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 (3), John Beal (16), 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 - Notes
- Recorded March 12 and 13, 1979.
- Shortcode
- [r2759]
Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings
Releases (8)
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- Masterworks Broadway 82876 68639-2
- Release Date
- 2007-03-20
- UPC / EAN
- 828766863925
- Audio
- Stereo
- Stream
- Purchase
- 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) | |
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Orchestra | ||
Johanna -- Jerry Hadley | ||
Pretty Women -- Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry | ||
10. | Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Harolyn Blackwell (Bonus) |
- Format
- CD
- Label
- RCA Red Seal RCD1 5033
- Release Date
- 1984
- UPC / EAN
- 078635503326
- Stream
- Purchase
- 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]
- Format
- 2-CD
- Label
- RCA Red Seal 3379-2-RC
- Release Date
- 1988
- UPC / EAN
- 0078635337921
- Stream
- Purchase
- Notes
- Includes extensive libretto booklet with complete lyrics
- # Tracks
- 29
- Lists
- 226 collectors / 1 wish list
- Shortcode
- [rl2406]
- Title
- Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection
- Format
- 25-CD
- Label
- Masterworks Broadway 541695
- Release Date
- 2012-09-11
- Country / Region
- US
- UPC / EAN
- 887254169529
- Purchase
- Also Contains
- Annie - 1977 Original Broadway Cast
Anything Goes - 1987 Broadway Cast
Cabaret - 1966 Original Broadway Cast
Camelot - 1960 Original Broadway Cast
Carousel - 1965 Lincoln Center Cast
Chicago - 1975 Original Broadway Cast
A Chorus Line - 1975 Original Broadway Cast
Company - 1970 Original Broadway Cast
Fiddler on the Roof - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
Guys and Dolls - 1992 Broadway Cast
Gypsy - 1959 Original Broadway Cast
Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast
Hello, Dolly! - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 1961 Original Broadway Cast
Into the Woods - 1987 Original Broadway Cast
The King And I - 1964 Lincoln Center Cast
Man of La Mancha - 2002 Broadway Cast
My Fair Lady - 1956 Original Broadway Cast
Oklahoma! - 1980 Broadway Cast
Oliver! - 1962 Original Broadway Cast
Show Boat - 1966 Lincoln Center Cast
The Sound of Music - 1959 Original Broadway Cast
South Pacific - 1949 Original Broadway Cast
West Side Story - 1957 Original Broadway Cast - Notes
- Boxed set of 25 albums from the Masterworks Broadway catalog, plus exclusive souvenir book.
- # Tracks
- 255
- Lists
- 7 collectors / 3 wish lists
- History
- 1 Revisions
- Shortcode
- [rl40659]
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Sony Masterworks 795373
- Release Date
- 2012-04-24
- UPC / EAN
- 886979537323
- Purchase
- # Tracks
- 31
- Lists
- 4 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl38932]
- Format
- 2-LP
- Label
- RCA RED SEAL BL 03378(2)
- Release Date
- 1980
- Notes
- U.K. issue.
- Lists
- 3 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl23760]
- Format
- 2-Cassette
- Label
- RCA Red Seal CBK2-3379
- Release Date
- 1979
- Lists
- 5 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl17092]
- Format
- 2-LP
- Label
- RCA Red Seal CBL2 3379
- Release Date
- 1979
- Lists
- 56 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl7765]
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