Cats [sound recording] : complete original Broadway cast recording.
Material type: MusicPublisher number: 314 521 463-2 | Polydor/Really Useful Records314 521 464-2 | Polydor/Really Useful Records314 521 465-2 | Polydor/Really Useful RecordsPublication details: New York : Polydor/Really Useful Records, [1994], p1983.Description: 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | MUSICAL Cats | Available | 33111004776668 |
"This recording of 'Cats' contains most of the music of the Broadway production of the musical ... There are some small alterations and cuts for recording purposes principally in the longer dance sections and the narrative poem 'The Pekes and the Pollicles.'"--Container insert.
Compact disc.
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on "Old possum's book of practical cats" by T.S. Eliot.
Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Martin Levan, New York, October 1982.
Program notes and lyrics on container insert.
(con't) The moments of happiness (3:11) -- Gus, the theatre cat (6:33) -- "Growltiger's last stand" including "The ballad of Billy McCaw" (11:43) -- Skimbleshanks, the railway cat (4:53) -- Macavity, the mystery cat (8:24) -- Mr. Mistoffelees (4:26) -- Memory (5:21) -- The journey to the heaviside layer (2:44) -- The ad-dressing of cats (4:19).
Overture (2:48) -- Prologue: Jellicle songs for jellicle cats (5:18) -- The naming of cats (3:02) -- The invitation to the jellicle ball (2:10) -- The old Gumbie cat (3:48) -- The rum tum tugger (3:42) -- Grizabella, the glamour cat (3:05) -- Bustopher Jones (3:07) -- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer (4:28) -- Old Deuteronomy (4:02) -- The jellicle ball (9:34) -- Grizabella (4:19) ;
Performed by the Broadway cast, with orchestra conducted by René Wiegert.