[.ca] Song of Norway

I can actually UNDERSTAND this version!:
After having to make do with the unauthorized, horribly mastered Box Office Records version, I'm happy that Decca Broadway has seen fit to go into their vaults and make a crystal-clear CD of Song of Norway using the original masters. The sound quality is excellent! I can actually comprehend what the singers are saying and I can hear every intrument in the orchestra! Anybody who has a Box Office Reords version of this show needs to promptly destroy it and pick up the OFFICIAL CD!

Error in the mastering:
The CD is wonderful to finally hear. However, there is an error in the mastering of the Decca CD. The finale appears 2 times at the end of the CD taking up 2 of the final 3 tracks instead of the last track as it should have been. I assume that Decca will become aware and remaster the CD correctly. I guess this will become a minor collector's item because of the mistake. What is on the CD is a joy to hear after all these years. The music is beautifully sung in spite of the age of material. The earlier CD issued years ago was impossible to listen to.

• Prelude and Legend (A-Minor Concerto) - Robert Shafer
• Hill of Dreams (A-Minor Concerto) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Robert Shafer
• Freddy and His Fiddle (Norwegian Dance No. 2, Op. 35) - Kent Edwards, Gwen Jones, Chorus
• Now (Waltz Op. 12 and Violin Sonata No. 2) - Kitty Carlisle, , Chorus
• Strange Music (Nocturne and Wedding Day in Troldhaugen) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks
• Midsummer's Eve ('Twas on a Lovely Even in June and Scherzo in E Minor) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, , Robert Shafer, Chorus
• March of the Trollgers (Mountaineers' Song, Halling in G Minor, ...) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, , Robert Shafer, Chorus
• Hymn of Betrothal (To Spring - Finale of Act 1) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, , Ivy Scott, Robert Shafer, Chorus
• Bon Vivant (Water Lily) - Sig Arno, Lawrence Brooks, , Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott, Chorus
• Three Loves (Albumblatt and Poem Erotique) - Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, , Chorus
• (Finaletto) Down Your Tea - Kitty Carlisle
• Finaletto, Pt. 2 - Nordraak's Farewell (Springtide)/Reprise of Three L - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, Kitty Carlisle, , Robert Shafer, Chorus
• I Love You (Ich Liebe Dich) - Helena Bliss, , Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott, Chorus
• At Christmastime (Woodland Wanderings) - Helena Bliss, Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott
• Song of Norway (Finale) - Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks