Smash Musical Soundtracks Reviewed
By MEL KLOHN
Emerald Record Reviewer
Rodgers & Sondheim, Do I Hear
a Walts?, Orig. Broadway Cast,
Columbia, K O L-6370 ($4 98).
KOS-2070 ($598), Allen, Franchi.
others.
Rodgers and Sondheim's new
Broadway musical is making a
big hit with record buffs and this
reviewer frankly cannot under
stand why. After the many Rich
ard Rodgers hit musicals of the
past, Do I Hear . . .? seems a
bit anti-climactic and certainly
not of South Pacific or Oklahoma
caliber.
It is disappointing to hear a
Rodgers musical with hardly any
thing except sickingly romantic
numbers. The title song, which is
destined to become a hit, and
several others with clever Sond
heim lyrics, are outstanding, but
not even Sergio Franchi's witty
performance of "Bargaining” can
pull the musical above the Ro
mantic muck. The Columbia
sound is good, the liner notes are
good, and the stereo version is
superior. All that is lacking is
appealing content.
Mary Poppins, Soundtrack Re
cording, Buena Vista 4026 (4.98),
S 4026 (5.98), Andrews, Van
Dyke, others.
Giving My Fair Lady record
sales competition is Walt Disney’s
highly touted Mary Poppins. As
on the Sound of Music album, Ju
lie Andrews is superb in the lead
role. The whole album is delight
ful and amusing, but does not
Art Ed Majors
Display Talent
An exhibition composed of
projects by more than 20 seniors
majoring in art education at the
University will be displayed in
the lobby of Lawrence Hall on
the campus May 3 through 14.
A student committee of three
members was selected by the
dean of the School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts during win
ter term to coordinate the ex
hibit. Committee members are
Craig Canoy. William Kelsey, and
Sheila Ford.
According to Miss Ford, “Each
participant will make an indi
vidual interpretation of a cen
tral, unifying theme selected by
the coordinating committee.”
The theme of the exhibit, as
stated by Miss Ford, consists of
“the development of ideas and
the application of the knowledge
we have obtained as students
toward providing valuable experi
ence in a teaching situation.” The
theme will be interpreted in a
variety of art forms, from sculp
ture to painting.
Art history students must sub
mit projects for the exhibit as a
graduation requirement.
GOLDFINGER
Sean Connery
CO-FEATURE
Pink Panther
-David Niven—Peter Sellers
pass all the songs off as appealing
only to the younger set.
Some of them are intensely sa
tiric (‘‘A British Bank.” “The
Life I Lead”) and show Disney’s
remarkable ability to produce a
major film with appeal for all peo
ple. Of course, “Chim-Chim Cher
ee” is only short of great.
Dick Van Dyke is very good and
the supporting voices are better
than good. Unfortunately, the Dis
ney label, Buena Vista, is not
technically as good as the major
record labels and the fidelity is
only adequate. The stereo is not
notably superior to the monaural
recording.
Lerner & Lowe, My Fair Lady,
Soundtrack Recording, Columbia
KOI, 8000 (5.98), KOS • 2600
(6.98), Hepburn, Harrison, Hollo
way, others.
My Fair Lady, Original Broadway
Cast, Columbia 01.-5090 ( 4.98),
OS-2015 (5.98), Andrews, llarri
son, Holloway, others.
It’s unfortunate that Ameri
can audiences are so easily im
pressed in seeing a Broadway mu
sical on the movie screen that
they forget that the music was
originally written not for the
screen but for the stage.
This will be the case with
My Fair Lady, for as soon as
the screens of our fair city are
enlightened by the Lerner &
Lowe musical, audiences will
swamp record stores in pursuit
of the “Original Soundtrack Re
cording” and not the "Original
Broadway Cast Recording.”
This, even though everybody
now knows that Audrey Hepburn
does not sing (though the vocal
“dubbing” by Marni Nixon is no
where acknowledged on the al
bum) and that Julie Andrews, of
the Broadway cast, is even su
perior to Miss Nixon, a highly re
garded soprano in her own right.
Despite virtually identical ar
Concert Slates
Franz Schubert
Performance of Franz Schu
bert’s “Mass in G Major” will
highlight a concert by the Uni
versity Chamber Choir and Lab
oratory Chorus on Tuesday, May
4, at 8 p m. in the School of
Music auditorium.
The University Laboratory
Chorus, conducted by C. Arthur
Dimond, graduate assistant in
music, will sing the mass. Fea
tured soloists will include Guy
Aydelott, tenor; Catherine Arn
old, soprano; and Clio Eldred,
baritone. V'ictor Hill will play
the organ
Prior to performance of the
mass, the University Chamber
Choir, directed by Neil Wilson,
assistant professor of voice, will
sing a group of sacred motets
by William Byrd.
Accompanying the chamber
choir will be Hanya Etter, viola;
Loree Tucker, cello; Sylvia Thel
en, cello; and Vivian King, cello.
The public is invited to attend
the concert. No admission will be
charged.
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rangements and the retention of
Rex Harrison and Stanley Hollo
way on the soundtrack recordings,
the Broadway cast album is far
superior to the movie album.
While the Broadway cast is noted
for creating an album which gen
erates enthusiasm and excitement, i
the movie cast sings the same
material in much the same way,
but without the same excep-;
tional appeal.
Of course, the songs are still (
marvelous and the singing ade
quate to good, but Harrison does
nunciation of women or Hollo- \
way enough desire to get by1
with “A Little Bit o’Luck.”
Jeremy Brett is fine, but does
not sound young and impression
able like Freddy should. And the
movie album is technically poor, j
even without a comparison to
other brands. The sound is muf-!
fled, the orchestra too loud, and
Italian Writer
To Talk Tuesday
Giose Rimanelli, well known
Italian novelist and critic, will
be a guest lecturer at the Uni !
versity Tuesday, May 4.
Rimanelli’s lecture, in English,
on “Political and Social As
pects in Dante's Divine Comedy”
will be at 8 p m. in the SU. The
public is welcome.
Author of a number of novels, j
of which "The Day of the Lion”
and “Original Sin" have been |
translated into English, and sev
eral volumes of critical essays, as
well as short stories and plays,!
Rimanelli has worked as a jour
nalist and free-lance writer for
the Italian film industry.
At present, he teaches Italian
and assists in the creative writing j
program at the University of Brit
ish Columbia
The lecture is sponsored by
the University assembly and lec
tures committee,
not have enough fury in his de
the fidelity is atrocious. So, with
out meaning to add fuel to the
Julie Andrews Jack Warner feud,
I suggest to those who enjoy the
movie and want to own the mu
sic, that they will enjoy the mu
sical even more if they buy the
Broadway cast album.
Kodgers & llummerstcin, The
Sound of Music, KCA Victor
I.OCD-2005 <5.98>; I.SOD-2005
(0.98), Andrews, Plummer, oth
ers. (Soundtrack)
The Sound of Music, Columhio
KOI,-5450 (4.98), KOS • 2020
(5.98), Marlin, Itikcl, others.
(Orig. Broadway Cast)
Another smash Broadway mu
sical (No. 4 of the all-time best),
that has been made into a film is
Rodgers & llammerstein's last
collaborative work, The Sound of
Music. Unlike My Fair Lady,
however, the soundtrack record
ing of this musical is as good as
the Broadway cast recording.
Although Julie Andrews’ voice
is slightly better than Mary Mar
tin’s, Miss Martin pulls a couple
of numbers otf with more clever
Business School
Chooses Decal
The School of Business has be
come the first school on the
University campus to have a
school decal.
The decal, proposed and de
signed by Howard Krivoy of the
University chapter of Kappa Psi,
professional business fraternity,
depicts Donald Duck (the Uni
versity mascot) sitting at a desk
and pointing at a graph which
is falling off a chart into a
wastebasket
The decal went on sale at the
University Co-op Store at the
beginning of spring term
The final design for the- decal
was selected by a general vote
of the students and faculty of the
School of Business.
ness than Miss Andrews, partlc
l nlarly "Do-Re Mi" and "The (lout
j Herders’ Song.”
Adolf f’lummer, in the movie,
and Theodore Bike!, in the play,
are both equally good and, gener
ally, the movie’s supporting cast
| voices are slightly better.
Comparison should stop here,
however, as each album is unique
I in its own way and the movie
j version does not try to copy the
' Boradwuy music exactly. One
song was added to the movie, but
i three from the Broadway version
I were left off.
The sequence of songs is also
entirely different RCA's album
notes are superior, but the Co
; lumbin Broadway album was cut
before detailed liner notes were
popular. A musical fan who owns
one album should not feel that
by buying the other album he
would necessarily be duplicating
his musical scores.
NOTE: Both albums are tech
nically excellent and the stereo
versions are highly recommend
ed.
Moms' Tickets
Available
Tickets for all Mothers Week
end and Junior Weekend activi
ties at the Cniversity may be
obtained at the Student I'nion
main desk beginning today.
Students should purchase
tickets for the Mothers break
fast and business meeting and
for the All Campus luncheon in
advance, so that accurate
quantities of food may be pre
pared.
Ticket prices are: Canoe fete,
$1.50 for adults, $1 for students
with student body cards and 50
cents for children under 12;
Mothers Breakfast, $1.50; All
Campus Luncheon and pro
gram, $1; and All-Campus Sing,
$1.
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