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"Assassins" Album (CD)
The 2004 Broadway revival and winner of 5 Tony Awards stars Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Cerveris, Mario Cantone, and Denis O'Hare.

 
 

Anyone Can Whistle
The original 1964 Broadway cast, starring Angela Lansbury, Harry Guardino, and Lee Remick.

 
 

Anyone Can Whistle
The 1995 Carnegie Hall concert cast, starring Bernadette Peters, Scott Bakula, Madeline Kahn, and Angela Lansbury.

 
 

Assassins
The original 1991 off-Broadway cast, starring Victor Garber.

 
 

Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite
A new orchestral suite of Bernstein's music arranged by William Brohn, featuring violin virtuoso Joshua Bell.

 
 
 

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (The Original Score)
"The Nashville Symphony Orchestra [is] conducted with a heady combination of sensitivity and brio by Kenneth Schermerhorn" (from the Spring 2003 review in The Sondheim Review). Mike Eldred as Tony and Betsi Morrison as Maria. Very reasonably priced.

 
 
 

John Bauer Brass: Sondheim, Vivaldi, Lutoslawski

 
 

"Bounce" Original Cast Album (CD)
Starring Richard Kind, Howard McGillin, Michele Pawk, and Jane Powell.

 
 

Broadway Divas
Another in RCA Victor's 100 Years of Music Series, this recording includes material from various show albums, including Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, and Angela Lansbury singing Sondheim songs.

 
 

Bryn and Reneé: Under the Stars
Bryn Terfel and Reneé Fleming perform numbers from a variety of Broadway shows. Included: "Not While I'm Around" and "Pretty Women" ( Sweeney Todd) and "I Wish I Could Forget You" and "Loving You" (Passion).

 
 
 

Candide
The original 1956 Broadway cast.

 
 
 

Candide (CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT)
The 1988 Scottish National Opera cast.

 
 

Candide
The 1991 studio cast recording, conducted by Bernstein.

 
 

Candide
The 1997 Broadway revival cast album, featuring new lyrics by Sondheim

 
 

 

Celebrate Broadway Vol. 9: Gotta Dance!
Featuring a few Sondheim songs.

 
 

Celebrating Sondheim
The 1989 BBC tribute program, starring Michael Ball and Claire Moore with the BBC Radio Orchestra.

 
 
 

Cleo Sings Sondheim
Cleo Laine's 1988 Sondheim album, arranged and conducted by Jonathan Tunick.

 
 

A Collector's Sondheim
RCA's 1987 triple CD collection of Sondheim songs from various cast albums.

 
 

Color and Light: Jazz Sketches on Sondheim
A contemporary jazz album of Sondheim songs, featuring several major jazz performers and Sondheim himself.

 
 

Company
The digitally remastered CD of the 1970 original Broadway cast, with the addition of "Being Alive" sung by Broadway and London replacement Larry Kert.

 
 

Company
The 1995 Broadway revival cast, starring Boyd Gaines.

 
 

Company
The 1996 London revival cast, starring Adrian Lester.

 
 

Company...in Jazz
Terry Trotter's trio interprets the Company score.

 
 

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim: Live at Carnegie Hall 2001
A 2CD live recording of Barbara Cook's recent concert, featuring 17 Sondheim songs and 11 from the New York Times list of songs he wished he had written (at least in part).

 
 
 

Dawn Upshaw: I Wish It So
Eric Stern conducts the classical mezzo; includes several Sondheim songs.

 
 
 

Do I Hear A Waltz?
The 1965 original Broadway cast.

 
 

Do I Hear A Waltz?
The 2001 Pasadena Playhouse cast recording of the revised 1965 Rodgers-Sondheim-Laurents musical, starring Alyson Reed and Anthony Crivello.

 
 

Elaine Stritch At Liberty
The double CD 2002 album of Elaine Stritch's autobiographical, Tony Award-winning, one-woman show. It features "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here," "The Little Things You Do Together," and of course, "The Ladies Who Lunch," with new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.

 
 

Follies
The 1971 original Broadway cast.

 
 

Follies: The Complete Recording
Paper Mill Playhouse 1998 revival cast double CD with a full orchestra conducted by Jonathan Tunick; includes extensive never-before-released cut songs and dance music.

 
 

Follies 1987
Highlights from the London production, featuring 4 new songs.

 
 

Follies in Concert
The 1985 gala all-star concert cast on 2 CD's; also includes Sondheim's score to the film Stavisky.

 
 
 

Follies: Themes from the Legendary Musical
Terry Trotter's jazz trio interprets the Follies score.

 
 

The Frogs/Evening Primrose
The premiere recording of Sondheim's short score to Burt Shevelove's 1974 adaptation of Aristophanes'' The Frogs, starring Nathan Lane, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Davis Gaines, coupled with the four songs from Sondheim and Goldman's 1966 television musical Evening Primrose, starring Neil Patrick Harris and Theresa McCarthy. Both scores were conducted by Paul Gemignani and orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. The album was produced by Tommy Krasker, with supervision by Sondheim.

 
 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The 1962 original Broadway cast, starring Zero Mostel.

 
 

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The 1996 Broadway revival cast, starring Nathan Lane.

 
 

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The digitally remastered enhanced CD of the 1966 film soundtrack.

 
 

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...in Jazz
Terry Trotter's jazz trio interprets the Forum score.

 
 

 

Great Musicals
Another in RCA Victor's 100 Years of Music Series, this recording includes material from various cast albums new and old, including the Overture to Candide and Angela Lansbury singing "The Worst Pies in London" from Sweeney Todd.

 
 

 

Gypsy
The digitally remastered CD of the original 1959 Broadway cast, starring Ethel Merman, with four bonus tracks.

 
 

 

Gypsy
The 1974 London revival cast, starring Angela Lansbury.

 
 

 

Gypsy
The 1989 Broadway revival cast, starring Tyne Daly.

 
 

 

Gypsy
The 1993 television movie soundtrack, starring Bette Midler.

 
 
 

Hey Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Macintosh
The double CD live recording of the 1998 gala concert for the producer's 50th birthday. It features ten Sondheim songs performed by Bernadette Peters, Dame Judi Dench, Ruthie Henshall, Maria Friedman, Michael Ball, Ned Sherrin, Julia McKenzie, Millicent Martin, and David Kernan. The major highlight is a special duet written by Sondheim and performed by Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

 
 

 

I'm Breathless
Madonna's album of songs from and "inspired by" the 1990 film Dick Tracy. It includes three Sondheim songs.

 
 

 

Insalata: I Fagiolini
The Italian orchestra plays "Losing My Mind" from Follies. (CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT)

 
 

 

Into the Woods
The 1987 original Broadway cast.

 
 

 

Into the Woods
The 1990 London cast, including the new song "Our Little World."

 
 

 

Into the Woods
The Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway revival cast, starring Vanessa Williams, John McMartin, Gregg Edelman, and Kerry O'Malley.

 
 
 

Leading Man: The Best of Broadway
Operatic baritone Thomas Hampson sings "Not A Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along.

 
 

 

A Little Night Music
The digitally remastered CD of the 1973 original Broadway cast, with the addition of "The Glamorous Life" from the 1978 film.

 
 
 

A Little Night Music
The 1974 London cast.

 
 
 

A Little Night Music
The 1989 Scottish studio cast, starring Sian Phillips.

 
 
 

A Little Night Music (Currently Unavailable)
The 1996 London revival cast, starring Judi Dench.

 
 
 

A Little Night Music...in Jazz
Terry Trotter's solo piano interpretations of the Night Music score.

 
 
 

Lost In Boston
Varese Sarabande's collection of songs cut from various musicals. This volume includes "Like Everybody Else," cut from West Side Story.

 
 

 

Lost in Boston III
The third volume in the series includes "Mama's Talkin' Soft," cut from Gypsy and "Honey," cut from Merrily We Roll Along.

 
 

 

Marry Me A Little
The original 1981 off-Broadway cast album of the two-character revue, starring Craig Lucas and Suzanne Henry. The material consists of songs cut from earlier Sondheim shows.

 
 

 

Merrily We Roll Along
The original 1981 Broadway cast.

 
 
 

Merrily We Roll Along
The 1992 double CD cast album from the Haymarket Theatre (Leicester, England) production of the revised show; the most "complete" recording to date.

 
 
 

Merrily We Roll Along
Highlights from the Haymarket Theatre production on a single CD.

 
 
 

Merrily We Roll Along
The 1994 York Theatre revival cast of the revised show.

 
 

 

The Musicality of Stephen Sondheim
A new collection of songs from throughout the Sondheim catalog, sung by Broadway and West End stars Carolee Carmello, John Barrowman, Stephen Bogardus, Judy Kaye, Sean McDermott, Julia Migenes, Susan Egan, and others.

 
 
 

New Music with Guitar: Selections from Vol. 1-3
Classical guitarist David Starobin plays "Sunday Song Set."

 
 

 

Pacific Overtures
The 1976 original Broadway cast.

 
 
 

Pacific Overtures
The 1987 English National Opera highlights CD.

 
 

 

Passion
The 1994 original Broadway cast album, starring Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, and Marin Mazzie.

 
 

 

Passion
The 1997 London concert cast recording, starring Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, and Helen Hobson.

 
 
 

Passion...in Jazz
Terry Trotter's trio interprets the Passion score.

 
 

 

Mandy Patinkin
Mandy's 1989 self-titled debut solo album, featuring 4 Sondheim songs.

 
 
 

Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual
Mandy's 1990 concert album, featuring 7 Sondheim songs, including 4 from Evening Primrose and duets with Bernadette Peters.

 
 
 

Mandy Patinkin: Experiment
Mandy's 1994 concept/song cycle album, featuring 7 Sondheim songs.

 
 

 

Mandy Patinkin: Mamaloshen
Mandy's 1998 all-Yiddish album; includes "Maria" in Yiddish.

 
 

 

Mandy Patinkin: Oscar & Steve
Mandy's 1995 homage to Hammerstein and Sondheim, featuring 8 Sondheim songs.

 
 

 

Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim
The new 2CD live recording of signature Sondheim interpreter Mandy Patinkin's new show, as performed at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia and the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, featuring familiar favorites and unusual song choices. The material ranges from "Finishing the Hat" to "Liaisons" to "Free" to "Take the Moment." Like Patinkin's Experiment album, the songs flow continuously, with minimal breaks for applause, arranged by masterful accompanist Paul Ford and produced by Tom Lazarus, Ford, Patinkin, and Tommy Krasker. The cover art is one of the sketches Patinkin drew while performing in Sunday in the Park with George.

 
 
 

Bernadette Peters
Bernadette's self-titled compilation of recordings from the 1970's and '80's, including "Broadway Baby."

 
 

 

Bernadette Peters: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bernadette's eclectic 1996 album, including "No One Is Alone."

 
 

 

Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall: Sondheim, Etc.
Highlights from Bernadette's 1996 concert, featuring 13 Sondheim songs.

 
 

 

Pops on Broadway
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops in excerpts from A Little Night Music.