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It is with great pleasure that JAY Records present the release of the new solo recording of the great opera star, Marilyn Hill Smith, and the follow up to her acclaimed solo recording on TER ‘Is It Really Me?’ (CDVIR 8314)

This new recording ‘It Is Really Me’ features Marilyn’s distinctive and noticeably personal take on many of the songs from the great musicals, many of which have been distinctive landmarks of her own career. They take us right up to the modern day with her version of ‘Climb Every Mountain’ from The Sound Of Music, which she is currently starring in alongside Jason Donovan. 

A star of opera from a young age Marilyn Hill Smith has been a principal company member of both the English National Opera and The Sadlers Wells Opera, taking leads in ‘Die Fledermaus’, ‘The Gypsy Princess’, ‘Candide’ amongst others. She also starred in the TV Series ‘Top C’s and Tiaras’ which gave her the opportunity to move between the opera and musical theatre, something she continues to do to this day. 

This recording features songs from the musicals cannon that Marilyn has chosen as personal favourites and includes songs from ‘My Fair Lady’, ‘The Student Prince’, Oklahoma!’, ‘Candide’, ‘The Dancing Years’  and many many more, performed with The National Symphony Orchestra and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by John Owen Edwards and produced by John Yap.

1. Is It Really Me? (from 110 In The Shade)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, The Philharmonia Orchestra
2. Romance (from The Desert Song)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, The Philharmonia Orchestra
3. I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner, The Philharmonia Orchestra
4. Waltz Of My Heart (from The Dancing Years)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Ivor Novello, Christopher Hassell
5. Gipsy Fiddles (from Gipsy Love)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Franz Lehar, Adam Carstairs, The Philharmonia Orchestra
6. Woman And Man (from Robert And Elizabeth)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Ron Grainer, Ronald Miller, The Philharmonia Orchestra
7. I'll Follow My Secret Heart (from Conversation Piece)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Noel Coward, Noel Coward, The Philharmonia Orchestra
8. Somebody Somewhere (from The Most Happy Fella)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Frank Loesser, Frank Loesser
9. Glitter And Be Gay (from Candide)
   Marilyn Hill Smith, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, The Scottish Opera Orchestra
10. I Know Now (from Robert And Elizabeth)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Ron Grainer, Ronald Miller, The Philharmonia Orchestra
11. Oh! La! La! (from The Gipsy Princess)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Emmerich Kalman, Nigel Douglas
12. I Can Give You The Starlight (from The Dancing Years)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Ivor Novello, Christopher Hassell, The Philharmonia Orchestra
13. Out Of My Dreams (from Oklahoma!)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, The Philharmonia Orchestra
14. You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, National Symphony Orchestra
15. Deep In My Heart (from The Student Prince)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, David Rendall, Sigmund Romberg, Dorothy Donnelly, The Philharmonia Orchestra
16. Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound Of Music)
    Marilyn Hill Smith, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, National Symphony Orchestra