BARBARA COOK REVIVING HER RECORDING CAREER.(ACCENT)

Byline: MATT WOLF Associated Press

LONDON Barbara Cook settles into a sofa at a central London hotel, and it's as if she never left home which, in a way, she hasn't. The singer is as beloved in London as she has long been in New York.

Thirty or more years ago, Cook now well into her 60s epitomized Broadway at its brightest. Her creamy, lilting soprano helped define show after show, from ``Candide'' (1956) and ``The Music Man'' (1957) through to ``She Loves Me'' (1963) and various revivals of ``Carousel,'' ``The King and I'' and ``Showboat.''

In recent years, she has turned her voice to the cabaret circuit across the United States and abroad, with a revived recording career to match.

She was in town to publicize her fourth …