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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0021471906523 Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack Label: Drg Manufacturer: Drg Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Drg Release Date: June 08, 2004 Studio: Drg Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Liked CDI found the CD to be in good condition, and enjoyed listening to the music. Rating: - Where's the story?My musical comedy experience, aside from recordings, has been limited to movie translations (which often distort the real thing), community theater and dinner theater productions, and an occasional touring company. Therefore, I rely on the music to tell me the story. The music of "No Strings" does not. And, reading the accompanying notes and the professional reviews when the show first opened, it seems there was not much story anyway. Listening to it simply as music, three numbers do stand ... Read More Rating:  - Finally re-released!How nice to have No Strings available on CD again! A friend and I had searched for it several years ago to no avail. I certainly thought it would be issued at Richard Rodgers' centennial, since it was a milestone of sorts in his career. But it is here now and all is well. I like the "big band" kind of arrangement to this score (no strings), and I have always enjoyed Diahann Carroll. My favorite pieces here are Sweetest Sounds and No Strings, but I had forgotten some of the smaller pieces ... Read More Rating: - Richard Rodgers' best post-Hammerstein score.Despite some weak lyrics here and there, the score is the finest of Rodgers in the post-Hammerstein era. Capitol did a first-rate production of the original cast album and it remained in print for more than 20 years. Now, it has been brought back by DRG in a crisp sounding transfer. You'll have little trouble following the story as most of the songs are laundrey lists that give examples to support their titles, but the best tracks are provide enjoyable listening experiences: "The Sweetest ... Read More Rating:  - "No Strings" a two-ballad wonderI bought this album out of loyalty to two songs Richard Rodgers wrote for this show, the title tune and the opening and closing song, "The Sweetest Sounds." Both are great. There are also some OK songs--"Look No Further," for example. I don't know what happened to other reviewers--earwax in their iPods?-- but take their idea of "No Strings" as a great Rodgers score with a BIG grain of salt. Most of the other songs are completely forgetable (following Hammerstein's death Rodgers may have thought ... Read More |
