Kiss me, Kate : original Broadway cast recording / [music & lyrics by Cole Porter ; book by Bella & Samuel Spewack ; orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett].
| Author/creator | Porter, Cole |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Columbia Broadway Masterworks, [1998] |
| Description | 1 audio disc (55 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Morison, Patricia, 1915-2018 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kirk, Lisa performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lang, Harold, -1985, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Davenport, Pembroke arranger of music, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew. |
| Contents | Overture (2:42) -- Another op'nin', another show (1:43) -- Why can't you behave? (3:09) -- Wunderbar (3:35) -- So in love (3:34) -- We open in Venice (2:14) -- Tom, Dick or Harry (2:04) -- I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua (2:10) -- I hate men (2:20) -- Were thine that special face (4:09) -- Too darn hot (4:00) -- Where is the life that late I led? (4:20) -- Always true to you (in my fashion) (3:59) -- Bianca (2:06) -- So in love (reprise) (3:10) -- Brush up your Shakespeare (1:40) -- I am ashamed that women are so simple (1:53) -- Finale : Kiss me, Kate (:47) -- Kiss me, Kate overture (6:10). |
| General note | Based on Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew. |
| General note | Originally released Feb. 15, 1949, as Columbia ML/OL 4140; the 19th track originally released in 1959. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by Miles Kreuger (19 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Performer | Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang; supporting singers; Pembroke Davenport, musical direction and vocal arrangements. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Jan. 16-24, 1949 (principally), and Nov. 12, 1958 (19th track). |
| UPC | 074646053621 |
| Publisher number | SK 60536 Columbia Broadway Masterworks |
| Publisher number | DIDP 095351 Columbia Broadway Masterworks |
| Publisher number | ML 4140 Columbia |
| Publisher number | OL 4140 Columbia |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-5528 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |