Unsung Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim (Composer), David Loud (Performer), Steve Marzullo (Performer), Stan Chandler (Performer), David Engel (Performer), Larry Raben (Performer), Guy Stroman (Performer), Walter Willison (Performer), Marilyn Cooper (Performer), Judy Kuhn (Performer), Harry Groener (Performer), Lynnette Perry (Performer), Rebecca Luker (Performer), Jason Graae (Performer), Judy Kaye (Performer), Debbie Gravitte (Performer), Kaye Ballard (Performer), Sally Mayes (Performer), Crista Moore (Performer), Michael Rupert (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: David Loud, Steve Marzullo, Stan Chandler, David Engel, Larry Raben, et al.
• Composer: Stephen Sondheim
• Audio CD (June 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000067CMJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,559 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #100 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Incidental Music

Track Listings

1. Saturday Night [From Saturday Night Fever]

2. Love's a Bond [From Saturday Night Fever]

3. All for You [From Saturday Night Fever]

4. In the Movies [From Saturday Night Fever]

5. What Can You Lose?

6. Incidental Music from Invitation to a March

7. That Old Piano Roll [From the Girl Upstairs]

8. They Asked Me Why I Believe in You [From the Unproduced Musical ...]

9. No, Marry Ann [From the Unproduced Musical the Thing of It Is]

10. Truly Content [From Passionella]

11. Water Under the Bridge [From the Film Singing out Loud]

12. Incidental Music from The Enclave

13. There's Always a Women [From Anyone Can Whistle]

14. The Two of You

15. Multitudes of Amys [From Company]

16. Goodbye for Now [From Reds]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sondheim obscurities -- a must-have!, March 23, 2001

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efrex (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unsung Sondheim (Audio CD)

This was the inaugural album of Varese Sarabande's (now defunct) theater music division, and remains one of the best. This is an essential album for Sondheim fans. Originally intending to showcase Sondheim's incidental music, producer Bruce Kimmel instead chose to include a bunch of songs from aborted projects, or cut from shows (establishing the precedent for his Unsung Musicals and Lost in Boston album series).

Here are songs from "Saturday Night" half a decade before the show finally got premiered, Sondheim's early compositions for scrapped TV shows (including "The Two of You", written for Kukla Fran and Ollie), and "There's Always a Woman" and "That Old Piano Roll" cut from Anyone Can Whistle and Follies, respectively (the latter song can still be heard in the Follies overture, and it's nice to know where it actually came from).

The performers (almost all of whom would become Varese regulars) are uniformly outstanding, with particular mention having to be made of Debbie Gravitte's devastating rendition of "Water Under the Bridge", and the riotous "There's Always a Woman" with Kaye Ballard and Sally Mayes. No Sondheim fan can afford to be without this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Interesting., May 10, 2003

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baritone88 (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unsung Sondheim (Audio CD)

A good compilation of Sondheim's less-known work. Some of them are less-known for good reason, but most are interesting and offer insight into the work of this most important American composer. Very nice.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Great CD!, June 28, 2000

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Frankie (Los Angeles, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unsung Sondheim (Audio CD)

This just HAS to belong to any sondheim fan. Judy Khuns rendition of "what can you lose?" is touching and kay ballards duet "there's always a woman" (cut from anyone can whistle) is great! At first i didn't buy it because i didn't know the sungs. afterall it's UNSUNG sondheim. But it's the greatest move i have ever made. other mentionable highlights are Saturday night, No, mary ann, and water under the bridge. This CD will make you laugh, cry, and dance!