Original Broadway Cast Recording - Carnival - Deluxe Edition

Cat. no: STAGE9093
Format: CD2
Barcode: 5055122190936
Release Date: 27 May 2022
Genre: Soundtrack

Continuing Stage Door's line of Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues is an expanded release of Bob Merrill's 1961 musical 'Carnival' 

Featuring music and lyrics by Merrill and book by Michael Stewart, ' Carnival', produced by David Merrick and directed / choreographed by Gower Champion, opened at New York's Imperial Theatre on April 12th 1961, later transferring to the Winter Garden Theatre, and ran a total of 719 performances. 'Carnival', based on the 1953 flm 'Lili', starred Anna Maria Alberghetti as Lili alongside James Mitchell, Pierre Olaf, Kaye Ballard and Jerry Orbach. The production received 7 Tony Award nominations, winning 'Best Scenic Design' (Will Steven  rmstrong)
and 'Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical' for Anna Maria Alberghetti.

Presented across 2CDs, the release presents the Original Broadway Cast Recording, newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape, alongside a handful of pop covers from Bob Merrill's score. These include recordings by The Everly Brothers, Pat Boone, Mel Torme and more. As a special bonus track, the CD includes a rare live performance of the show's signature song 'Love Makes the World Go 'Round' by its star Anna Maria Alberghetti for the public service radio broadcast 'Stars for Defense'.

The release includes a bonus disc featuring 2 instrumental cover albums of 'Carnival' performed by Cyril Ornadel and The Starlight Symphony Orchestra and 'Carnival in Percussion' by The Paul Smith Ensemble. Both instrumental albums make their debut on CD. The release is further complemented with detailed sleeve notes by Broadway historian George Dansker.

The 'Carnival' deluxe 2CD set is a limited edition release of 500 units only.

Tracks: Opening/Direct from Vienna / Mira (Can You Imagine That) / Sword, Rose and Cape / A Very Nice Man / I've Got to Find a Reason / Yes, My Heart / Humming / Theme from Carnival! (Love Makes the World Go 'Round) / Grand Imperial Cirque De Paris / Her Face / Yum, Ticky, Ticky, Tum, Tum / The Rich / Beautiful Candy / Everybody Likes You / I Hate Him / Her Face (Reprise) / It Was Always You / It Was Always You (Reprise) / She's My Love / Theme from Carnival! / Love Makes the World Go 'Round ('Stars for Defense' Version) / Love Makes the World Go 'Round / She's My Love / Her Face / Can You Imagine That / Love Makes the World Go 'Round / Love Makes the World Go 'Round / Opening / Direct from Vienna / Very Nice Man / I've Got to Find a Reason / Mira (Can You Imagine That) / The Sword, The Rose and the Cape / Yes, My Heart / Golden Delicious/Theme from Carnival / Yum, Ticky, Ticky, Tum, Tum/The Rich/Beautiful Candy / Her Face / It Was Always You / She's My Love/ Finale / Theme from Carnival (Love Makes the World Go 'Round) / Magic, Magic / She's My Love / Yes, My Heart / Her Face / It Was Always You / The Sword, The Rose and The Cape / Direct from Vienna / Mira (Can You Imagine That?) / Very Nice Man / Yum, Ticky, Ticky, Tum, Tum / Beautiful Candy