There are selections from POCAHONTAS ("Colors of the Wind" and "Just Around the Riverbend", sung by Judy Kuhn); ALADDIN ("A Whole New World" sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ("Something There" sung by David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury and Paige O'Hara); SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS ("Some Day My Prince Will Come" and "I'm Wishing/One Song" (sung by Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell); CINDERELLA ("So This is Love" and "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" sung by Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas); and SLEEPING BEAUTY ("Once Upon a Dream" sung by Mary Costa and Bill Shirley).

Added for good measure is "Home", taken from the Broadway score of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, sung by the original Broadway Belle, Susan Egan.

I love listening to this magical CD, which is, as the cover-blurb promises, the music of 'hopes, dreams and happy endings'.


Disney song birds from Snow White to Pocahontas   January 13, 2002
 10 out of 11 found this review helpful

"The Lion King," a Disney animated male-oriented film, might have made the most money for the studio, but we all know it is the women who got the best songs to sing. That point is more than amply proven by this collection of a dozen songs by Disney's "Princesses." I suppose the title makes sense in terms of Princess Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," Princess Aurora from "Sleeping Beauty" and even Pocahontas in terms of birth, and can be applied to Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle by virtue of marriage, but even without the dictates of political correctness I wince a little at the idea that Disney heroines need to be princesses. Still, just because the Mickey Mouse marketing department got heavy handed with the packaging is no reason to ignore this collection of classic Disney songs song by the original artists (beware: there are several Disney collections where this is not the case). From Adriana Caselotti warbling "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from "Snow White" to Judy Kuhn singing "Colors of the Wind" for "Pocahontas," I think you will find most of the songs you would want to hear in a collection like this one while ultimately makes you think more of romance than of royalty. Besides, never pass up an opportunity to hear Lea Salonga sing. "Disney's Princess Collection" is a first-rate collection to add to your music library and having this is a lot easier than having to fast-forward to your favorite songs on your Disney videotapes.


First half- Great! Second half- Poor quality!   April 10, 2001
 9 out of 10 found this review helpful

I have the cassette version of the collection. The first half is great. It features many of the beautiful high-quality recorded recent releases. However, the songs from the second half (the ones I enjoyed as a child) have not been rerecorded and I'm disappointed in the sound quality. To me it sounds as if it was recorded directly from the T.V. (Notice you aren't allowed to sample any of the second half.)