[1] Tradition (Topol & Company) - 7:51
[2] Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Gardner, Linda) - 3:31
[3] If I Were a Rich Man (Topol) - 5:09
[4] Sabbath Prayer (Company/Karlin) - 2:38
[5] To Life (Lane, Maurice) - 4:20
[6] Miracle of Miracles (Lynn, Jonathan) - 1:56
[7] Tevye's Dream (Clifton, Heather ) - 6:19
[8] Sunrise, Sunset (Company/Karlin) - 3:24
[9] Bottle Dance (Orchestra) - 3:33
[10] Now I Have Everything (Eles, Sandor) - 2:00
[11] Do You Love Me? (Karlin, Miriam) - 3:10
[12] Far from the Home I Love (Gardner, Linda) - 2:50
[13] Anatevka (Grenville, Cynthi) - 3:34
Fiddler On The Roof ist einer der großen Broadway-Klassiker. Das
Musical, das auf den Geschichten von Sholem Aleichem basiert, erzählt
die humorvolle und herzzerreißende Geschichte vom Milchmann Tevje, der
die Schlichtheiten seines traditionellen Lebens zu bewahren versucht,
sogar als seine Töchter erwachsen werden und Rußland auf die Revolution
zusteuert. Viele der Lieder von Jerry Bock und Sheldon Harnick sind
Marksteine der Popkultur geworden, zu denen "Tradition", "If I Were a
Rich Man" und "Sunrise, Sunset" gehören. Als Tevje übernimmt Zero
Mostel die Hauptrolle in der original 1964er Broadway-Besetzung und
dominiert sie - zeitweise - mit unerschütterlicher Angeberei und
Getöse. Die junge Julia Migenes spielt seine mittlere Tochter Hodel,
und die unter uns, die Bert Convy nur als Spielshow-Moderator kennen,
werden von seiner angenehmen Stimme als ihr Freier überrascht sein. Die
CD enthält zwei bis vor kurzem unveröffentlichte Songs, jedoch nicht
die Texte.
David Horiuchi, Amazon.de
Original Broadway cast recording of Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock's
massively successful musical based on Sholem Aleichem's stories about
poor Russian Jews at the turn of the century, starring Zero Mostel, who
gets to sing such songs as "Tradition," "If I Were a Rich Man," and "To
Life." One of the great musicals of all time, this album was a Top Ten,
gold-selling hit. (Note: This edition is a 1986 CD reissue containing
two previously unreleased tracks. The still-in-print cassette version,
RCA 1005, does not contain these new songs.)
William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide
Fiddler on the Roof first opened in 1964 in New York. The story of a
Jewish milkman who lives in Russia with his family (including three
daughters), the original Broadway cast starred Zero Mostel as the
milkman. Anti-Semetic notions abound as Tevye and his family find
themselves being forced from their village. Tevye's daughters break
from their village's "tradition" as they marry for love, not for
prosperity. Throughout all of this, a symbolic fiddler lingers over
them. Fiddler on the Roof was a notable success, with the original
Broadway cast running for over 3, 000 performances. It was also the
origin of several famous and now-standard songs, such as "Sunrise,
Sunset," "Matchmaker," "Tradition" and "If I Were a Rich Man." The
music is beautiful, and haunting at moments. This is the original
London cast recording and features Israeli actor/singer Topol in the
starring role of Tevye. Topol has since gone on to play the part on
film and in a Broadway revival, which means his version is by now more
familiar than that of the role's originator, Mostel. Topol's Tevye is
notably less comic than Mostel's, but he brings great warmth to his
performance, and this, not the film soundtrack, is his definitive
rendition.
William Ruhlmann and Sarah Erlewine, All-Music Guide
