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Ben Bagley's BALLET ON BROADWAY

Kritzerland is proud to present the latest release in the Ben Bagley series:

BALLET ON BROADWAY … AND MORE

Music by Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Cole Porter, Sigmund Romberg, Gene de Paul, Hoagy Carmichael, Vernon Duke
 
Lyrics by Ted Fetter, Lawrence and Lee, Harold Rome

Ballet Arrangements by Genevieve Pitot, Peter Matz, Trude Rittman
Ballet on Broadway conducted by Lehman Engel

Ballet on Broadway was rescued from oblivion by Ben Bagley.  It was a pet project of the great Lehman Engel.  Only a handful of copies got pressed, it was not released, and no one ever knew of its existence, other than Engel and the lucky few who managed to have a copy.  Bagley contacted Engel, who was thrilled it could finally see the light of the day, and finally musical theatre lovers got to hear it. 

Creating dance and ballet musical arrangements in musicals was and is a true art and this CD is the living proof.  Great dance and ballet music from High Button Shoes, Jamaica, Look Ma, I’m Dancin’, Shangri-La, Can-Can, The Girl in Pink Tights, and the amazing “Sadie Hawkins Day Ballet” from Li’l Abner.  These kinds of things never made the cast albums of the shows, so it’s simply wonderful to have them available and brilliantly conducted by Engel.

Ballet on Broadway was originally released by Bagley on LP.  He later released it on CD but it’s been out of print for decades.  As he was wont to do, Bagley filled out the running time of the CD was some wonderful and obscure material, mostly by the great Vernon Duke.  The Show is On was a 1937 musical revue with music mostly by Duke and lyrics by Ted Fetter.  Dilly was adapted by playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee from the novel, Miss Dilly Says No.  They worked on it in the early 1950s but the musical never happened.  The songs, however, are delightful.  In 1943, Duke, with Harold Rome as his lyricist, wrote a musical called Nantucket, set in the 19th century.  They wrote nine songs for it, but it, like Dilly, never got off the ground.  One can never have enough Vernon Duke and these selections are all very interesting and filled with Duke’s wonderful melodies.

As with our other releases in our ongoing reissues of the Ben Bagley albums, we have spruced up the sound considerably and we, of course, feature the wonderful art of Harvey Schmidt. 

BALLET ON BROADWAY … AND MORE is limited to 500 copies only and priced at $19.98, plus shipping.   This is a PRE-ORDER – CDs will ship by the last week of May, but never fear, we’ve actually been averaging three to five weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. 

Also note that your PayPal receipt is the only receipt you get – we don’t send out confirmations beyond that.

 

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• Click on titles below to hear a song sample:


HIGH BUTTON SHOES
1. The Bathing Beauty Ballet
Music by Jule Styne
Ballet Arrangement by Genevieve Pitot

JAMAICA
2. Beach Ballet
Music by Harold Arlen
Dance Music by Peter Matz

LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’
3. Mlle. Scandale Ballet
Music by Hugh Martin
Dance Arrangements by Trude Rittman

SHANGRI-LA
4. Father Perrault Ballet
Music by Harry Warren
Ballet Music Composed and Arranged
by Genevieve Pitot

CAN-CAN
5. Garden of Eden Ballet
Music by Cole Porter
Dance Arrangements by Genevieve Pitot

THE GIRL IN PINK TIGHTS
6. Pas de Deux
Music by Sigmund Romberg
Dance Arrangements by Trude Rittman

LI’L ABNER
7. Sadie Hawkins Ballet
Music by Gene de Paul
Ballet Arrangements by Genevieve Pitot
Conducted by Lehman Engel

THE SHOW IS ON
8. The Show is On
(Hoagy Carmichael/Ted Fetter) The Patios
9. Casanova (Vernon Duke/Ted Fetter) Sula

10. What Has He Got?
(Vernon Duke/Ted Fetter) The Patios

DILLY
11. Roses on the Rain
(Vernon Duke/Lawrence and Lee) The Patios

12. What If You’re Not?
(Vernon Duke/Lawrence and Lee) Sandy Stewart

NANTUCKET
13. My Heart Decided (Vernon Duke/Harold Rome)
Ken Park and The Patios
14. Song of Our Love (Vernon Duke/Harold Rome) K.T. Sullivan
15. You After All These Years
(Vernon Duke/Harold Rome) The Patios
16. Je Taime – I Love You
(Vernon Duke/Harold Rome) K.T. Sullivan
17. I Knew You Well
(Vernon Duke/Harold Rome) The Patios
18. The Devil Played the Fiddle
(Vernon Duke/Harold Rome)
The Patios with Mayu Kuroda, violin

 

 


 

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