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Barbara Cook's third solo album, At Carnegie Hall, which followed her second, Sings From the Heart by 16 years, marked a crucial turning point in her career. From the early 1950s to the early 1970s, Cook had been a Broadway star, her most notable appearances being in The Music Man (1957) and She Loves Me (1963). But as she reached her mid-40s, the stage offers began to dry up, and she attempted a transition to nightclub and concert work. A stint at the New York club Brothers and Sisters attracted concert promoters and led to an offer to appear in concert at Carnegie Hall on January 26, 1975. Columbia Records recorded the show, and the exposure this album brought allowed Cook to embark on the second phase of her career, one that carried her through several subsequent decades. It's easy to understand why when you listen. Cook is given strong musical support by Bill Brohn's arrangements and Wally Harper's conducting, and she puts together an excellent mixture of material that comments on her past (a trio of numbers from She Loves Me, "He Was Too Good to Me," the song sung most impressively on her first album); borrows strong but little-known material from other shows, such as "Who Are You Now?" from Funny Girl; acknowledges contemporary pop in Judy Collins' "My Father" and Leon Russell's "A Song For You"; and introduces specially written numbers by Harper. One might have hoped for more in terms of audience interaction on a live recording (perhaps her stage remarks have been edited out), but anyone listening to this album would wish to have been at the show, and would anticipate Cook's visiting in a concert hall nearby soon.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Barbara Cook, Performer - Spoken Word, Composer - Spoken Word, Lyricist - Thomas Frost, Producer
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Paul Zakrzewski, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Composer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Bob Merrill, Composer - Jule Styne, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Lorenz Hart, Composer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Three songs from She Loves Me (Jerry Bock)
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Jerry Bock, Composer - Sheldon Harnick, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Jerry Bock, Composer - Sheldon Harnick, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Jerry Bock, Composer - Sheldon Harnick, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
A. Seymour Brown, Composer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Carolyn Leigh, Composer - Cy Coleman, Composer - DAN DOUGHERY, Composer - Jack Yellen, Composer - Milton Ager, Composer - Nat D. Ayer, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Meredith Willson, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Paul Zakrzewski, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Composer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Arthur Schwartz, Composer - Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Howard Dietz, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Vince Mendoza, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Gus Kahn, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director - Walter Donaldson, Composer
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Lorenz Hart, Composer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Jerry Herman, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Oscar Hammerstein II, Composer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Arthur Schwartz, Composer - Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Howard Dietz, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Judy Collins, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Arranger - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Leon Russell, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barbara Cook, Performer - Barbara Cook, Soprano - Bill Brohn, Orchestrator - Paul Zakrzewski, Composer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Wally Harper, Composer - Wally Harper, Director
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Barbara Cook's third solo album, At Carnegie Hall, which followed her second, Sings From the Heart by 16 years, marked a crucial turning point in her career. From the early 1950s to the early 1970s, Cook had been a Broadway star, her most notable appearances being in The Music Man (1957) and She Loves Me (1963). But as she reached her mid-40s, the stage offers began to dry up, and she attempted a transition to nightclub and concert work. A stint at the New York club Brothers and Sisters attracted concert promoters and led to an offer to appear in concert at Carnegie Hall on January 26, 1975. Columbia Records recorded the show, and the exposure this album brought allowed Cook to embark on the second phase of her career, one that carried her through several subsequent decades. It's easy to understand why when you listen. Cook is given strong musical support by Bill Brohn's arrangements and Wally Harper's conducting, and she puts together an excellent mixture of material that comments on her past (a trio of numbers from She Loves Me, "He Was Too Good to Me," the song sung most impressively on her first album); borrows strong but little-known material from other shows, such as "Who Are You Now?" from Funny Girl; acknowledges contemporary pop in Judy Collins' "My Father" and Leon Russell's "A Song For You"; and introduces specially written numbers by Harper. One might have hoped for more in terms of audience interaction on a live recording (perhaps her stage remarks have been edited out), but anyone listening to this album would wish to have been at the show, and would anticipate Cook's visiting in a concert hall nearby soon.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:22
- Main artists: Barbara Cook
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 1975, 1996 Sony Music Entertainment
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