The Musicality of Sondheim [Cast Recording]

Stephen Sondheim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B0000640NQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,255 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Broadway Baby (Follies) - Carolee Carmello

2. Anyone Can Whistle (Anyone Can Whistle) - John Barrowman

3. Lovely (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) - Emily Loesser and Don Stephenson

4. Being Alive (Company) - Stephen Bogardus

5. Liasons (A Little Night Music) - Elisabeth Welch

6. Wait (Sweeney Todd) - Judy Kaye

7. Loving You (Passion) - Sean McDermott

8. Honey (Cut: Merrily We Roll Along) - Jacqueline Dankworth, Maria Friedman, and Michael Cantwell

9. Lion Dance (Pacific Overtures) - ENO Orchestra

10. I Remember (Evening Primrose) - Julia Migenes

11. Stay with Me (Into the Woods) - Caroline O'Connor

12. Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy) - Susan Egan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Honestly, Why Bother?, July 30, 2002

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K. Alford "WriterBearSF" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Musicality of Sondheim (Audio CD)

All in all, this is a pleasant enough compilation. There are no embarassing moments. The performers all acquit themselves nicely. But in the long run, there's really little to recommend this above the rest of the many tributes and reviews recorded of Sondheim's music. No new interpretations. No amazing performances. No inspired song choices. Nothing special here, folks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth having because of Honey..., September 19, 2006

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Dvarg (Drammen Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Musicality of Sondheim (Audio CD)

... the Lion Dance and the fact that some of these arrangements work well out of context. Some of these songs in their original arrangements are diffiicult to listen to on their own. Regretfully, some of these arrangements are a little cheesy (for example the saxophone solo in this version of Loving You).

All in all, this is an okay compilation of some Sondheim songs, but definately one to get after having bought all the original Broadway cast recordings.

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Sondheim compilation CD availiable, August 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Musicality of Sondheim (Audio CD)

I love this CD, every track is a winner. Get it.