Track Listing

1. Some Enchanted Evening
2. If I Loved You
3. If Ever I Would Leave You
4. On The Street Where You Live
5. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
6. Younger Than Spring time
7. You'll Never Walk Alone
8. SOmething WOnderful
9. How To Handle A Woman
10. There Is Nothing Like A Dance
11. Come Home
12. There But For You Go I
13. She Wasn't You
14. I Was Born Under A Wond'rin' Star
15. A Fellow Needs A Girl
16. Get Me To The Church On Time
17. Here I'll Stay
18. They Call The Wind Maria

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47218 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 77 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Following on from his Something Wonderful CD, Bryn Terfel has done a bit of a repeat performance with this recording, even doubling up on some numbers. He's certainly an improvement on other opera singers who attempt to sing this repertoire, but there always remains the lack of true engagement that comes with not having actually ever sung any of the roles. This doesn't apply to all the numbers. "On the Street Where You Live", for example, is such a standard number in itself that it can withstand it. The same goes for "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", but "How to Handle a Woman" doesn't stand up to rolling Rs, over-enunciation or over-acting, to say nothing of "There is Nothing Like a Dame" or "Get Me to the Church on Time", complete with cockney accent. However, that said, Terfel has lots of oomph and personality which comes across enough to make this a valid recording, were it not for the production which is rather disturbing with Terfel sounding like he is singing from the wings. Paul Daniels provides a lively accompaniment with the English Northern Philharmonia. The Chorus of Opera North is surprising sloppy most of the time. --Antonia Couling

Customer Reviews

CD of brilliance
lovely CD and Bryn's interpretation of the songs from some of the best known musicals is first class. Younger than Springtime a favourite.Edelweiss superb.