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Title: Nice orchestra. Shame about the cast, though...
Review: In my opinion, Carousel is the best R&H play written (I usually find their work to be overly fluffy). As such, I really did not like this recording. Katrina Murphy was great, the orchestra was great, and Meg Johnson was decent, but how in the world did Joanna Riding and Michael Hayden ever make it into a musical? Neither of them could sing to save their lives, and I've heard high schoolers perform "If I Loved You" better than that. Barbara Cook sounded like a better Julie on her recording, and she was 60 and I hate Barbara Cook!! In short, avoid this recording like the plague, get the original cast or the Broadway revival and lets just forget this little musical disaster ever happened.
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