Description
Peter Pan celebrates his 100th birthday in December 2004 and Sepia Records is commemorating his centenary with this compilation CD containing 27 tracks from various productions of âPeter Panâ. All tracks have been digitally re-mastered utilising the 24 Bit Cedar system.
The CD begins with 2 tracks recorded in 1929 featuring John Crook's music from the original 1904 stage production performed by the J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. The 6 sides recorded in 1940 with Jean Forbes-Robertson as Peter and Dinah Sheridan as Wendy follow. Hollywood star Jean Arthur played âPeter Panâ on Broadway in 1950 with Boris Karloff as Captain Hook in a production with songs by Leonard Bernstein and we have included the 6 songs, plus selections from a special adaptation for children featuring most of the 1950 Broadway cast.
1953 saw the Walt Disney cartoon feature of âPeter Panâ with new songs and included here are âcover versionsâ from the soundtrack performed by Doris Day, Hermione Gingold, Jean Carson and The Sandpipers, and we end the CD with âPeter Pan, I Love Youâ, a song not featured in any âPeter Panâ production but written as a tribute to Peter Pan in the 1920s.
This CD and booklet containing rare photographs and images is a fitting tribute to Peter Pan and we hope that these historical recordings will take the listener on part of Peter's journey, at least for the first 50 years or so.
Additional Details
Label: Sepia Records
Genre: Musical/Broadway
Release Date: 10/05/04
UPC: 842704003723
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