from prior recordings in tone and sound quality. The quality really brings a lot of energy to the CD that had been lost in the other CD's. The cast and orchestra are extraordinary and no matter how many of the other recordings you already own or how jaded you are by Broadways somewhat drift from classical musicals you should purchase this recording.

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Customer Rating: - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein forever. There music never gets old or dated. New voices with new interpretations provide a wonderful ride down memory trail. You have to force yourself not to sing along, you know the words to all of the songs; however,you cannot do justice to these performances.

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Customer Rating: - South Pacific
Item came on time. However, title would not show up on the computer and did not import properly.

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Customer Rating: - South Pacific CD
We felt as if we were in the theater again. Fine sound, and even some connecting dialog. So enjoyable that I am going to buy another one!