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See What I Wanna See
- Release: March 7
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
- Performers: Idina Menzel, Marc Kudisch, Mary Testa, Aaron Lohr and Henry Stram.
- Release: March 21
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Writers: music by various composers, lyrics by Mark Campbell
- Performer: Michael Winther.
- Release: March
- Label: TBA
- Writers: music and lyrics by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid and David Holcenberg
- Performers: Klea Blackhurst, Chevi Colton as Minnie, Liz Larsen, Liz McCartney, Janet Metz, Patrick Ryan Sullivan and Jessica-Snow Wilson .
- Release: April 4
- Label: Original Cast Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff
- Performers: Doug Kreeger and Stephen Dolginoff.
- Release: April
- Label: Jay Records
- Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
- Performers:Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.
- Release: May
- Label: PS Classics
- Writers: music and lyrics by John Bucchino
- Performers: Brooks Ashmankas, Andrea Burns, Gavin Creel, Jessica Molaskey and Billy Porter.
- Miscellaneous: The album was recorded the week of Jan. 30, and was produced by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin.
- Release: May
- Label: PS Classics
- Writer: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell and the 2006 London revival cast.
- Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 6-7.
Ring of Fire
Bernarda Alba
Grey Gardens
I Love You Because
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Other Recordings:
Wall to Wall Sondheim - March 14
Liza with a Z (reissue) - Columbia/Legacy - March 7
Euan Morton: NewClear - March
Isabelle Georges: December Songs - PS Classics - March
Diahann Carroll and the Andre Previn Trio: Porgy and Bess - DRG - March 21
Patti LuPone: The Lady with the Torch - Ghostlight Records - April
Brian Stokes Mitchell - Playbill Records/Legacy - June 6
Ann Hampton Callaway: Blues in the Night - Telarc - Aug. 22
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Billy Elliot
- Release: Feb. 7 (US Release)
- Label: Decca Broadway
- Writers: music by Elton John and lyrics by Lee Hall
- Performers: Liam Mower, Hadyn Gwynne and the 2005 Original London cast.
- Miscellaneous: The 2-CD set includes a bonus CD with composer Elton John singing "Letter," "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" and "Electricity."
- Release: Jan. 31
- Label: Nonesuch
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone and the 2005 Broadway cast
- Release: Jan. 24
- Label: Sh-K-Boom
- Writers: music and lyrics by David Nehls
- Performers: Shuler Hensley, Linda Hart and the original Off-Broadway cast.
- Release: Jan. 24
- Label: Angel
- Writers: score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
- Performers: LaChanze and the original Broadway cast.
- Release: Jan. 15
- Label: Original Cast Records
- Writers: music by Robert Cohen, lyrics by David Javerbaum
- Performers: A mix of reading and production cast members, including Alix Korey and Jacquelyn Piro.
- Release: Jan. 10
- Label: PS Classics
- Writers: various
- Performers: Original Off-Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded March 2, 2005.
- Release: Nov. 1, 2005
- Label: Rhino
- Writers: music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe
- Performers: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: Produced by Bob Gaudio, the album was recorded on Aug. 28.
- Release: Dec. 13
- Label: JAY Records
- Writers: music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- Performers: La Chanze, Rachel York, and the 2005 original Off-Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The 2-disk cast album was recorded May 2, 2005.
- Release: Oct. 17 (UK Release)
- Label: Really Useful
- Writers: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
- Performers: Stephen Fry and others.
- Release: Sept. 20
- Label: DRG
- Writers: Various
- Performers: 2005 Las Vegas cast
- Miscellaneous: 15 songs from the Las Vegas production.
- Release: Aug. 9
- Label: DRG
- Writers: Whoopi Goldberg
- Performers: Whoopi Goldberg.
- Miscellaneous: The 2-CD set will feature the complete performance as performed and recorded at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on Jan. 29-30, 2005.
- Release: July 26
- Label: Ghostlight
- Writers: music by Steven M. Alper, lyrics by Sarah Knapp.
- Performers: Jacqueline Antaramian, Walter Charles, Adam Heller and Cass Morgan.
- Miscellaneous: The recording is produced by Jan Folkson.
- Release: July
- Label: Kritzerland
- Writers: music and lyrics by Noel Coward
- Performers: The 2005 Irish Repertory cast.
- Release: July 12
- Label: DRG
- Writers: music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields
- Performers: Christina Applegate, Denis O'Hare, and the 2005 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album is available at selected New York retailers prior to the national release. CD was recorded May 16. Six bonus tracks will be included.
Debbie Gravitte: Defying Gravity - Jay Records - Jan. 10
Rebecca Spencer: Fair Warning - LML Music - Winter
Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniele: Opposite You - PS Classics - Nov. 8
Barbara Cook: Tribute - DRG - Fall 2005
Karen Mason: The Sweetest of Nights - Zevely Records - Oct.
Sondheim Sings: Volume 2 - PS Classics - Oct. 25
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics - Oct. 19
Michael Ball: Music - Universal Music TV - Oct. 17 (UK Release)
Jeff Harnar: Dancing in the Dark - PS Classics - Oct. 4
Kevin Spirtas: The Sweetest of Nights and the Finest of Days - Kritzerland - Sept. 13
Broadway Unplugged - Bayview Recording Company - Sept. 12
Ethel Merman: The World Is Your Balloon - Decca Broadway - Sept.
Michael Feinstein: Hopeless Romantics - Concord Records - Sept.
Fyvush Finkel: It's Never Too Late - Original Cast Records - Sept.
