rec.arts.theatre.musicals

On Aug 25, 6:27 am, Stephen Farrow < ...@ > wrote:
> Harlett O'Dowd wrote:
> > On Aug 24, 6:42 pm, Stephen Farrow < ...@ > wrote:
>
> >> I'd love a complete recording of the score of "On the Twentieth Century"
> >> (and I wish Julia McKenzie's London performance in the show had been
> >> recorded - by all accounts she was absolutely amazing); funny as the
> >> book is, though, I don't feel any particular need for a recording of the
> >> dialogue scenes.
>
> > IIRC, the CD is pretty complete - apart from some of the reprises of
> > "I Have Written a Play" and I think some bits from the
> > audition/"Veronique" flashback. Am I misremembering?
>
> Somewhat. There's not a *huge* amount missing, except from the
> audition/"Veronique" flashback sequence (the whole of "The Indian
> Maiden's Lament" is missing from the OBC), but a few numbers, IIRC, were
> recorded on the OBC in slightly edited form, and the score is so good
> that I want *all* of it (it's probably my favourite Cy Coleman score,
> and it's certainly the funniest score he's written).

The expanded CD has the longer "Lily, Oscar" sequence which I think is
complete, the act 1 finale, the first "I Have Written a Play" and it's
all in the correct order. It'd be nice to have the complete
audition/"Veronique sequencce, but it's a good 95% complete. And what
cast today could compare with the original?

BTW - it's great driving music.