1987

Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing, Let ‘Em Eat Cake

Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York Choral Artists

The Brooklyn Academy of Music staged concert versions of these two Gershwin political musicals of the 30s, one a sequel of the other, with Michael Tilson Thomas as music director and conductor and a cast including Maureen McGovern, Larry Kert, and Jack Gilford. The result is an exquisite recording that restores valuable Gershwin material to the record racks.

- William Ruhlmann, AllMusic Review

Track listing:

Of Thee I Sing
1-1 Overture 4:29
Act I
1-2 Wintergreen For President 1:30
1-3 Who Is The Luck Girl To Be? 1:28
1-4 The Dimple On My Knee 1:32
1-5 Because, Because 1:19
1-6 Never Was There A Girl So Far 5:01
1-7 Some Girls Can Bake A Pie 1:43
1-8 Love Is Sweeping The Country 3:36
1-9 Of Thee I Sing 2:05
Finale Act I
1-10 Supreme Court Judges 2:36
1-11 A Kiss For Cinderella 9:12
Act II
1-12 Hello, Good Morning 3:37
1-13 Who Cares? 2:21
1-14 The Illegitimate Daughter 6:26
1-15 Who Cares? 0:59
1-16 The Senator From Minnesota 2:19
1-17 The Senate 2:08
1-18 Jilted 5:40
1-19 Posterity Is Just Around The Corner 1:15
1-20 Trumpeter Blow Your Golden Horn 4:00
1-21 Finale Ultimo 3:57
1-22 Of Thee I Sing 1:23

Let ‘Em Eat Cake
2-1 Overture 7:12
Act I
2-2 Tweedledee For President 4:42
2-3 Union Square 4:34
2-4 Shirts By The Millions 2:31
2-5 Comes The Revolution 2:44
2-6 Mine 3:13
2-7 Climb Up The Social Ladder 2:08
2-8 The Union League 2:39
2-9 On And On And On 2:52
Finale Act I
2-10 Introduction 0:41
2-11 I’ve Brushed My Teeth 3:36
2-12 The General’s Gone To A Party 1:14
2-13 Mothers Of The Nation 5:35
2-14 Let ‘Em Eat Cake 2:06
Act II
2-15 Blue, Blue, Blue 3:57
2-16 Who’s The Greatest? 1:15
2-17 The League Of Nations 1:04
2-18 No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh! 0:31
2-19 When Nations Get Together 1:23
2-20 Why Speak Of Money? 3:35
2-21 Up And At ‘Em 1:45
2-22 That’s What He Did 1:39
2-23 I Know A Foul Ball 1:29
2-24 Throttle Throttlebottom 1:01
2-25 It Isn’t What You Did 2:25
2-26 Mine 1:07
2-27 First Lady And First Gent 1:43
2-28 Hanging Throttlebottom In The Morning 1:56
2-29 Fasion Show 2:16
2-30 Finale Ultimo 1:21

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