Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast)

by RCA

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Release Date:2007-03-20
Label:RCA
UPC:828766863925
Binding:Audio CD
Published By:RCA
ASIN:B0009941IE
Category:Music

Tracks on Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) by RCA

  1. Prelude. The Ballad of Sweeny Todd: Attend The Tale Of Sweeny Todd
  2. No Place Like London
  3. The Barber And His Wife
  4. The Worst Pies In London
  5. Poor Thing
  6. My Friends
  7. The Ballad Of Sweeny Todd: Life Your Razor High, Sweeny!
  8. Green Finch And Linnet Bird
  9. Ah, Miss
  10. Johanna
  11. Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
  12. The Contest
  13. The Ballad Of Sweeny Todd: Sweeney Pondered And Sweeney Planned
  14. Wait
  15. The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong
  16. Johanna
  17. Kiss Me!
  18. Ladies In Their Sensitivities
  19. Pretty Women
  20. Epiphany
  21. A Little Priest
  22. God, That's Good!
  23. Johanna
  24. By The Sea
  25. Wigmaker Sequence / The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before / The Letter
  26. Not While I'm Around
  27. Parlor Songs
  28. City On Fire! / Final Sequence
  29. The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd
  30. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd - Sondheim, Stephen
  31. Green Finch and Linnet Bird - Sondheim, Stephen

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

Album Description

A Classic Stephen Sondheim Musical Available Now at a New Low Price!

Features bonus tracks, digitally remastered and new liner notes.

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Despite being known for her televised sleuthing these days, Angela Lansbury once managed to both spook and delight Broadway audiences as the maker of very particular delicacies in Victorian London. In this macabre extravaganza, Lansbury's Nellie Lovett is the accomplice of Len Cariou's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. After he slashes his victims, she turns them into her meat pies' main ingredient. For this most ghoulish of shows, Sondheim looked for inspiration in the way the music is used in horror and suspense movies, particularly in the soundtracks of Bernard Herrmann. The winner of nine Tony Awards in 1979, Sweeney Todd may not be Sondheim's most accessible score, but its operatic complexity (it is almost entirely sung-through) makes it darkly spellbinding. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Probably the best Sondheim - Reviewed on 2008-05-04
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1 customer found this review helpful.

Having seen the original Broadway and subsequent revivals in NYC and LA, I must say that "Sweeney" never ceases to thrill - scored and written brilliantly. My only complaint with this particular 2-disc set (this was a replacement to an earlier 2-disc set) is that the libretto is not included.
astounding - Reviewed on 2008-04-13
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I absolutely love the original Broadway recording. It contains all of the music from the play featuring the amazing talents of Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, the original Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney Todd. 10 times better than the movie soundtrack!
No LYRICS - Reviewed on 2008-04-11
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1 customer found this review helpful.

I thought this CD would come with lyrics but apparently it doesnt...... Still, I love the music. I'm simply disappointed about not having lyrics booklet included in the CD.
The Definitive Version - Reviewed on 2008-02-20
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1 customer found this review helpful.

As a big Sweeney Todd fan, I believe I have all the recordings of it.
In my opinion, this one is the gold standard.
I not saying that the other versions are not good, I'm just saying that this one is my favorite.
Sweeny Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Reviewed on 2008-02-15
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I saw the movie with Johnny Depp. It was great and wanted to buy the sound track. Mentioned wanting to buy it to the theatre director where I go to see college plays. They do a great job there and the director told me that the Broadway version is better, so I took his word for it and bought this one and he was right! The musical score from the movie is good too. It's all a matter of personal taste. The music is very pretty and the singers are very good. If a person didn't know what this was about, and just heard the music and liked musicals or light opera, they would love the songs. Very lovely.
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