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Irving Berlin's White Christmas

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Track Listings

1 Overture
2 Happy Holiday
3 Happy Holiday / Let Yourself Go
4 Love And The Weather
5 Sisters
6 The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
7 Snow
8 What Can You Do With A General
9 Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
10 Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
11 Blue Skies
12 I Love A Piano
13 Falling Out Of Love Can Be Fun
14 Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me / How Deep Is The Ocean
15 How Deep Is The Ocean (Reprise)
16 The Old Man
17 White Christmas
18 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm.

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Irving Berlin's White Christmas CD features songwriter Berlin's classic "Blue Skies," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Sisters," "I Love a Piano" and the famed title tune, among many other songs. The disc represents the only version of the White Christmas score currently in stores. The recording features Broadway's Anastasia Barzee as Betty Haynes, Tony Award-nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Bob Wallace, Jeffry Denman as Phil Davis, Karen Morrow as Martha Watson and Meredith Patterson as Judy Haynes. The album is produced for records by Joel Moss, conducted by Rob Berman and executive produced by Ted Chapin, Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch. The Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The stage production of the beloved 1954 film made it's debut in 2004 in San Francisco, winning solid reviews and encouraging subsequent holiday-time commercial sitdowns in Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2005.

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A bright splash of holiday cheer, Irving Berlin's White Christmas is a stage version of the classic 1954 Bing Crosby film. The plot is basically the same: two GIs (Brian D'Arcy James and Jeffry Denman in the Bing and Danny Kaye roles) become a song-and-dance team after World War II, run into a couple of dames (Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson in the Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen roles), then head up to Vermont with the girls to put on a show in a barn to save the inn run by their former commanding officer. The familiar songs are borrowed from the show ("Sisters," "Snow," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," the title tune), augmented by other Berlin hits ("I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "I Love a Piano," "Let Yourself Go") and snappily orchestrated in period style by Larry Blank. The four principals are the ones who debuted the show in San Francisco in 2004, plus Karen Morrow as Martha Watson. Irving Berlin's White Christmas is already becoming a favorite for major repertory companies to perform during the holiday season. --David Horiuchi

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.39 inches; 3.36 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ GHOSTLIGHT.
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 43160-57409
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 54 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 29, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ GHOSTLIGHT.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000ICLTFA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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BRIAN A. O'DELL
5.0 out of 5 stars 5-Stars "A bouncy, robust Broadway treatment of a classic Christmas movie!"
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2015
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While nothing may match how we have come to love Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney's starring roles in the original movie, "White Christmas", this new Broadway musical did an admirable job of bringing the beauty of the singing and dancing on film to the stage. As with all original cast recordings, the album is NEVER going to be as exciting as seeing, hearing and experiencing the show in person as an audience member. I was fortunate to have seen the show in person. It was a lovely evening which was at least 80% faithful to the movies plot, while adding additional songs and dance number from the classic Irving Berlin songbook. Once you opened yourself to hearing the songs not sung by the movie cast, the performances were excellent and there was an intimacy in the Broadway show between cast members and the audience, especially at the very end of the show where everyone ends up joining together to sing "White Christmas". That memorable experience doesn't show up on a CD I'm sorry to say. It can only happen in live theater. As well, one can't experience live dancing on a CD... maybe one day someone will do "White Christmas" LIVE performance on TV for the world to enjoy? In the meantime, we will have to settle for this fine album!
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J. Porray
5.0 out of 5 stars WhiteChristmas...the new theatrical cast version
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2007
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Oh my Lord! Who would think you could beat Bing Crosby and the rest of the original cast for this musical. I saw it in the theater, when I was seven years old and have my whole family addicted! We watch it every Christmas and in between. It's a family tradition. This album is absolutely fantastic. I hesitated getting it. I was afraid I would not like it compared to the movie track, (which is non existent, actually). To make a long story short, you will NOT be disappointed! The extra Irving Berlin songs are incredible. The theatrical renditions of these time-honored tunes is wonderful and inspiring! It you are a fan of Irving Berlin, you enjoy great vocals, and you love Broadway, you will love this album. It couldn't be better! (... Not the same as Bing and company, of course, but equally wonderful to listen to!)
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Byron Kolln
4.0 out of 5 stars Irving Berlin's last Broadway musical
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2011
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Cobbled together, "Crazy for You", "State Fair"-fashion, using the familiar numbers from the 1954 film plus extra pieces sourced from other Berlin shows, WHITE CHRISTMAS is Irving Berlin's gift from beyond the grave to musical theatre fans. Premiering to great acclaim in 2004, the show has gone on to become a staple for regional theatres and has played a couple of limited-run Christmas seasons on Broadway.

This particular cast album of WHITE CHRISTMAS is very fortunate to have amongst it's ranks the talented Brian d'Arcy James (in the Bing Crosby part) plus the delightful Karen Morrow in the role played by Mary Wickes in the film. Ms Morrow is one of the few tangible links we still have to the "golden age" Broadway musicals (if you can, track down the cast album of "I Had a Ball" and revel in the almost insanely enjoyable title song amongst several others, which is belted to the high rafters). Morrow's instrument has lost little--if none--of it's power in the intervening years, and she goes to town with the numbers "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", and "Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun" (lifted from Berlin's 1949 show "Miss Liberty"). Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson (one of the replacement Peggy's in the last "42nd Street" revival) are the Haines sisters--played in the film by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen--and Jeffry Denman fills the Danny Kaye part.

Also added to the tunestack of the stage WHITE CHRISTMAS is the gorgeous "How Deep is the Ocean?" (which is sung in counterpoint with the sizzling movie ballad "Love You Didn't Do Right By Me"). The classic film numbers ("Sisters", "Snow", "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing", "Count Your Blessings", and of course "White Christmas") sit comfortably amongst this musical mosaic of Berlin tunes. Just like the 1954 film, the stage version of WHITE CHRISTMAS appears set to take it's place as a holiday perennial. Recommended.
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Timothy Bach
5.0 out of 5 stars Brings so much joy
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
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This has been my best investment to date. Fills me with such joy as I get to relive the stage play everytime I listen!
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Musician and Teacher
5.0 out of 5 stars Broadway + Irving Berlin = Sensational
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2011
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Our school will be performing this musical in the fall, and I have recommended to all of my students to listen and study the vocal prowess of the performers on this album. Irving Berlin was a genius, and the Broadway performers live up to his high expectations and craftsmanship!
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Paul
3.0 out of 5 stars this is the next best thing. If you like Broadway musicals you will ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2014
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Having been a fan of this movie since childhood I thought I would add this to my collection of Christmas music. Not being able to find a reproduction of the original soundtrack, this is the next best thing. If you like Broadway musicals you will probably enjoy this cd. The movie, with the vocals of Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney are not what you're going to hear on this disc. This is a recording from the 2004 San Francisco production of the play. Though the songs are the songs you want to hear, the singing is all in a "tenor" type of live musical singing. You will not hear any low baritone singing like Crosby and Clooney (somewhat) sounds like in the movie. The singing here is closer to Ethel Merman if you know who she is. Overall if you like the songs you will like this cd. The singers are good it's just not Crosby, Kaye nor Clooney.
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David L Keyes
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Christmas
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015
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This is an excellent cast recording of the Broadway musical. There are only a few tracks that are Christmas songs. The majority of the tracks are just wonderful Berlin songs and I don't think you can go wrong with that!
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Mickey
5.0 out of 5 stars Plays
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012
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My wife enjoys plays. So this has helped her study for the plays. She has done many plays over the years so instead of running around town looking for this product wasting time and gas she buys them online.
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Diane M Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Broadway Show - Not Movie Soundtrack
Reviewed in Canada on October 4, 2017
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I thought it would be the soundtrack to the movie, not the Broadway show, but I still like it anyway.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2018
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This cd arrrived in good time and is such a classic. I have listened to it most days since it arrived, looking forward to using it during the festive season.
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A. Kück
4.0 out of 5 stars Vergnügliche Unterhaltung
Reviewed in Germany on September 19, 2007
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Bühnenfassungen bekannter Hollywood-Filmmusicals haben es mitunter nicht leicht: Allzu häufig sind die Songs sehr eng mit den beteiligten Stars verbunden, so daß der Zuschauer bzw. -hörer sich schwer mit einem neuen Interpreten anfreunden kann.
Bei "Somewhere over the rainbow" sehe ich sofort Judy Garland vor mir, ihre Tochter Liza Minelli kommt mir bei "Maybe this time" in den Sinn , Gene Kelly tanzt in meiner Erinnerung bei "Singin in the rain", und an wen muß ich wohl bei "White Christmas" denken...?

Nun hat auch "White Christmas" The Musical die Bühne erklommen und bietet nette Unterhaltung.
Geboten wurde mir ein vergnügliches Wiederhören mit allen bekannten und liebgewonnenen Songs incl. einiger weiterer Titel aus der Feder von Irving Berlin: so waren z. Bsp. "Blue Skies" oder "How deep is the ocean" im Soundtrack nicht vorhanden, fügen sich hier aber gut in das Gesamtkonzept ein.

Die Hauptdarsteller verfügen über gute Broadway-Stimmen: Jeffry Denman und Meredith Patterson harmonieren sehr gut als Phil Davis & Judy Haynes und gefielen mir sehr bei ihren Nummern "The best thing happen while your`re dancing" und "I love a piano".
Leider konnten Brian d`Arcy James und Anastasia Barzee mich als Leading-Paar Bob Wallace & Betty Haynes nicht überzeugen. Einerseits schien mir die Chemie zwischen den beiden nicht recht zu stimmen, andererseits fehlte mir auch das gewisse Etwas an "Star-Quality". Ihre alten Film-Egos Bing Crosby und Rosemary Clooney hatten dies zuhauf.

Beim Hören der CD ertappte ich mich bei dem Gedanken, wie die Aufnahmen z.Bsp. mit Brent Barrett und Audra McDonald geklungen hätten. Beim Song "White Christmas" sehnte ich mir dann wirklich Bing Crosby herbei: Brian d`Arcy James gelang es leider nicht, bei mir dieses wohlige Weihnachts-Feeling entstehen zu lassen (Schuld daran war nicht die warme Herbstsonne, die durch mein Fenster schien.).

Das Orchester unter der Leitung von Rob Berman lieferte einen satten Sound und überraschte mit einigen neuen Arrangements ohne die Orignal-Songs zu verfälschen. Das Ensemble glänzte mit Spielfreude u.a. bei "Happy Holiday" und "Snow".

Bei diesem Bühnen-Musical sollte der Hörer keine Interpretationen in der Qualität von Crosby & Clooney erwarten und sich mehr auf die Nebendarsteller, das Ensemble und den Orchester-Sound konzentrieren. Dann macht diese Aufnahme durchaus Spaß!!!
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F. Lévesque
4.0 out of 5 stars Du film à la Comédie Musicale
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2020
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Cette adaptation du classique d'Hollywood «White Christmas» pour en faire un Musical de Broadway n'est pas mal du tout. Bien sûr l'histoire est remaniée, ce n'est pas un copier coller du film, de nouvelles chansons s'ajoutent et d'autres sont retirées, mais ça apporte un petit vent de renouveau. Au niveau de l'interprétation, rien à y redire. Les chanteurs sont très bons.
Cette comédie musicale nous fait passer un bon moment. Ce sera un défi de ne pas fredonner «Sister», «Snow», What can you do with a general», «The old man» ou encore le classique des classique «White Christmas» tout en écoutant cet album.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great CD
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2018
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Loved the stage musical and am now loving the CD. Great recording and so good to hear these Irving Berlin classics.
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