The Sound of Music has become one of the most enduring and successful musicals among the great American musicals, featuring beloved standards such as “My Favorite Things,†“Edelweiss,†“Do-Re-Mi†and “The Sound of Music.†This 1959 Broadway production—starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel– won five Tony Awards including “Best Musical.†Upon original release, this cast album spent 16 weeks as number 1 on the Billboard chart. Mastered from the original 3-track master tape, this 60th anniversary 2-LP edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
- 1. Preludium (Nuns)
- 2. The Sound of Music (Mary Martin)
- 3. Maria (Elizabeth Howell, Karen Shepard, Muriel O'Malley, Patricia Neway)
- 4. My Favorite Things (Mary Martin, Patricia Neway)
- 5. Do-Re-Mi (Mary Martin, Children)
- 6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Brian Davies, Lauri Peters)
- 7. The Lonely Goatherd (Mary Martin, Children)
- 8. How Can Love Survive? (Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe)
- 9. The Sound of Music (reprise) (Mary Martin, Children, Theodore Bikel)
- 10. Laendler (Orchestra)
- 11. So Long, Farewell (Children)
- 12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Patricia Neway)
- 13. No Way To Stop It (Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kasznar, Theodore Bikel)
- 14. An Ordinary Couple (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel)
- 15. Processional (Ensemble)
- 16. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Mary Martin, Lauri Peters)
- 17. Edelweiss (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Children)
- 18. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise) (Patricia Neway, Company)