Recordings

State Fair and the 20th Century-Fox Songbook; Scarlett Strallen, Clare Teal, James Taylor, Derek Greten-Harrison, Michael Feinstein; BBC Singers; BBC Concert Orchestra; David Charles Abell, conductor. Dutton Epoch 2CDLX 7408 (March 2024)

41 ORIGINAL RESTORED FILM ORCHESTRATIONS

Featuring the world premiere stereo recording of the complete song score to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s State Fair (1945), as well as songs from:

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Something for the Boys (1944)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
The Gang's All Here (1943)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)

An Affair to Remember (1957)
April Love (1957)
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
Centennial Summer (1946)
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Do You Love Me (1946)
Doll Face (1945)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
I'll Get By (1950)

"It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” “It Might as Well Be Spring," and “All I Owe Iowa” from State Fair (1945); music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; arrangements by Maurice De Packh, Edward Powell, and Gene Rose/Arthur Morton, respectively.

“You’ll Never Know” from Hello, Frisco, Hello; music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon; arrangement by Conrad Salinger and Herbert Spencer.

“Run, Little Raindrop, Run” from Springtime in the Rockies; music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon; arrangement by David Raksin and Gene Rose.

“Cinderella Sue” from Centennial Summer; music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg; arrangement by Conrad Salinger and Arthur Morton.

“The More I See You” from Diamond Horseshoe; music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon; arrangement by Herbert Spencer.

All samples with BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by David Charles Abell.

Photos are from the recording sessions at Watford Colosseum, October 19-21 & 24-25, 2021.

Clare Teal and Derek Greten-Harrison meet and prepare to record the first take

Conductor David Charles Abell and Derek Greten-Harrison kick-off this epic project with a masked selfie

Clare Teal awaits the downbeat of "You'll Never Know," one of several Oscar-winning songs being recorded

Scarlett Strallen and Michael Feinstein record "Run, Little Raindrop, Run" with back-up vocals by Derek Greten-Harrison and Jimmy Taylor

The mammoth mixing desk furnished by our fabulous engineer, Mike Dutton

Clare Teal belting out a number with gorgeous support from the BBC Concert Orchestra

One of the vintage style ribbon microphones used to capture the soloist tracks

Derek Greten-Harrison and special guest soloist Michael Feinstein

Recording the "Main Title" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "State Fair"

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Something's Gotta Give; Sir Simon Keenlyside, baritone; Scarlett Strallen, soprano; BBC Concert Orchestra; David Charles Abell, conductor. Chandos 10838 (November 2014)

Restored songs:

"It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair (1945); music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; introduction arranged by Alfred Newman; introduction and verse orchestrated by Edward Powell; unused alternate version of chorus orchestrated by Conrad Salinger.

"It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas (1948); music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn; orchestrated by Ray Heindorf.

"Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs (1955); music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer; arranged by Walter Ruick; orchestrated by Skip Martin and Edward Powell.

Reconstructed songs:

"The Girl Next Door" from Athena (1954); music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane; arranged by Conrad Salinger; orchestrated by Robert Franklyn. Includes reconstructed portion of "The Boy Next Door" from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); orchestrated by Conrad Salinger.

Photos below are from the recording sessions at Watford Colosseum, March 3-5, 2014.