Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (33)
Music: Stephen Sondheim (702)
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (702)
Book: Hugh Wheeler (22)

Recording Details

Date: March 12, 1979
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Uris Theatre
Recording Studio: RCA Studio A
Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard (123)
Engineer: Anthony Salvatore (6)
Liner Notes: Robert Kimball (32)
Package Design: J.J. Stelmach (5)
Photography: Martha Swope (22), Van Williams
Director: Harold Prince (53)
Choreography: Larry Fuller [1] (11)
Music Director: Paul Gemignani (108)
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick (187)
Performer: Len Cariou (32) — Sweeney Todd
Victor Garber (30) — Anthony Hope
Ken Jennings (13) — Tobias Ragg
Angela Lansbury (121) — Mrs. Lovett
Merle Louise (18) — Beggar Woman
Edmund Lyndeck (8) — Judge Turpin
Robert Ousley (6) — Jonas Fogg/Ensemble
Sarah Rice (8) — Johanna
Joaquín Romaguera (2) — Pirelli
Jack Eric Williams (4) — The Beadle
Cris Groenendaal (25), Skip Harris (2), Eric Jennings, Betsy Joslyn (7), Frank Kopyc (7), Craig Lucas (14), Richard Warren Pugh (5)
Musician: Max Hollander (2) — Concertmaster
Marin Alsop (10), Robert Ayers (3), Julien Barber (4), John Beal (17), Seymour Benstock, Joseph Bongiorno, Julius Brand (4), George Brown (5), Lester Cantor, Nicholas Cerrato, Earl Chapin (3), Richard San Filippo, Joyce Flissler, Clay Fullum (4), John Gale (5), Judy Geist, Harry Glickman (2), Daryl Goldberg, Sidney Kaufman, Frederick King, Jennie Hansen Koch, Raymond Kunicki, Morris Lefkowitz, Batia Lieberman (2), Charles McCracken (13), Charles Millard (2), Louann Montesi (3), John Moses (4), Harriet Orenstein (3), Dean Plank, James Pugh, Daniel Reed (2), Giulio Ruggiero, Beth Schwartz, Les Scott (6), Myra Segal (2), Evalyn Steinbock, Wilmer Wise (2), Marilyn Wright (2)
Notes: Recorded March 12 and 13, 1979.
Shortcode: [r2759]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

	A Collector's Sondheim - 1985 Compilation	A Little Priest, Epiphany, Pretty Women
	A Collector's Sondheim - 1985 Compilation	A Little Priest, Epiphany, Pretty Women
	Clive Barker: Being Music - 1999 Compilation	Johanna (Todd's Version)
	Comedy Tonight: Stephen Sondheim's Funniest Songs - 2002 Compilation	A Little Priest, The Worst Pies in London
	Great Musicals - Compilation	The Worst Pies in London
	The Essential Stephen Sondheim - 2016 Compilation	A Little Priest, Pretty Women

Releases (8)

Format: 2-CD
Label: Masterworks Broadway 82876 68639-2
Release Date: 2007-03-20
UPC / EAN: 828766863925
Audio: Stereo
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Includes Tracks From: Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall - 1992 Concert Cast
Producer: Darcy M. Proper (33), Didier C. Deutsch (162)
Mastering: Darcy M. Proper (33)
Performer: Harolyn Blackwell (13), Julie Andrews [1] (191)
Notes: Remastered w/ Bonus tracks. Hidden track of Julie Andrews singing Sweet Polly Plunkett from Putting It Together.
# Tracks: 35
Lists: 282 collectors / 17 wish lists
History: 8 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl5283]

	Disc 1:
1.	Prelude -- Orchestra
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Ensemble, Len Cariou
2.	No Place Like London -- Victor Garber, Len Cariou, Merle Louise
3.	The Barber and His Wife -- Len Cariou
4.	The Worst Pies in London -- Angela Lansbury
5.	Poor Thing -- Angela Lansbury
6.	My Friends -- Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury
7.	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney! -- Ensemble
8.	Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Sarah Rice
9.	Ah, Miss -- Victor Garber, Sarah Rice, Merle Louise
10.	Johanna -- Victor Garber
11.	Pirelli's Miracle Elixir -- Ken Jennings, Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Ensemble
12.	The Contest -- Joaquin Romaguera
13.	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned -- Ensemble
14.	Wait -- Angela Lansbury
15.	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong -- Cris Groenendaal, Frank Kopyc, Richard Warren Pugh
16.	Johanna (Mea Culpa) -- Edmund Lyndeck
17.	Kiss Me -- Sarah Rice, Victor Garber
18.	Ladies in Their Sensitivities -- Jack Eric Williams, Edmund Lyndeck/Sarah Rice, Victor Garber, Jack Eric Williams, Edmund Lyndeck
19.	Pretty Women -- Len Cariou, Edmund Lyndeck
20.	Epiphany -- Len Cariou
21.	A Little Priest -- Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou
	Disc 2:
1.	God, That's Good! -- Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Ensemble
2.	Johanna (Todd's Version) -- Victor Garber, Len Cariou, Merle Louise, Sarah Rice
3.	By the Sea -- Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou
4.	Wigmaker Sequence -- Len Cariou, Victor Garber
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before -- Ensemble
	The Letter -- Len Cariou, Quintet
5.	Not While I'm Around -- Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury
6.	Parlor Songs -- Jack Eric Williams, Angela Lansbury, Ken Jennings
7.	City on Fire! -- Merle Louise, Ensemble
	Final Sequence -- Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Sarah Rice, Edmund Lyndeck, Ensemble
8.	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Company
9.	Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (BONUS) track from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall [1992 Concert Cast]
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Orchestra track from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall [1992 Concert Cast]
	Johanna -- Jerry Hadley track from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall [1992 Concert Cast]
	Pretty Women -- Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry track from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall [1992 Concert Cast]
10.	Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Harolyn Blackwell (Bonus) track from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall [1992 Concert Cast]

Format: CD
Label: RCA Red Seal RCD1 5033
Release Date: 1984
UPC / EAN: 078635503326
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Notes: Highlights from the 2 Lp set, this was one of RCA's first cast album CD releases.
# Tracks: 14
Lists: 62 collectors / 0 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl5120]

1.	Prelude
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
2.	No Place Like London
	The Barber and His Wife
3.	The Worst Pies in London
4.	My Friends
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!
5.	Johanna
6.	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned
	Wait
7.	Kiss Me
	Ladies in Their Sensitivities
8.	Pretty Women
	Epiphany
9.	A Little Priest
10.	God, That's Good!
11.	Johanna
12.	By the Sea
13.	Not While I'm Around
14.	Final Sequence (Excerpt)
	The Ballad of Sweeney Todd