Fiddler on the Roof [Original Broadway Cast] [2003 Bonus Tracks]

1	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Prologue - Tradition 6:54
2	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Matchmaker 3:42
3	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~If I Were A Rich Man 4:54
4	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Sabbath Prayer 2:26
5	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~To Life 4:10
6	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Miracle of Miracles 2:01
7	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~The Dream 6:07
8	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Sunrise, Sunset 3:32
9	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Wedding Dance previously unreleased 2:12
10	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Now I Have Everything 2:03
11	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Do You Love Me? 3:07
12	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~The Rumor previously unreleased 1:51
13	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Far from the Home I Love 3:29
14	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Anatevka 3:13
15	Sheldon Harnick Introduces the song "When Messiah Comes" (Spoken Word) / Sheldon Harnick 0:48
16	When Messiah Comes (cut from "Fiddler on the Roof") / Sheldon Harnick Bonus Track 2:57
17	Sheldon Harnick Introduces the song "How Much Richer Could One Man be?" / Sheldon Harnick 0:17
18	How Much Richer Could One Man Be? (cut from "Fiddler on the Roof") / Sheldon Harnick Bonus Track 1:15
19	Sheldon Harnick Introduces the song "If I Were a Rich Man" (spoken word / Sheldon Harnick 1:07
20	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~If I Were a Rich Man / Richard Leonard Bonus Track / bonus track 3:52
21	Fiddler on the Roof, musical~If I Were a Rich Man / Sheldon Harnick Bonus Track / bonus track 3:06
22	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~The Recording session [bon / Sheldon Harnick 0:57
23	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~Zero / Sheldon Harnick Bonus Track / bonus track 1:31
24	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~Where the dancing girls we / Sheldon Harnick 1:27
25	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~A musical with a sad endin / Sheldon Harnick 1:51
26	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~The appeal of the show [bo / Sheldon Harnick 1:04
27	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~"Do You Love Me?" [bonus t / Sheldon Harnick 3:21
28	Interview with Sheldon Harnick (spoken word)~"Sunrise, Sunset" [bonus t / Sheldon Harnick 1:57

All Music Guide

Few (if any) Broadway performances have garnered the plaudits bestowed upon Fiddler on the Roof (1964), which opened on the Great White Way September 22, 1964 at the Imperial Theater. It likewise broke Hello, Dolly!'s (1964) achievement for longest-running consecutive performances. The immortal Zero Mostel (Tevye) heads up a luminous ensemble, rounded out by Bea Arthur (Yente) and Bert Convy (Perchik), among other notables. The plot pivots on Tevye, a Jewish milkman, his three daughters: Hodel, Chava and Tzeitel, and faithful wife Golde. While the characters survival in turn-of-the-century Russia remains both heart-warming and undeniably tragic, it is the score of Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) that is at the center . The unforgettable Original Broadway Cast Recording has been updated on this Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition from RCA Victor. Thanks to a thorough digital remastering, the music has never sounded better. Classics such as "Tradition," "If I Were a Rich Man," "To Life," "Miracle of Miracles," "Sunrise, Sunset" and "Do You Love Me?" are but a few of the numbers that live beyond the context of the stage. The 'bonus tracks' are two additional readings of "If I Were a Rich Man" from renown pianist/arranger Richard Leonard and the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra. Other supplementary materials include spoken segments with lyricist Harnick from An Evening With ... (1971) , as well as a February 2003 interview. His illuminations provide insight to songs written then subsequently removed from the finished product and the logistics of documenting the Broadway cast. The packaging boasts a 15-page booklet replete with rare photos, condensed plot summaries and respectively historical essays. Without hesitation, the Fiddler on the Roof [Deluxe Collectors Edition] (2003) is recommended as the most comprehensive assessment of such a time-honored title. Lindsay Planer