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Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall [2 CD] | ![Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall [2 CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518qELdJVjL._SL500_.jpg)
| Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $24.98
Rating:  54 reviews
Format: Import, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001031802
UPC: 602517553583
EAN: 0602517516724
ASIN: B000XMZJX8
Release Date: December 4, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Overture: The Trolley Song/Over The Rainbow/The Man That Got Away | | • | When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) | | • | Medley: Almost Like Being In Love/This Can't Be Love | | • | Do It Again | | • | You Go To My Head | | • | Alone Together | | • | Who Cares? (As Long As You Care For Me) | | • | Puttin' On The Ritz | | • | How Long Has This Been Going On | | • | Just You, Just Me | | • | The Man That Got Away | | • | San Francisco |
Disc 2
| • | That's Entertainment | | • | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | | • | Come Rain Or Come Shine | | • | You're Nearer | | • | A Foggy Day | | • | If Love Were All | | • | Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart | | • | Stormy Weather (Starring Martha Wainwright) | | • | Medley: You Made Me Love You/For Me And My Gal/The Trolley Song | | • | Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody | | • | Over The Rainbow (featuring Kate McGarrigle) | | • | Swanee | | • | After You've Gone (featuring Lorna Luft) | | • | Chicago |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - RUFUS DOES JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL - CD ALONG WITH A 36-PIECE ORCHESTRA RE-CREATES JUDY GARLAND'S CELEBRATED 1961 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT SONG-FOR-SONG On June 14, 2006, Rufus Wainwright took to the stage to recreate "the Greatest Show of All Time ever staged in honor of the Greatest Show of All Time"--Judy Garland's legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall; song-for-song, in its original venue. Garland fanatics feared a fiasco, but the show was a triumph. His sophisticated act of homage to his hero was both a loving tribute and an arch commentary on the original, featuring classics like "Over The Rainbow," "Come Rain Or Come Shine" and "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart." Backed by a 36-piece orchestra and arranged by the Broadway famed Stephen Oremus (Wicked, Avenue Q), Rufus's vocal talent soars over those classic melodies on this 2-disc set. Also Available: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - RUFUS! RUFUS! RUFUS! DOES JUDY! JUDY! JUDY! LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM -DVD
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 3.5 Stars... Ambitious recreation and loving tribute May 26, 2008
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recreating the 1961 Judy Garland Carnegie Hall show in its entirety 45 years later at that very same venue was a stroke of brilliance on Rufus' part. His at times over the top style of music (as displayed on the Wants One and Wants Two albums) lends itself particularly well for this kind of project.
"Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall" (26 tracks; 114 min.) is lush and stylistic in every way, and really does transport you back to the heydays of the American big band music. The highlights of this set for me include "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", which Rufus stops about 15 seconds into it, only to urge the band to play it "a little faster", "Stormy Weather" which is sung by his sister Martha Wainsright, and of course "Over the Rainbow", which features his mother Kate McGarrigle. (Makes you kinda wonder how Rufus couldn't fins a song to bring out his dad, Loudon III.) It is striking how Rufus is straining himself towards the end of the album, as if from sheer physical exhaustion.
The liner notes are quite interesting, particularly his mom's, which includes a pciture of the 1961 Judy Garland show where you can see Rufus' grandmother and grandfather sitting in the audience! As is the case with Rufus' other recordings, I find that it is best enjoyed in small doses, sort of like eating Belgian chocolates: one or two are heavenly. After that, enjoy at your own risk.
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