A Little Night Music (1989 Studio Cast Recording) [Cast Recording]

Sian Phillips, Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music (Related Recordings), Bonaventura Bottone, Maria Friedman, Jason Howard, Eric Flynn, Elisabeth Welch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B000005BGS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Night Waltz

3. Now

4. Later

5. Soon

6. The Glamorous Life

7. Remember?

8. You Must Meet My Wife

9. Liaisons

10. In Praise of Women

11. Every Day a Little Death

12. A Weekend in the Country

13. Night Waltz I (The Sun Won't Set)

14. Night Waltz II (Liebeslieders)

15. It Would Have Been Wonderful

16. Perpetual Anticipation

17. Send in the Clowns

18. The Miller's Son

19. Send in the Clowns (Reprise)

20. Last Waltz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC (plus Maria Friedman!), December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Little Night Music (1989 Studio Cast Recording) (Audio CD)

This is the most complete recording of Sondheim's brilliant ALNM score (I own this same recording on a different lable, Jay).

First, my quibbles: There is a lack of dialogue in the tracks ti "In Praise of Women," "Night Waltz II," and "Remember?" that I find neccesary to the plot. And an appendix of bonus tracks of unused material and film music would have been a major bouns.

Now, on to the good things: Maria Friedman pulls over the song "The Miller's Son" with great élan! The first-ever recording of the complete vocal overture! The added instrumental music in the final "Send in the Clowns" reprise is wonderful. And, probably the best of all, "Night Waltz II" was included. (YEAH!)

This recording is not to be missed.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome material, lifeless execution, September 21, 2006

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Dvarg (Drammen Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Little Night Music (1989 Studio Cast Recording) (Audio CD)

This is nice to have for a completist of SJS material. The Overture is great, as are the full Night Waltzes. Maria Friedman is interresting but not really defintive as Petra, the maid.

The rest of the cast seem miscast or unfamiliar with the plot ond tone of the show. One gets used to them though. Noone is really horrid, although I find myself skipping Liaisons, one of my favourite songs of the show.

Get this if you find a copy at a reasonable prize. Get the Original Broadway Cast Recording, the Original London Cast Recording or the RNT Cast recording before you buy this one.