My Fair Lady one of the worlds favourite musicals is given a sparkling first complete recording starring an exemplary cast headed by the great Alec McCowen as Professor Higgins. The wonderful and versatile opera star Tinuke Olafimihan takes on the role of Eliza Doolittle and that of Alfred Doolittle by international film star Bob Hoskins.
This star studded complete recording won the prestigious 1997 Gramophone Award in the Music Theatre category. It is unusual for any works in the canon of the Broadway Musical Theater to be brilliant in every aspect of the work My Fair Lady is one of those rare creatures and this recording is also one of them in that every second of it is brilliantly recorded especially the orchestrations of Robert Russell Bennett and Phillip J. Lang.1994 studio cast recording
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Overture -- National Symphony Orchestra
2. Why Can't the English? -- Michael Denison, Alec McCowen, Andre Mutis, Tinuke Olafimihan
3. Wouldn't It Be Loverly? -- Garrick Forbes, Philip Griffiths, Richard Lyndon, Paul Manuel
4. With a Little Bit of Luck -- Michael Bauer, Bob Hoskins, Barrie James, Derek James, Diane Langton
5. I'm an Ordinary Man -- Alec McCowen
6. With a Little Bit of Luck (Reprise) -- Michael Bauer, Chorus, Bob Hoskins, Barrie James, Diane Langton
7. Just You Wait -- Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan
8. Poor Professor Higgins -- Ensemble
9. The Rain in Spain -- Michael Denison, Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan
10. I Could Have Danced All Night -- Susan Flannery, Michelle Lokey, Tinuke Olafimihan, Jill Pert, Jane Powell
11. Ascot Gavotte -- Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Tinuke Olafimihan, Henry Wickham, Ensemble
12. On the Street Where You Live -- Jill Pert, Henry Wickham
13. Eliza's Entrance -- Michael Denison, Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan, National Symphony Orchestra
14. Promenade -- Frank Carandini, National Symphony Orchestra
15. Embassy Waltz -- National Symphony Orchestra
Disc 2
1. Entr'acte -- National Symphony Orchestra
2. You Did It -- Michael Denison, Alec McCowen, Jill Pert
3. Just You Wait (Reprise) -- Tinuke Olafimihan
4. On the Street Where You Live (Reprise) -- Tinuke Olafimihan, Henry Wickham
5. Show Me -- Tinuke Olafimihan, Henry Wickham
6. The Flower Market -- Garrick Forbes, Philip Griffiths, Richard Lyndon, Paul Manuel
7. Get Me to the Church on Time -- Michael Bauer, Bob Hoskins, Barrie James, Company
8. A Hymn to Him -- Michael Denison, Alec McCowen
9. Without You -- Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan
10. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face -- Alec McCowen
11. Final Scene -- Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan
12. Curtain Calls -- National Symphony Orchestra
13. Come to the Ball -- Alec McCowen
