Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Ain't It De Truth? | 3:15 |
| 2 | Tess's Torch Song | 3:57 |
| 3 | I Must Have That Man! | 3:30 |
| 4 | Bambalele | 1:27 |
| 5 | I Wish I Were in Love Again | 3:00 |
| 6 | Supper Time | 2:50 |
| 7 | Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) | 5:05 |
| 8 | Beat My Dog | 2:17 |
| 9 | On a Turqoise Cloud | 3:22 |
| 10 | More Than You Know | 3:32 |
| 11 | See What I Wanna See | 2:12 |
| 12 | He Loves and She Loves | 3:45 |
| 13 | I Double Dare You | 2:23 |
| 14 | Lose That Long Face | 3:07 |
News & Reviews
- Thursday, December 11, 2008
"Revolutionary Road" Receives Four Golden Globe Nominations; Nonesuch to Release Soundtrack
Revolutionary Road has been nominated for four Golden Globe awards. The Sam Mendes–directed film adaptation of the landmark novel by Richard Yates is up for Best Motion Picture, Drama; Best Director for Mendes; Best Actor, Drama, Leonardo DiCaprio; and Best Actress, Drama, Kate Winslet. Nonesuch will release the film's soundtrack on December 23, with original music by Thomas Newman, plus three songs from the film’s era by The Ravens, The Orioles, and The Ink Spots. Also nominated for a Golden Globe, for Best Motion Picture Made for Television, is A Raisin in the Sun, starring Audra McDonald, Sean Combs, and Phylicia Rashad.
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Audra McDonald to Join Barbara Cook in Concert for Special America Votes Benefit
Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner and famed Sondheim interpreter Barbara Cook for a very special concert event titled Audra McDonald & Barbara Cook: Broadway Voices for Change, on Sunday, October 19, at 8 PM, at New York's Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Proceeds from the event will benefit America Votes, the largest grassroots voter mobilization effort in the US, supporting a broad economic and social justice agenda.
About this Album
Following the birth of her daughter, Audra wanted to do an album that expressed the joy she was feeling. She decided to devote a CD to songs from the 1930s and early '40s: a time when music provided the kind of uplift and optimism that people so badly needed.
The new album includes selections by such classic songwriters as Harold Arlen, Vincent Youmans, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and George & Ira Gershwin, with new arrangements that evoke the era. Continuing her longstanding commitment to new composers, Audra has also included songs by Michael John LaChiusa and Jay Leonhart. Happy Songs follows two previous widely successful releases for the label, How Glory Goes (2000) and her label debut, Way Back to Paradise (1998).
Audra made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on November 2, 2002, performing selections from Happy Songs with a full band. An earlier New York performance had prompted New York Times critic Stephen Holden to proclaim Audra “a meteoric talent with a promise comparable to that of the young Streisand.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Audra McDonald, vocals
Ted Sperling, conductor
Violin: Suzanne Ornstein, concertmistress; Cecelia Hobbs, Laura Oatts, Andrew Stein (soloist on 6, 7, 11), Belinda Whitney, Xin Zhao
Viola: Michael Nicholas, Debra Shufelt
Cello: Adam Grabois, Clay Ruede
Bass: Peter Donovan
Woodwinds: Lawrence Feldman, clarinet, alto saxophone, flute; Rick Heckman, clarinet, tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn, flute; Paul Sundfor, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo; Mark Thrasher, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone; Walter Weiskopf, clarinet
Trumpet: Craig Johnson, Larry Lunetta, Brian O'Flaherty
Trombone: Michael Boschen, Mark Patterson, Jack Schatz
French Horn: Chris Komer
Drums/percussion: William Hayes, David Ratajczak
Harp: Grace Paradise
Guitar/banjo: Kevin Kuhn
Piano/celeste: Lee Musiker, Ted Sperling
Vocal trio: Leo Daignault, Steven Freeman, David Engel
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Tommy Krasker
Recorded by Joel Moss
Recorded August 2001 at The Hit Factory, New York City
Assistant Engineers: Michael McCoy and Richard Johnson
Additional recording May 2002 at Sound on Sound Studios, New York City
Assistant Engineer: Bart Migal
Edited by Jan Folkson at Avatar Studios
Mixed by Tom Lazarus at Classic Sound Inc., New York City
Mastered by Scott Hull at Classic Sound Inc., New York City
Music Preparation: Donald Oliver, Chelsea Music Service, Inc.; and Emily Grishman Music Preparation
Orchestral Contractor: John Miller
Design by Jeri Heiden, SMOG
Cover image: Original Photograph: Washington, D.C., Greyhound Bus Terminal on the Day Before Christmas in the Waiting Room, 1941 by John Vachon; Photograph of Audra McDonald by Katie Murray; Digital composite by Showbran; Bruce Fizzell, consultant
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
