CHESS 2025 Broadway Cast Recording Thread- Page 3

[hak5]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 8:05pm

Do we know if a CD is being released ?

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 8:09pm

hak5 said: "Do we know if a CD is being released ?"

Both CD and Vinyl are coming later.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 8:47pm

Did Benny produce this?

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 9:27pm

I had to go to Playbill to find out who is playing bass on the recording.  I am now a fan of Yuka Tadano.

Updated On: 4/9/26 at 09:27 PM

[RumTumJM]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 10:02pm

I'm loving what I'm hearing on these individual songs!

They really let the songs rock & flaunt their 80s aweomness! The drums, guitars and synths are prominent in all of that places I want them to be!

Maybe it's the clear sound on these recordings & and optimal mixing, but the songs almost sound better here than they did at the Imperial in January!

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/9/26 at 10:10pm

He is a Man He is a Child has such an ABBA vibe to it, very Frida.   I love Hannah's version.

Speaking of Hannah, she finally posted that photo of her and Lea at the Spring Awakening stage door that she's been teasing for a while to celebrate the release of their duet.

Updated On: 4/9/26 at 10:10 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 12:00am

Now streaming. Enjoy, everybody!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 12:01am

Bless whoever conceived/wrote/orchestrated this new overture.

[binau]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 2:27am

I knew the singing performances would be good but the surprise is how gorgeous, clear and loud all the orchestrations are generally. I don't think I will or can listen to another recording of this now. 

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 5:55am

binau said: "I knew the singing performances would be good but the surprise is how gorgeous, clear and loud all the orchestrations are generally. I don't think I will or can listen to another recording of this now."

Agree. 

[The8re phan]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 6:25am

DAYUM....... this is how you make a cast recording!

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 11:12am

CATSNYrevival said:

The length of the song, studio vs live, is practically identical on my end. I don't think it's slower."

Correct, it's not. Wow, the orchestrations have never sounded better. The soaring voices, the clarity, everything. This is how you do a cast recording 🎶 

Updated On: 4/10/26 at 11:12 AM

[Art Isn’t Easy]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 11:46am

The overture sounds STUNNING. Have some quibbles with some mixes (I miss when recordings felt like the performers were in the theater and not in a lab controlled studio, a problem with the majority of recordings today) but overall grateful that the score was preserved in this condition with this cast. Gonna wear this one out

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 1:02pm

The score is a gold mine and shines right through on this album. When it soars, it ROCKS in a way that only CHESS can. Lead guitarist Jakob Reinhardt gets to really let loose here.

This overture is all Brian Usifer, who is credited with new orchestrations for this production. 

And I will also praise the vocals and mixing on this album as a whole. 

Likely won't get me to see this live, but this is a good record to finally own. 

 

 

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 1:31pm

This is a great recording. Orchestrations sound awesome. 

And the performances really do shine through. Cruz should get a Tony nom for this. Christopher feels locked.  

Updated On: 4/10/26 at 01:31 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 1:54pm

This will probably get the most plays from me of any new album this season, and I can confidently say that having not even seen or heard the new musicals this season that haven’t dropped albums yet. The only minor quibble from me is that I would have liked some dialogue in the beginning to help set the scene, and some dialogue at the end to tie things up, but it seems there was a conscious choice to record very little of the new book and just let the score shine and I can’t really argue with that choice either. They could have skimped out and gave us a highlights album which would have been really disappointing. The fact that they literally preserved the entire score, even the short songs that maybe usually wouldn’t make it on to a cast album, is more than I could have hoped for.

[Ptero2]

Posted: 4/10/26 at 1:59pm

theatergoer3 said: "This is a great recording. Orchestrations sound awesome.

And the performances really do shine through. Cruzget a Tony nom for this. Christopher feels locked. "

Cruz’s He is a Man, He is a Child is fantastic. I normally don’t really care about that song but she makes so many great vocal/acting choices.