Show boat
Subtitle: Broadway show album
By: [music by] Jerome Kern ; [book & lyrics by] Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Contributors: Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960; Von Stade, Frederica; Hadley, Jerry; Stratas, Teresa; McGlinn, John; Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968; Ambrosian Chorus; London Sinfonietta
Publisher: EMI
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Hayes, Middlesex, England
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] :
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Excerpts; Musicals
Work titles: Show boat
Notes: Compact disc.

Based on: Show boat / by Edna Ferber.

"The music as heard on opening night at the Ziegfeld Theatre, 1927"--Container insert.

"Some words about 'Show boat'" and synopsis by Miles Kreuger, in English, German, and French (30 p. : port.) inserted in container.

Frederica Von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, with supporting cast; Ambrosian Chorus; London Sinfonietta; John McGlinn, conductor.

Recorded June-Aug. 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.
Table of contents: title: Overture (5:34); title: Cotton blossom (3:41); title: Where's the mate for me?/Make believe (7:37); title: Ol' man river (5:04); title: Can't help lovin' dat man (5:08); title: Life on the wicked stage (3:35); title: Till good luck comes my way (2:24); title: I might fall back on you (2:59); title: Queenie's ballyhoo (3:13); title: You are love (5:58); title: Finale Act one (4:24); title: At the fair (4:11); title: Why do I love you? (5:03); title: Bill / lyrics: P. G. Wodehouse (1918), revised by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (1927) (4:12); title: Goodbye, my lady love (2:38); title: After the ball (3:31); title: Hey, feller! (2:28); title: Finale ultimo (3:00).