Remastered Versions of Sondheim's Woods, Sweeney, Sunday and Merrily to Be Released with Bonus Tracks
By Andrew Gans
14 Mar 2007
Masterworks Broadway will release digitally remastered versions of the original cast recordings of Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along.
The four discs will all boast bonus tracks and will feature new liner notes penned by director Richard Jay-Alexander. The Sondheim recordings are set to arrive in stores March 20.
The Into the Woods recording — starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien — will feature three bonus tracks: "Giants in the Sky" (performed by John Cameron Mitchell), "Back to the Palace" (Kim Crosby) and "Boom Crunch" (Maureen Moore). The suggested retail price is $13.98.
Sweeney Todd — which boasts Tony winners Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury — will feature three additional tracks: "Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd" (from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall with Eugene Perry, Henry Perry, Jerry Hadley and the American Theatre Orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani), "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" (Harolyn Blackwell, also from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall) and "Sweet Polly Plunkett" (Julie Andrews, from Putting It Together). The suggested retail price is $24.98.
Sunday in the Park with George — co-starring Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin — will offer bonus tracks of "Putting It Together" (from Putting It Together, with Julie Andrews, Stephen Collins, Rachel York, Michael Rupert and Christopher Durang) and "Sunday" (from Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, with the Chorus and the American Theatre Orchestra). The suggested retail price is $13.98.
"It's a Hit" (demo from Sondheim's personal archives) and "Not a Day Goes By" (performed by Bernadette Peters at Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall) will be the bonus tracks for Merrily We Roll Along, the short-lived musical that featured Liz Callaway, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison and Jim Walton. The suggested retail price is $13.98.
For more information visit www.sonybmgmasterworks.com.
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