Favorite Sondheim song interpretations and performances

hi all

I love different peoples interpretations of Stephen Sondheim's songs ( ie. not from the original cast album )

Especially love in concert recordings, artist recordings from albums, and revival casts that vary from the OBC.

I'm ALWAYS looking for fantastic interpretations and recordings of Sondheim.


A few performances that opened up songs to me in new ways vs the original cast recordings include:

Moments in the Woods- Audra McDonald Youtube in concert
Not a Day Goes By- Bernadette Peters- Sondheim etc
Children Will Listen-Bernadette Peters-Sondheim etc
I am unworthy of your love-John Barrowman & Ruthie Henshell youtube
We're gonna be alright-Emily Skinner do i hear a waltz live


Who has favorite performances of favorite Sondheim songs they would like to share and discuss?

Mandy Patinkin singing Sunday with just the piano on his Sondheim album. Fabulous.

Judy Kuhn is absolutely beautiful as Fosca on the 2013 cast recording of Passion.
Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters recorded Evening Primrose on Patinkin's "Dress Casual" album and I think that it's probably the best recording of that score.
I also love the 2011 Revival recording of Follies due to it's clear quality and completeness.

Raul Esparza singing "What Can You Lose" from DICK TRACEY, with Mary-Mitchell Campbell on the piano - at his American Songbook recital a few years back. Takes my breath away.

Loudon's medley


Loudon

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Bernadette Peter's Send In The Clowns; Laura Benanti's So Many People; Patti LuPone's Being Alive

Morosco, for some reason that Cleo sings Sondheim video special used to pop up a lot on the Women's channel (a Canadian basic cable station,) in the 90s. I LOVE her interpretations--but the videos verge, in a good way, on camp. I love the oh-so-literal take on Losing My Mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jALrRhRCqt0

-Meryl Streep- Last Midnight, Stay With Me, and Witch's Rap

-Julie Andrews- Could I Leave You

-Bernadette Peters- You Could Drive a Person Crazy, Broadway Baby and Not a Day Goes By

-Patti LuPone- Ladies Who Lunch

Man what I wouldn't give to see a Into the Woods Revival with Audra as Bakers wife and Patti lupone as the Witch. That would be an amazing show.

Bernadette Peters - In Buddy's Eyes

Bernadette Peters - Send in the Clowns

Bernadette Peters - No One is Alone

Bernadette Peters - Anyone Can Whistle

Bernadette Peters - Goodbye for Now

Bernadette Peters - Take me to the World

Donna Murphy - Losing My Mind

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is it such a crime to love everything Barbra sings from the SONDHEIM song book?...so I do!

personal favorites are...
EVERYBODY SAYS DONT
THERE WONT BE TRUMPETS with the sublime A QUIET THING from FLORA THE RED MENACE...(which is not SONDHEIM but KANDER & EBB...who I also adore)
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
MOVE ON
PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Updated On: 3/8/15 at 02:27 PM

Elaine Stritch's I'm still here! She sang it so many times that it's hard to remember she never played Carlotta!

Cleo Laine's "Sondheim Album" is one of the best.

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