A four-track bonus CD will also be included. Entitled
Give Me the Simple Life, the disc was recorded July 23, 2009, especially for the six-disc box set. Songs on the sampler include “Give Me the Simple Life,” “It Was Written in the Stars,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “I’d Rather Be Blue.”
Barbara Cook has starred on Broadway in
Flahooley,
Candide,
The Grass Harp,
The Music Man and
She Loves Me. She received a Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her performance in
The Music Man, and her one-woman show,
Mostly Sondheim, was nominated for a Tony in the Best Special Theatrical Event category. Cook was most recently on the New York stage in
Barbara Cook’s Broadway. Both
Mostly Sondheim and
Barbara Cook’s Broadway were recorded for DRG. Cook made her solo debut at the Metropolitan Opera, which was also released on DRG Records. Her newest CD, also on DRG, is titled
Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder.
For more information visit
www.drgrecords.com.
