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Title: Delectable
Review: If you are attracted to old Broadway standards sung by today's opera singers, you don't know what you're missing if you haven't heard Earl Wrightson. He has a strong baritone voice, similar to Alfred Drake's, but manages to use it with far more agility and sensitivity than opera singers do when they perform Broadway repertoire. Lois Hunt sings superbly, too, although without the last bit of distinctiveness that characterizes Wrightson. Percy Faith's contribution here is entirely welcome. His orchestrations are lush and vigorous, complementing the two singers admirably. A highlight of the CD is Ol' Man River, in what is probably the best version I have heard after Paul Robeson's. If you are unfamiliar with the era of Kern and Romberg, this is a perfect introduction to it, while afficianados of that period are advised that this is a fine representative of that style.
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