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Lucky to Be Me: A Life in Music, CD / Album Cd

Lucky to Be Me: A Life in Music CD / Album

by Alfred Drake

CD / Album

Description

'Lucky to Be Me: A Life in Music' represents the first time a solo album of Alfred Drake's recordings has been issued. Presented as a deluxe 2CD set, the album includes an entire disc of demos, live performances and rarities culled from Drake's own private archive of recordings.

Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Lucky to Be Me (From 'On the Town')
  2. Maria (From 'West Side Story')
  3. The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (From 'Oklahoma!')
  4. Were Thine That Special Face (From 'Kiss Me Kate')
  5. Wunderbar (With Jane Pickens) [from 'Kiss Me Kate']
  6. Why Can't You Behave? (With Jane Pickens) [from 'Kiss Me Kate']
  7. The Olive Tree (From 'Kismet')
  8. And This Is My Beloved (With Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin) [from 'Kismet']
  9. You're Devastating (From 'Roberta')
  10. In the Spring of the Year
  11. Spring Came Back to Vienna
  12. Forgotten
  13. Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold
  14. The World Is Mine Tonight
  15. The Happy Wanderer (Val-de Ri, Val-de Ra)
  16. Destiny's Darling
  17. Beyond the Sunrise (From 'The Adventures of Marco Polo')
  18. So in Love (From 'Kiss Me Kate')
  19. Greensleeves
  20. Tea for Two (With Mimi Benzell) [from 'No, No Nanette']
  21. The Nightmare Song (From 'Iolanthe')
  22. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
  23. Lonely Town (From 'On the Town')
  24. Soliloquy (From 'Carousel')
Disc 2
  1. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (From 'Oklahoma!')
  2. People Will Say We're in Love (From 'Oklahoma!') [piano Rehearsal]
  3. Where (From 'Sing Out, Sweet Land!') [piano Rehearsal]
  4. We're On Our Way (Infantry Song)
  5. Almost Like Being in Love (From 'Brigadoon')
  6. The Heather On the Hill (With Roberta Roberts) [from 'Brigadoon']
  7. A Glass Is a Glass (From 'The Liar')
  8. Maiden Fair (From 'The Liar')
  9. Rose By Any Other Name (With Esther Harvey Brown) [from 'The Liar']
  10. The World Is So Dull (From 'The Liar')
  11. You Often See Men at the Fair (From 'The Liar')
  12. Fixing for a Long Cold Winter (From 'Courtin' Time')
  13. Hat in Hand (From 'Courtin' Time')
  14. In the Still of the Night (Practice Recording)
  15. I See Your Face Before Me (Practice Recording)
  16. Thoughts of You (Practice Recording)
  17. None But the Lonely Heart (Metropolitan Opera Audition)
  18. Crudel! Perche Finora (From 'Le Nozze Di Figaro') [Metropolitan Opera Audition]
  19. Queen Mab Aria (From 'Romeo Et Juliette') [Metropolitan Opera Audition]
  20. I Have a Song to Sing (With Barbara Cook) [from 'The Yeomen of the Guard']
  21. Oh! A Private Buffoon (From 'The Yeomen of the Guard')
  22. Love Me Tonight (With Doretta Morrow) [from 'The Vagabond King']
  23. Where Or When (From 'Babes in Arms')
  24. For Every Man There's a Woman
  25. Wanderin' (From 'Sing Out, Sweet Land!')
  26. Sweet Danger (From 'Kean')
  27. Let Her Not Be Beautiful (From 'Zenda')

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Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Lucky to Be Me (From 'On the Town')
  2. Maria (From 'West Side Story')
  3. The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (From 'Oklahoma!')
  4. Were Thine That Special Face (From 'Kiss Me Kate')
  5. Wunderbar (With Jane Pickens) [from 'Kiss Me Kate']
  6. Why Can't You Behave? (With Jane Pickens) [from 'Kiss Me Kate']
  7. The Olive Tree (From 'Kismet')
  8. And This Is My Beloved (With Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin) [from 'Kismet']
  9. You're Devastating (From 'Roberta')
  10. In the Spring of the Year
  11. Spring Came Back to Vienna
  12. Forgotten
  13. Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold
  14. The World Is Mine Tonight
  15. The Happy Wanderer (Val-de Ri, Val-de Ra)
  16. Destiny's Darling
  17. Beyond the Sunrise (From 'The Adventures of Marco Polo')
  18. So in Love (From 'Kiss Me Kate')
  19. Greensleeves
  20. Tea for Two (With Mimi Benzell) [from 'No, No Nanette']
  21. The Nightmare Song (From 'Iolanthe')
  22. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
  23. Lonely Town (From 'On the Town')
  24. Soliloquy (From 'Carousel')
Disc 2
  1. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (From 'Oklahoma!')
  2. People Will Say We're in Love (From 'Oklahoma!') [piano Rehearsal]
  3. Where (From 'Sing Out, Sweet Land!') [piano Rehearsal]
  4. We're On Our Way (Infantry Song)
  5. Almost Like Being in Love (From 'Brigadoon')
  6. The Heather On the Hill (With Roberta Roberts) [from 'Brigadoon']
  7. A Glass Is a Glass (From 'The Liar')
  8. Maiden Fair (From 'The Liar')
  9. Rose By Any Other Name (With Esther Harvey Brown) [from 'The Liar']
  10. The World Is So Dull (From 'The Liar')
  11. You Often See Men at the Fair (From 'The Liar')
  12. Fixing for a Long Cold Winter (From 'Courtin' Time')
  13. Hat in Hand (From 'Courtin' Time')
  14. In the Still of the Night (Practice Recording)
  15. I See Your Face Before Me (Practice Recording)
  16. Thoughts of You (Practice Recording)
  17. None But the Lonely Heart (Metropolitan Opera Audition)
  18. Crudel! Perche Finora (From 'Le Nozze Di Figaro') [Metropolitan Opera Audition]
  19. Queen Mab Aria (From 'Romeo Et Juliette') [Metropolitan Opera Audition]
  20. I Have a Song to Sing (With Barbara Cook) [from 'The Yeomen of the Guard']
  21. Oh! A Private Buffoon (From 'The Yeomen of the Guard')
  22. Love Me Tonight (With Doretta Morrow) [from 'The Vagabond King']
  23. Where Or When (From 'Babes in Arms')
  24. For Every Man There's a Woman
  25. Wanderin' (From 'Sing Out, Sweet Land!')
  26. Sweet Danger (From 'Kean')
  27. Let Her Not Be Beautiful (From 'Zenda')

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