Ultimate Broadway (1998)

About this title: Following in the footsteps of other installments in Arista's Ultimate series, Ultimate Broadway is an excellent sampler of some of the greatest songs and performances in the history of the Great White Way. Almost all of the 40 songs on the two discs in this collection are performed by the original Broadway casts, which makes it an excellent choice for casual fans. The Judy Collins and Aretha Franklin covers do sound a little out of place, but those are only two numbers on a generous compilation filled with great moments. The set runs from Oklahoma! to Rent, hitting such seminal ... read more

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma! [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
2. If I Loved You [From Carousel] [Hammerstein/Rodgers]
3. You'll Never Walk Alone [From Carousel] [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
4. There's No Business Like Show Business [From Annie Get Your Gun] [Berlin]
5. Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?) [Loesser]
6. Some Enchanted Evening [South Pacific] [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
7. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend [Gentlemen Prefer Blondes] [Styne/Robin]
8. Getting to Know You [From The King and I] [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
9. Shall We Dance? [From The King and I] [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
10. I Could Have Danced All Night [From My Fair Lady] [Loewe/Lerner]
11. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face [From My Fair Lady] [Loewe/Lerner]
12. The Party's Over (Bells Are Ringing) [Styne/Comden/Green]
13. Maria [From West Side Story] [Bernstein/Sondheim]
14. Tonight [From West Side Story] [Bernstein/Sondheim]
15. Seventy Six Trombones [Willson]
16. Everything's Coming up Roses [From Gypsy] [Styne/Sondheim]
17. The Sound of Music [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
18. Try to Remember [The Fantasticks] [Schmidt/Jones]
19. Camelot [Loewe/Lerner]
20. If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot] [Loewe/Lerner]
21. Hello, Dolly! [Herman]
22. If I Were a Rich Man [From Fiddler on the Roof] [Bock/Harnick]
23. People [From Funny Girl] [Styne/Merrill]
24. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) [Lane/Lerner]
25. The Impossible Dream [From Man of La Mancha] [Leigh/Darion]
26. Mame [Herman]
27. Cabaret [Kander/Ebb]
28. Aquarius [Hair] [Macdermot/Ragni/Rad]
29. Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music] [Sondheim]
30. All That Jazz [From Chicago] [Kander/Ebb]
31. One [From A Chorus Line] [Hamlisch/Kleban]
32. Tomorrow [From Annie] [Strouse/Charnin]
33. Don't Cry for Me Argentina [From Evita] [Lloyd Webber/Rice]
34. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going [Dreamgirls] [Krieger/Eyen]
35. Memory [From Cats] [Lloyd Webber/Eliot/]
36. The Best of Times [La Cage Aux Folles] [Herman]
37. I Dreamed a Dream [Les Misérables] [Boublil/Kretzmer/Na]
38. The Music of the Night [From The Phantom of the Opera] [Lloyd Webber/Hart]
39. As If We Never Said Goodbye [Sunset Blvd.] [Lloyd Webber/Black/]
40. Seasons of Love [Rent] [Larson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.