100 Best Songs from the Musicals
Various Artists
May 21, 2012
Popularity
28%
Number of Tracks
100
Label
Warner Classics
Copyright
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd
UPC
5099932734652
| # | Track | Artist | Key | Camelot | BPM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: There's No Business Like Show Business | Irving Berlin, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn, David Garrison, David Healy, Thomas Hampson | D♭ Major | 3B | 146 |
| 1 | | Can You Feel The Love Tonight (From 'The Lion King') | Elton John, Tim Rice, Martine McCutcheon, Simon Lee | E♭ Major | 5B | 133 |
| 1 | | New York, New York from on the Town - 1995 Remaster | Leonard Bernstein, Dennis Lotis, Lionel Blair, Shane Rimmer, Geoff Love & His Orchestra | E♭ Major | 5B | 177 |
| 1 | | Schönberg, Claude-Michel: I Dreamed a Dream (from "Les Misérables") | Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lesley Garrett, Philip Ellis, BBC Concert Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 89 |
| 1 | | High Flying Adored (Evita) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Matthew Goodgame/Donna Hazelton/Air Studios Orchestra/Gareth Valentine, Gareth Valentine | F Major | 7B | 126 |
| 1 | | Overture from Chicago...All that Jazz (Chicago) | Fred Ebb, John Harold Kander, Donna Hazelton/Matthew Goodgame/Warren Sollars/Rebecca Dent/Caroline Graham/Air Studios Orchestra/Gareth Valentine, Gareth Valentine | E Major | 12B | 124 |
| 2 | | Bring Him Home | Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | F Major | 7B | 180 |
| 2 | | Porter: Anything Goes, Act I: Anything Goes | Cole Porter, John McGlinn, Bruce Hubbard, Bryan Landrine, Del-Bourree Bach, Kim Criswell, Michael B. Wailing, London Symphony Orchestra | A Major | 11B | 181 |
| 2 | | Over the Rainbow | Becky Jane Taylor/Simon Hale | D♭ Major | 3B | 76 |
| 2 | | The Music Of The Night - The Phantom Of The Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | D♭ Major | 3B | 165 |
| 2 | | Reviewing the Situation - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra, Stanley Holloway | C Major | 8B | 156 |
| 2 | | Porter: Kiss Me, Kate, Act II: Brush up Your Shakespeare | Cole Porter, Dame Josephine Barstow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, George Dvorsky, Damon Evans, Karla Burns, Ambrosian Singers, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta, David Garrison, Robert Nichols | E♭ Major | 5B | 138 |
| 3 | | Me and My Girl (From 'Me and My Girl') | Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Noel Gay, Robert Lindsay/Emma Thompson, Ian Hughes, Adelphi Theatre Orchestra | B♭ Major | 6B | 98 |
| 3 | | You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra, Stanley Holloway | A Minor | 8A | 86 |
| 3 | | Falling in Love with Love (The Boys from Syarcuse) | Richard Rodgers, John McGlinn, London Symphony Orchestra, Frederica von Stade, Ambrosian Chorus | D♭ Major | 3B | 136 |
| 3 | | Porter: Can-Can, Act II: I Love Paris | Cole Porter, John McGlinn, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta | G Major | 9B | 88 |
| 3 | | Wouldn't It Be Loverly (From 'My Fair Lady') | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Martine McCutcheon, Simon Lee | F Major | 7B | 119 |
| 3 | | Losing My Mind (Follies) | Stephen Sondheim, Donna Hazelton/Air Studios Orchestra/Gareth Valentine, Gareth Valentine | D♭ Major | 3B | 97 |
| 4 | | Food, Glorious Food - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra | C Major | 8B | 134 |
| 4 | | The Winner Takes It All (From 'Mamma Mia') | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Andersson, Martine McCutcheon, Simon Lee | F♯ Major | 2B | 125 |
| 4 | | Oom-Pah-Pah - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra, Alma Cogan | A Major | 11B | 175 |
| 4 | | Carmen Jones, Act II: Stan' up and fight (Husky, Customers) | Georges Bizet, Wilhelmenia Fernandez/Sharon Benson/Damon Evans/Michael Austin/Gregg Baker/Karen Parks/José Garcia/Clive Rowe/Danny John Jules/Carolyn Sebron/Wendy Brown/Orchestra/Henry Lewis/Chorus/Llewellyn Rayappen/Robin Jones, Henry Lewis, Orchestra | A Major | 11B | 88 |
| 4 | | Do-Re-Mi (From 'The Sound of Music') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Jean Bayless/Children's Chorus/Palace Theatre Orchestra/Robert Lowe, Robert Lowe, Orchestra | D Major | 10B | 122 |
| 4 | | I Enjoy Being a Girl - From 'Flower Drum Song' | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Original London Cast | D Major | 10B | 100 |
| 5 | | Chim Chim Cher-ee (From "Mary Poppins") | Richard Morton Sherman, Robert Bernard Sherman, Barbara Hendricks, Jonathan Tunick | C Minor | 5A | 184 |
| 5 | | West Side Story, Act 1: Maria from West Side Story - 1995 Remaster | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, David Holliday/Alyn Ainsworth & His Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 82 |
| 5 | | The New Moon [five numbers] (A romantic musical play in two acts · Book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel & Laurence Schwab) (2005 - Remaster), Act II: Lover come back to me (You went away, I let you) (Marianne) | Sigmund Romberg, Rita Williams Singers/Tony Osborne & His Orchestra | G Major | 9B | 92 |
| 5 | | She Loves Me (From 'She Loves Me') | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, London Cast Of 'She Loves Me' | F♯ Major | 2B | 144 |
| 5 | | Lady in the Dark: Jenny | Kurt Weill, Kim Criswell/Ambrosian Singers/London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | C Major | 8B | 111 |
| 5 | | Soliloquy (Carousel) | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | A Minor | 8A | 129 |
| 6 | | Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun, Act II: Anything You Can Do | Irving Berlin, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn, Thomas Hampson | C Major | 8B | 147 |
| 6 | | Perchance to Dream (2005 Remaster): We'll gather lilacs | Ivor Novello, Moira Anderson/Robin Stapleton & His Orchestra | F Major | 7B | 62 |
| 6 | | Rodgers: Pal Joey: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Vera Simpson) | Frederica von Stade, London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn | C Major | 8B | 94 |
| 6 | | You Are Beautiful - From 'Flower Drum Song' | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Original London Cast | F Major | 7B | 86 |
| 6 | | Any Dream Will Do (From 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat') | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [1979 Cast Recording], Geoff Love & His Orchestra | C Major | 8B | 117 |
| 6 | | Weill: Knickerbocker Holiday, Act 1: September Song, "When I was a young man courting the girls" (Pieter Stuyvesant) | Kurt Weill, Kevin Colson, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn | F Major | 7B | 80 |
| 7 | | If I Loved You (from "Carousel") | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, John Raitt | C Major | 8B | 76 |
| 7 | | Seventy-Six Trombones from the Music Man - 1995 Remaster | Meredith Willson, Van Johnson/Gareth Davies/Orchestra, Gareth Davies, Orchestra | E♭ Major | 5B | 122 |
| 7 | | I Won't Send Roses | Jerry Herman, Mack | F Major | 7B | 85 |
| 7 | | Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From 'The Sound of Music') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Constance Shacklock, Palace Theatre Orchestra, Robert Lowe, Orchestra | C Major | 8B | 90 |
| 7 | | Bizet / Russell Bennett: Carmen Jones (Musical Play by Oscar Hammerstein II after Bizet), Act 1: "Beat out dat rhythm on a drum" (Frankie, Chorus) | Georges Bizet, Mike Sammes Singers/New World Show Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn, Kenneth Alwyn, The New World Show Orchestra | A Minor | 8A | 120 |
| 7 | | Bernstein: Candide, Act I: "Glitter and Be Gay" (Cunégonde) | Leonard Bernstein, Natalie Dessay, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis | B♭ Minor | 3A | 149 |
| 8 | | Porter: Anything Goes, Act I: I Get a Kick Out of You | Cole Porter, Kim Criswell, London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn | C Major | 8B | 156 |
| 8 | | Don't Cry for Me Argentina | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Ruthie Henshall | B Major | 1B | 139 |
| 8 | | Bizet / Russell Bennett: Carmen Jones (Musical Play by Oscar Hammerstein II after Bizet), Act 1: "Dat's Love - I won't pick out a man" (Carmen, Chorus) | Georges Bizet, Mike Sammes Singers/New World Show Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn, Kenneth Alwyn, The New World Show Orchestra | A Minor | 8A | 120 |
| 8 | | Standing on the Corner (From 'The Most Happy Fella') | Frank Loesser, Jack DeLon/Peter Rhodes/Alan Thomas/John Lloyd Parry/Coliseum Theatre Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn, Orchestra | C Major | 8B | 123 |
| 9 | | The Impossible Dream (from "Man Of LaMancha") | Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh, John Raitt | E♭ Major | 5B | 71 |
| 9 | | Les Misérables: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables | Boubil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lambert Wilson, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, John McGlinn | D Minor | 7A | 92 |
| 9 | | Gigi (Gigi) | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | E♭ Major | 5B | 178 |
| 9 | | Porter: Gay Divorce, Act I: Night and Day | Cole Porter, Thomas Hampson, Ambrosian Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn | F Major | 7B | 142 |
| 9 | | Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: They Say It's Wonderful | Irving Berlin, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn, Thomas Hampson | E♭ Major | 5B | 88 |
| 10 | | Feed the Birds (From "Mary Poppins") | Richard Morton Sherman, Robert Bernard Sherman, Barbara Hendricks, Jonathan Tunick | B♭ Major | 6B | 84 |
| 10 | | Romberg: The Student Prince, Act 1: "Deep in My Heart, Dear" (Kathie, Prince) | Sigmund Romberg, The Linden Singers, Ian Humphris, Sinfonia Of London, John Hollingsworth | G Major | 9B | 62 |
| 10 | | Johanna (Sweeney Todd) | Stephen Sondheim, Lambert Wilson - John Mcglinn - Orchestre Philharmonic de Monte Carlo, John McGlinn, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra | E♭ Major | 5B | 105 |
| 10 | | Ice Cream (From 'She Loves Me') | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, London Cast Of 'She Loves Me' | E Major | 12B | 130 |
| 10 | | The Sound of Music (From 'The Sound of Music') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Jean Bayless/Palace Theatre Orchestra/Robert Lowe | G Major | 9B | 95 |
| 11 | | Gershwin / Orch. Russell Bennett: I Got Rhythm (From "Girl Crazy") | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn | G Minor | 6A | 86 |
| 11 | | King's Rhapsody [two numbers] (2005 - Remaster): Some day my heart will awake (Act I) | Ivor Novello, Moira Anderson/Robin Stapleton & His Orchestra | C Minor | 5A | 95 |
| 11 | | Consider Yourself - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Dennis Waterman, Tony Tanner, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra | G Major | 9B | 121 |
| 11 | | Comedy Tonight (From 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum') | Stephen Sondheim, Frankie Howerd/Alyn Ainsworth/Strand Theatre Orchestra, Alyn Ainsworth, Orchestra | G Major | 9B | 118 |
| 11 | | As Long as He Needs Me - From 'Oliver' | Lionel Bart, Tony Osborne & His Orchestra, Alma Cogan | F Major | 7B | 81 |
| 11 | | Once in Love with Amy | Frank Loesser, Norman Wisdom, Michael Collins, Orchestra | B Major | 1B | 73 |
| 12 | | Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: My Defenses Are Down | Irving Berlin, Kim Criswell, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn, Thomas Hampson | D♭ Minor | 12A | 116 |
| 12 | | Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) | Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Matz, Richard Rodgers, Samuel Ramey/National Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Matz, National Philharmonic Orchestra | B♭ Major | 6B | 81 |
| 12 | | Leaning on a Lamp Post (From 'Me and My Girl') | Noel Gay, Robert Lindsay, Ian Hughes, Adelphi Theatre Orchestra | F Major | 7B | 112 |
| 12 | | If I Can't Love Her | Alan Menken, Tim Rice, Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | F Major | 7B | 94 |
| 12 | | Kern: Very Warm for May, Act 1: "All the Things You Are" (Ogdon Quiler, Liz Spofford, Carroll, Charles) | Jerome Kern, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta, Ambrosian Chorus, Jeanne Lehman, Cris Groenendaal, Rebecca Luker, George Dvorsky | C Major | 8B | 128 |
| 13 | | Tap Your Troubles Away | Herman, Lottie, Company Of 'Mack & Mabel' | C Minor | 5A | 95 |
| 13 | | Oh, what a beautiful mornin' from Oklahoma! (arr. Matz) | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Samuel Ramey/National Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Matz, Peter Matz, National Philharmonic Orchestra | E Minor | 9A | 82 |
| 13 | | Porter: Kiss Me, Kate, Act I: Wunderbar | Cole Porter, Dame Josephine Barstow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, George Dvorsky, Damon Evans, Karla Burns, Ambrosian Singers, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta, Josephine Barstow | A♭ Major | 4B | 90 |
| 13 | | Loewe, Frederick: Brigadoon, Act 1: "The Heather on the Hill" (Tommy, Fiona) | Frederick Loewe, Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker, London Sinfonietta, Nona Liddell, John McGlinn | E♭ Major | 5B | 98 |
| 13 | | Wherever He Ain't | Herman, Mabel | F♯ Minor | 11A | 118 |
| 13 | | My Favourite Things (From 'The Sound of Music') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Jean Bayless/Constance Shacklock/Palace Theatre Orchestra/Robert Lowe | C Major | 8B | 179 |
| 14 | | Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Julie, Magnolia, Queenie, Joe, Servants) | Jerome Kern, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | E♭ Major | 5B | 141 |
| 14 | | Edelweiss (From 'The Sound of Music') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Roger Dann/Jean Bayless/Children's Chorus/Palace Theatre Orchestra/Robert Lowe | A♭ Major | 4B | 173 |
| 14 | | Porter: Anything Goes, Act I: You're The Top | Cole Porter, Kim Criswell, London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn, Cris Groenendaal | F Major | 7B | 83 |
| 14 | | Kern: Show Boat, Act 2: "Why Do I Love You?" (Magnolia, Ravenal, Chorus, Cap'n Andy, Parthy Ann Hawks) | Jerome Kern, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | A Major | 11B | 95 |
| 14 | | Once You Lose Your Heart (From 'Me and My Girl') | Noel Gay, Emma Thompson | D♭ Major | 3B | 129 |
| 15 | | Show Boat (highlights) (Musical play in two acts based on the novel by Edna Ferber · Book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II · Lyrics for 'Bill' by P. G. Wodehouse & Oscar Hammerstein II) (2005 - Remaster), Act II: Bill (I used to dream that | Jerome Kern, Rita Williams Singers, Michael Collins & His Orchestra | D Major | 10B | 70 |
| 15 | | My Fair Lady: I could have danced all night from My Fair Lady (1995 Digital Remaster) - 1995 Remastered Version | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Anne Rogers/Alyn Ainsworth & His Orchestra | C Major | 8B | 79 |
| 15 | | Loewe, Frederick: Brigadoon, Act 1: "Almost Like Being in Love" (Tommy, Fiona) | Frederick Loewe, Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker, London Sinfonietta, Nona Liddell, John McGlinn | B♭ Major | 6B | 80 |
| 15 | | Porter: Kiss Me, Kate, Act II: Where is the Life That Late I Led? | Cole Porter, Dame Josephine Barstow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, George Dvorsky, Damon Evans, Karla Burns, Ambrosian Singers, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | D Minor | 7A | 77 |
| 15 | | If Ever I Would Leave You (Camelot) | Thomas Hampson, Paul Gemignani, American Theater Orchestra | D♭ Major | 3B | 89 |
| 15 | | The Lambeth Walk | Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Noel Gay, Robert Lindsay/Emma Thompson | C Major | 8B | 95 |
| 16 | | Bernstein: Wonderful Town, Act I: "Ohio" (Ruth Sherwood, Eileen Sherwood) | Leonard Bernstein, Sir Simon Rattle, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group | D♭ Major | 3B | 144 |
| 16 | | Don't Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl) | Bob Merrill, Jule Styne, Donna Hazelton/Air Studios Orchestra/Gareth Valentine, Gareth Valentine | A Major | 11B | 74 |
| 16 | | Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Joe, Stevedores) | Jerome Kern, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | C Major | 8B | 110 |
| 16 | | Porter: Anything Goes, Act II: Blow, Gabriel, Blow | Cole Porter, John McGlinn, Kim Criswell, London Symphony Orchestra | A Minor | 8A | 117 |
| 16 | | Porter: Kiss Me, Kate, Act II: So in Love | Cole Porter, Dame Josephine Barstow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, George Dvorsky, Damon Evans, Karla Burns, Ambrosian Singers, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta | A♭ Major | 4B | 86 |
| 17 | | Youmans: No, No, Nanette, Act 2: "Tea For Two" (Nanette, Tom) | Vincent Youmans, John McGlinn, London Sinfonietta, Ambrosian Chorus, George Dvorsky, Rebecca Luker | A♭ Major | 4B | 64 |
| 17 | | One (Chorus Line) | Marvin Hamlisch, Donna Hazelton/Matthew Goodgame/Warren Sollars/Rebecca Dent/Caroline Graham/Craig Berry/Debralee Burns/Alex Hogg/Kerry Newton/Mike Noble/Air Studios Orchestra/Gareth Valentine, Gareth Valentine | B♭ Major | 6B | 120 |
| 17 | | The Time Warp | Richard O'Brien, Riff & Raff/Columbia Magenta | D Major | 10B | 96 |
| 17 | | You'll Never Walk Alone (From 'Carousel') | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Shirley Chapman/Sam Fonteyn, Sam Fonteyn, Orchestra | F Major | 7B | 89 |