GERSHWIN / GROFE / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / MAHLER
This is Leonard Bernstein: His Greatest Recordings Rudolf Serkin, Lukas Foss (pianos), Original Broadway Cast, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] This special edition collects the conductor-composer's 15 most celebrated original albums from the 1950s and 60s on 16 CDs. The best selection of his benchmark recordings as a conductor, composer and pianist. |
Original Broadway Cast
A Chorus Line [ Masterworks Broadway / CD - released 2/Dec/2008 ] |
Original Broadway Cast
Guys and Dolls (Original Broadway Cast with Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine & Ray Bolger) (Rec 1950) / Where's Charley? (Excerpts) [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] Every time you breeze through Frank Loesser's terrific score, the first thought that comes to your mind is how good it is.The tunes bounce, the lyrics snap, the performances have just the right edge. |
Original Broadway Cast
Tootsie [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek |
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Wicked Original Broadway Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 26/Oct/2008 ] This immediately popular musical has received rave reviews... "blends folk, pop and musical-theater influences with grace and vitality." "Judgment doesn't really begin on a new musical-theater piece until the cast album comes out. The stock of... |
ROGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
The King And I (recorded 1951 & 1954) Original Broadway Cast / Original London Cast (Yul Brynner, Valerie Hobson, Robert Merrill, Gertrude Lawrence, Herbert Lom & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This disc also features selections from an RCA 'cover' recording made with popular vocalists of the period, released before the show opened on Broadway and features an Overture that was put together expressly for the purpose. |
FRANK LOESSER
Where's Charley? / Hans Christian Andersen Original Broadway Cast 1958 [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
Original Broadway Cast [Fair Lady] / Original London Cast [Oliver!]
Hit Musical Double: My Fair Lady / Oliver! [ ALTO / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Casts include Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Georgia Brown Ron Moody, Danny Sewell, and, Hope Jackman |
Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
The Hamilton Mixtape [ Warner Music / CD - released 9/Dec/2016 ] Executive produced by The Roots' Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tarik "Black Thought" Trotter, "THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE" sees songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical covered and remixed by a remarkable cast of contemporary artists. Superstars... |
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Rocky [ Universal Music / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] The new Broadway musical ROCKY has an original score by the Tony Award-winning team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Once On This Island), who are the album's producers; additionally the score incorporates the iconic songs "Eye Of The... |
WRIGHT / FORREST
Kismet [plus excerpts from various other Kismet recordings] Original Broadway cast with Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Baubles, bangles and B-movies...That's the best way to describe the crazy cast of characters - onstage and off - which led to the ultimate creation of the 1953 Broadway musical known as Kismet. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (original cast & 1960 film soundtrack) Original Broadway Cast, with Larry Kert, Chita Rivera & Carol Lawrence / Film Soundtrack , with Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon & Rita Moreno [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 19/May/2018 ] West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals of all time, effectively blending Broadway with a symphonic grandeur (courtesy of Leonard Bernstein, who put music to Stephen Sondheim's lyrics), accents from jazz and Latin music, and a rarely heard... |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recording (with 'On the Waterfront') Original Broadway Cast with Mickey Calin, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Carol Lawrence [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The 1957 sound came right at the beginning of the stereo era and obviously wanted to show off the possibilities the format offered, and is amazingly good for that time, both in terms of definition and impact." David's Review Corner, September 2009 |
Original Broadway Cast
The Lion King (+DVD) [ EMI / CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] |
Original Broadway Cast
Original Cast: Matilda - The Musical [ RSC Enterprise / CD - released 23/Apr/2012 ] The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical based on Roald Dahl's charming 1988 book comes to life in the Original Broadway Cast recording. The cast, which features Tony nominees Bertie Carvel and Lauren Ward, makes the most of Tim Minchin's songs,... |
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Wicked [ Decca CD / CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] Original Broadway Cast recording of Wicked, Starring Kristin Chenowith, Idina Menzel and Joel Grey. Broadway's most talked about new musical. The box office is already over $10 Million! With a score by Stephen Schwartz (Broadway's Pippin,... |
SONGS OF ELVIS PRESLEY
All Shook Up - a new musical comedy Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Hadary & Sharon Wilkins / Original Broadway Cast [ Sony / BMG / CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins & Yvonne de Carlo / 1971 Original Broadway Cast [ Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2012 ] Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. |
ALEXANDER BORODIN / ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Borodin: Kismet Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow / 1953 Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. |
HENRY KRIEGER
Krieger: Side Show Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner / Original 1997 Broadway Cast [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who became famous stage performers in the 1930s. |