Title : Camelot (Original Broadway Cast)
Author : Loewe, Frederick
Release Date : 19980602
Binding : Audio CD
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Editorial Reviews : For one brief, shining moment, there was a place known as Camelot--and this 1961 recording is the only document available of JFK's favorite musical, the one that's been used to describe his presidential administration ever since. Truthfully, Lerner and Loewe's musical score for this retelling of the King Arthur story doesn't measure up to My Fair Lady, which was still playing when Camelot opened on December 3, 1960. That being said, the three principals here were stronger musically than their 1968 film counterparts--Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet (who became a star as Lancelot, thanks to 'If Ever I Would Leave You') could sing, while the pre-Liz Richard Burton could recite those great lines with Shakespearean flair, even if he never scored a hit with 'MacArthur Park.' --Bill Holdship
Buyer Reviews : Truly this is one of the better cast albums I've heard from an original Broadway cast. Richard Burton, and especially, Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet are magnificent; yet Goulet steals the show with his memorable performance of 'If Ever I Should Leave You'. To my amazement, the album also features a young Roddy McDowall singing credibly about 'The Seven Deadly Virtues'. Although the score doesn't quite scale the artistic heights of a Hammerstein/Rodgers musical (e. g. 'Carousel', 'Oklahoma', 'Sound Of Music' or 'South Pacific') it is still a fine example of a Broadway musical. It's truly a pity that Burton, Andrews and Goulet were not reunited for the film adaptation; I have no doubt their original Broadway production was far better than Josh Logan's filmed adaptation. The sound quality is vastly superior to the original album's.
