The Legends of Broadway series - Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Angela Lansbury and Barbara Cook - will be in stores nationwide on December 26, 2006 on Masterworks Broadway. Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal and deutsche harmonia mundi are labels of SONY BMG MASTERWORKS, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. For e-mail updates and information regarding Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, deutsche harmonia mundi and Arte Nova artists, promotions, tours and repertoire, please visit www.sonybmgmasterworks.com.

Each of the Legends of Broadway titles brings together a definitive choice of songs from original cast and concert recordings that capture the unforgettable performances that made these ladies incandescent stars. Each package is a richly illustrated Digipak? and includes an exclusive new interview in which the star brings new insights to the great moments in her career. See the following page for a complete track listing of each disc.

Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera all began their fabled careers in the golden age of the modern Broadway musical, in the 1950s and 1960s. The musicals they created or memorably reinterpreted are among the most popular and enduring - Annie Get Your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie, Candide, Chicago, Follies, Gypsy, Into the Woods, The King and I, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mame, Show Boat, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story and more - and they are all featured in these collections.

Celebrating its unparalleled catalogue of classic musical theater recordings, Masterworks Broadway premieres Legends of Broadway - a new series of CDs highlighting the careers of four of Broadway's greatest stars in their signature roles. All four collections - Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera - will be released on December 26, 2006.

Mood:  lyrical

This new CD Features The Musical Theater's Greatest Love Songs From Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Guys And Dolls, The King And I, Hello, Dolly!, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Show Boat, Fiddler On The Roof & More

(New York-May 8, 2006) From Sony BMG Masterworks unparalleled catalogue of Broadway recordings, Falling in Love Is Wonderful brings together the greatest love duets from classic Broadway musicals, sung by many of the legends of Broadway in memorable original cast recordings. The title comes from the lyric of the first selection, the irrepressible "They Say It's Wonderful" from Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. Included are all the great love duets of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Loesser, Berlin, Bernstein and Sondheim, Kern and Hammerstein, Schmidt and Jones, and Bock and Harnick, as well as two great composer/lyricists of the new generation, William Finn and Jason Robert Brown. Barbara Cook, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Ethel Merman, John Raitt and Zero Mostel - as well as contemporary Broadway headliners such as Peter Gallagher, Malcolm Gets, Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello - top the lineup of stars. They sing love duets that range from the lilting "Make Believe" from 1927 classic Show Boat and the witty "People Will Say We're in Love" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1943), to the passionate beauty of two latter-day classics, Jason Robert Brown's "All the Wasted Time" (Parade) and William Finn's "Sailing" (A New Brain).

FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL TRACK LISTING:

1. "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun - Ethel Merman & Bruce Yarnell
2. "I've Never Been In Love Before" from Guys and Dolls - Josie de Guzman & Peter Gallagher
3. "People Will Say We're In Love" from Oklahoma! - Christine Andreas & Laurence Guittard
4. "Stranger In Paradise" from Kismet - Lee Venora, Richard Banke, Alfred Drake & Henry Calvin
5. "Make Believe" from Show Boat - Stephen Douglass & Barbara Cook
6. "If I Loved You" from Carousel - John Raitt & Eileen Christy
7. "Tonight" from West Side Story - Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert
8. "We Kiss in a Shadow" from The King and I - Daniel Ferro & Jeanette Scovotti
9. "My Heart is So Full Of You" from The Most Happy Fella - Robert Weede & Jo Sullivan
10. "It Only Takes A Moment" from Hello, Dolly! - Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan & Ensemble
11. "My Cup Runneth Over" from I Do! I Do! - Mary Martin & Robert Preston
12. "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler On The Roof - Zero Mostel & Maria Karnilova
13. "All the Wasted Time" from Parade - Brent Carver & Carolee Carmello
14. "Sailing" from A New Brain - Norm Lewis & Malcolm Gets
15. "Just in Time" from Bells Are Ringing - Sydney Chaplin, Judy Holliday & Ensemble

Mood:  lyrical

This new CD Features The Musical Theater's Greatest Love Songs From Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Guys And Dolls, The King And I, Hello, Dolly!, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Show Boat, Fiddler On The Roof & More

(New York-May 8, 2006) From Sony BMG Masterworks unparalleled catalogue of Broadway recordings, Falling in Love Is Wonderful brings together the greatest love duets from classic Broadway musicals, sung by many of the legends of Broadway in memorable original cast recordings. The title comes from the lyric of the first selection, the irrepressible "They Say It's Wonderful" from Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. Included are all the great love duets of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Loesser, Berlin, Bernstein and Sondheim, Kern and Hammerstein, Schmidt and Jones, and Bock and Harnick, as well as two great composer/lyricists of the new generation, William Finn and Jason Robert Brown. Barbara Cook, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Ethel Merman, John Raitt and Zero Mostel - as well as contemporary Broadway headliners such as Peter Gallagher, Malcolm Gets, Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello - top the lineup of stars. They sing love duets that range from the lilting "Make Believe" from 1927 classic Show Boat and the witty "People Will Say We're in Love" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1943), to the passionate beauty of two latter-day classics, Jason Robert Brown's "All the Wasted Time" (Parade) and William Finn's "Sailing" (A New Brain).

FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL TRACK LISTING:

1. "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun - Ethel Merman & Bruce Yarnell
2. "I've Never Been In Love Before" from Guys and Dolls - Josie de Guzman & Peter Gallagher
3. "People Will Say We're In Love" from Oklahoma! - Christine Andreas & Laurence Guittard
4. "Stranger In Paradise" from Kismet - Lee Venora, Richard Banke, Alfred Drake & Henry Calvin
5. "Make Believe" from Show Boat - Stephen Douglass & Barbara Cook
6. "If I Loved You" from Carousel - John Raitt & Eileen Christy
7. "Tonight" from West Side Story - Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert
8. "We Kiss in a Shadow" from The King and I - Daniel Ferro & Jeanette Scovotti
9. "My Heart is So Full Of You" from The Most Happy Fella - Robert Weede & Jo Sullivan
10. "It Only Takes A Moment" from Hello, Dolly! - Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan & Ensemble
11. "My Cup Runneth Over" from I Do! I Do! - Mary Martin & Robert Preston
12. "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler On The Roof - Zero Mostel & Maria Karnilova
13. "All the Wasted Time" from Parade - Brent Carver & Carolee Carmello
14. "Sailing" from A New Brain - Norm Lewis & Malcolm Gets
15. "Just in Time" from Bells Are Ringing - Sydney Chaplin, Judy Holliday & Ensemble