Highly Recommended Album: MY FAVORITE THINGS: THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Concord Theatricals)

The 42-track live recording of My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80^th Anniversary Concert will be released on double CD and digital platforms worldwide on Friday, May 31. The star-studded new album is now available to preorder on CD HERE.

Audra McDonald

Celebrating the historic partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the album features iconic songs from The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Oklahoma! and more, recorded live by stars of the stage and screen at the landmark December 2023 event in London.

Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert Ensemble

The concert was recorded on Tuesday, December 12 at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End productions of Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.

Patrick Wilson

Beginning with their first collaboration on Oklahoma! in 1943, Rodgers and Hammerstein revolutionized Broadway by integrating music and dance with well-crafted storylines to create a cohesive new form of musical theater. With a string of blockbusters Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music, the duo garnered 34 Tony Awards along with 15 Academy Awards for their film adaptations.

Marisha Wallace

In tandem with the album release, a condensed version of the filmed concert will premiere on PBS as a part of their “Great Performances” programming on May 31. Learn more HERE.

Maria Friedman and Daniel Dae Kim

Directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary features the 40-piece Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Orchestra, conducted by music supervisor Simon Lee, and an all-star case, headlined by Joanna Ampil; Michael Ball; Daniel Dae Kim; Maria Friedman; Audra McDonald; Julian Ovenden; Lucy St. Louis; Aaron Tveit; Marisha Wallace; and Patrick Wilson, with additional surprise appearances by Rita Moreno and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Also featured are Anna-Jane Casey, Lily Kerhoas, Jonny Labey, and Jordan Shaw, among others.

Lucy St. Louis

Album Track List:

1. Overture from Oklahoma!– Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
2. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ – Patrick Wilson
3. My Favorite Things – Audra McDonald
4. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Patrick Wilson
5. I Cain’t Say No – Marsha Wallace
6. Out of My Dreams – Lily Kerhoas
7. Mister Snow – Audra McDonald
8. June is Bustin’ Out All Over – Anna-Jane Casey and Ensemble
9. What’s the Use of Wond’rin’? – Lily Kerhoas
10. Soliloquy – Aaron Tveit
11. It Might as Well Be Spring – Lucy St. Louis
12. Love, Look Away – Joanna Ampil
13. The Gentleman is a Dope – Marisha Wallace
14. No Other Love – Jordan Shaw
15. Something Wonderful – Joanna Ampil
16. You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught – Aaron Tveit
17. Younger Than Springtime – Aaron Tveit
18. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair – Marisha Wallace and Ensemble
19. A Wonderful Guy – Lucy St. Louis
20. This Nearly Was Mine – Julian Ovenden
21. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Michael Ball
22. Entr’acte from South Pacific– Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
23. There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame – Jordan Shaw and Ensemble
24. I Have Dreamed / We Kiss In A Shadow – Joanna Ampil
25. A Puzzlement – Daniel Dae Kim
26. Hello, Young Lovers – Maria Friedman
27. Shall We Dance? – Maria Friedman and Daniel Dae Kim
28. If I Loved You – Lily Kerhoas and Patrick Wilson
29. In My Own Little Corner – Joanna Ampil
30. Ten Minutes Ago – Aaron Tveit
31. Impossible / It’s Possible – Anna-Jane Casey and Marisha Wallace
32. All At Once You Love Her – Julien Ovenden
33. Kansas City – Jonny Labey and Ensemble
34. Some Enchanted Evening – Michael Ball
35. The Sound of Music – Lucy St. Louis
36. Do-Re-Mi – Ensemble
37. The Lonely Goatherd – Anna-Jane Casey
38. Something Good – Maria Friedman
39. Edelweiss – Ensemble
40. Climb Ev’ry Mountain – Audra McDonald
41. Oklahoma – Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
42. Carousel Waltz – Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra

Aaron Tviet