The 42-track live recording of My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th 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:
- Overture from Oklahoma!– Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ – Patrick Wilson
- My Favorite Things – Audra McDonald
- The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Patrick Wilson
- I Cain’t Say No – Marsha Wallace
- Out of My Dreams – Lily Kerhoas
- Mister Snow – Audra McDonald
- June is Bustin’ Out All Over – Anna-Jane Casey and Ensemble
- What’s the Use of Wond’rin’? – Lily Kerhoas
- Soliloquy – Aaron Tveit
- It Might as Well Be Spring – Lucy St. Louis
- Love, Look Away – Joanna Ampil
- The Gentleman is a Dope – Marisha Wallace
- No Other Love – Jordan Shaw
- Something Wonderful – Joanna Ampil
- You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught – Aaron Tveit
- Younger Than Springtime – Aaron Tveit
- I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair – Marisha Wallace and Ensemble
- A Wonderful Guy – Lucy St. Louis
- This Nearly Was Mine – Julian Ovenden
- You’ll Never Walk Alone – Michael Ball
- Entr’acte from South Pacific– Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
- There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame – Jordan Shaw and Ensemble
- I Have Dreamed / We Kiss In A Shadow – Joanna Ampil
- A Puzzlement – Daniel Dae Kim
- Hello, Young Lovers – Maria Friedman
- Shall We Dance? – Maria Friedman and Daniel Dae Kim
- If I Loved You – Lily Kerhoas and Patrick Wilson
- In My Own Little Corner – Joanna Ampil
- Ten Minutes Ago – Aaron Tveit
- Impossible / It’s Possible – Anna-Jane Casey and Marisha Wallace
- All At Once You Love Her – Julien Ovenden
- Kansas City – Jonny Labey and Ensemble
- Some Enchanted Evening – Michael Ball
- The Sound of Music – Lucy St. Louis
- Do-Re-Mi – Ensemble
- The Lonely Goatherd – Anna-Jane Casey
- Something Good – Maria Friedman
- Edelweiss – Ensemble
- Climb Ev’ry Mountain – Audra McDonald
- Oklahoma – Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
- Carousel Waltz – Rodgers & Hammerstein Orchestra
Aaron Tviet