Judi Dench "A Little Night Music" Cast Recording..?
Judi Dench "A Little Night Music" Cast Recording..?
#1Judi Dench "A Little Night Music" Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 2:15pm
I've recently read the Royal National Theatre's A Little Night Music with Judi Dench is one of the hardest cast recordings to find. Is this true?
I'm seeing it go for some very high prices online. For those who own it, is it worth getting? And is it really THAT rare?
#2re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 2:19pm
I have a copy....how much are they asking for it?
Mine was a gift, but I can't imagine it's worth over $25--if it's that much or less, go for it, otherwise, you'll be disappointed I think.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#2re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 2:30pmI saw the production and I love the recording. I'm sure you can find copy of a copy from someone.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
#3re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 2:51pm
I have it, and am eternally thankfull for it. It's the only recording I listen to. I don't know that it's worth what people are charging for it, but it's definitely worth having...if that makes sense. 
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#4re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 2:53pmi suprised they dont put it back into print because people would be more likely to buy something that said JUDI DENCH over in than the other cast recording.
#5re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 5:44pm
It's out of print and extremely rare. The company that recorded it went out of business, so currently it can't be printed. That's why copies go for upwards of $100 on eBay.
I burned mine onto a blank CD and sold mine of eBay for $95.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#6re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 5:46pmI've tried to convince myself of doing the same thing, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#7re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/29/07 at 5:49pmIt is very well worth it!
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#8re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 5:27am
My favourite Night Music recording - yes, even over the original. It has so much more character. However, it was the first (and only production) I saw live, so I may be biased... 
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 10:03am
"I burned mine onto a blank CD and sold mine of eBay for $95."
Ditto.
Even though the company that recorded it is out of business, you know that the masters are lying in a vault somewhere. Someone should get them and reissue this cd. With Judi Dench's movie and tv popularity, it could be marketed to more mainstream audiences. I may call the local PBS station here. They could make big bucks off this.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#10re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 11:24amI've always wondered why the mixture of the movie and stage versions of Glamorous Life used on this recording isn't available for licensing. It's brilliant.
#11re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 11:28amIt was reported at the time that Sondheim didn't want other productions to adapt the score in the same that the RNT did, which is another reason why we may not see a re-issue of this CD anytime soon...
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#12re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:10pm
"It was reported at the time that Sondheim didn't want other productions to adapt the score in the same that the RNT did"
By the way, I wonder who will control Sondheim's estate when he goes to meet that Great Composer in the Sky? Hopefully they won't tie up his work and deprive audiences of seeing it in the future.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#13re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:19pmMy guess would be Peter Jones.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
#14re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 1:33pm
The Judi Dench ALNM was recorded on a label called TRING and when they folded the discs vanished.
A handful turned up at www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com about 7 years ago and these were instantly snapped up (at $5.99 each) and probably are the copies being bought, sold and and traded on E-bay now.
It is very good...though not thw perfect polished jewel that Columbia's original Broadwy cast disc is. I'd rank it a close second...miles ahead of the 1st London cast (RCA) or the Jay/TER studio cast. The movie soundtrack is not on CD, but aside from some interesting lyric changes (and the addition of lyrics to the opening Night Waltz) it isn't really worthwhile.
Careful about paying high prices for any CD because there is ALWAYS a chance that it will be reissued.
Since the CD was never released in North America, perhaps DRG could obtain the rights to release it.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#15re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 1:43pmI think this CD is higly overrated and I am thankful, after hearing it, that I didn't fork out hundreds of dollars over for something that can never beging to touch the glorious, wonderful, remastered OBC.
#16re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:57pm$100 is obscene for a CD. Glad I got mine for $10 at a garage sale.
#17re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:58pmWow. And I thought I was lucky for paying $35 at Footlight.
Dibbledl01
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#18re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 3:05pm
You can hear her singing "Send In the Clowns" on the "Hey! Mr. Producer The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh" cd if you're willing to have only one song in your hands
#19re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 4:19pmThanks for posting that Dibbled! I have "Hey! Mr. Producer" on my ipod and I didn't even realize this!
Dibbledl01
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toomeytwopiece
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#21re: Judi Dench 'A Little Night Music' Cast Recording..?
Posted: 1/30/07 at 7:12pm
I SAW this production and it was HANDS DOWN the BEST theater experience I have EVER had. The theater was reupholstered in the color they used on stage - it was like sitting in a lavender cloud... the stage revolved on a layer cake like cylinder, creating rooms, outdoors, etc. The orchestra was mounted on the wall next to the proscenium arch. Judi Dench was amazing - as was the ENTIRE cast.
SOO grateful I saw it...
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