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Ragtime - The Musical (1998 Original Broadway Cast)
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Product Details/SpecificationsRecording label: RCA Victor Broadway EAN: 0090266316724Binding: Audio CDFormat: Cast Recording, Release Date: 1998-04-28Universal product code (UPC): 090266316724Number of discs: 2Product Description Double disc set in a slimline double jewelbox. Slipcover.
Amazon.com essential recording The epic sweep of Ragtime is captured in its opening prologue, a nine-minute kaleidoscope of fictional characters mingling with historical figures from the early 20th century as originally captured in E.L. Doctorow's sprawling novel. As the story continues, we meet pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and his child's mother, Sarah (Audra McDonald), who has been taken in by a respectable family (including Marin Mazzie as Mother). Parallel story lines of the Latvian immigrant Tateh (Peter Friedman), the entertainer Evelyn Nesbit (Lynnette Perry), and even Harry Houdini (Jim Corti) and Emma Goldman (Judy Kaye) eventually mingle and merge. Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island) mix marches, cakewalks, and of course ragtime to create a rich, compelling score, including Sarah's song to her baby, "Your Daddy's Son," her soaring duet with Coalhouse, "Wheels of a Dream," Mother's self-revealing "Back to Before," and numerous set pieces, all performed by a perfect cast. Ragtime was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 1998, with wins for McDonald, original score, book, and orchestration. The CD also includes an eight-minute symphonic suite conducted by Paul Gemignani and a booklet with photos, full lyrics, and a history of how the score was written. Tragic, touching, and ultimately triumphant, Ragtime is an American classic. --David Horiuchi
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Disc 1 Tracks: 1. Prologue: Ragtime 2. Goodbye, My Love 3. Journey On - Original Broadway Cast 4. The Crime of the Century 5. What Kind of Woman 6. A Shtetl Iz Amereke 7. Success 8. His Name Is Coalhouse Walker 9. Getting' Ready Rag 10. Henry Ford 11. Nothing Like the City 12. Your Daddy's Son 13. The Courtship 14. New Music 15. Wheels of a Dream 16. The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square 17. Gliding 18. The Trashing of the Car 19. Justice 20. President 21. Till We Reach That Day
Disc 2 Tracks: 1. Entr'acte 2. Harry Houdini, Master Escapist 3. Coalhouse's Soliloquy 4. Coalhouse Demands 5. What a Game 6. Fire in the City 7. Atlantic City 8. Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc. 9. Our Children 10. Harlem Nightclub 11. Sarah Brown Eyes 12. He Wanted to Say 13. Back to Before 14. Look What You've Done 15. Make Them Hear You 16. Epilogue: Ragtime/Wheels of a Dream (reprise) 17. The Ragtime Symphonic Suite
Publishers: RCA Victor Broadway
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