He conducted the orchestra for three major productions of
"Oklahoma!"--the original 1943 Broadway stage version, the 1955 film
version, and the 1979 Broadway revival. Each of these three versions
featured orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett (slightly revised and
expanded for large orchestra in the film). The 1979 Broadway revival
cast album, which used the original 1943 orchestrations, is perhaps the
only instance in Broadway history in which a show's original conductor
re-recorded his interpretation of the score in hi-fi stereo thirty-six
years after his original recording.