Greatest Cast Recording(s) Ever?- Page 2

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:02am

Elton John and Time Rice's Aida

The Book of Mormon

My Fair Lady OLC

 

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 8/15/15 at 7:05am

West Side Story

Funny Girl

My Fair Lady

[jkl011]

Posted: 8/15/15 at 7:18am

Some of my favorites-

Company OBC

The Visit

Avenue Q

The Light In The Piazza

The Music Man OBC

[dev101]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 10:12am

My personal favorite that i listen to endlessly is Phantom of the Opera. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 11:35am

Chess -- Original London Cast (don't know if it was a concept album)

Nine -- Original Broadway Cast (the last 10 - 15 minutes is incredibly beautiful)

Follies -- Papermill Cast Recording

The King and I -- Donna Murphy version

Sweeney Todd -- OCR

Candide -- 1973 production

Mame -- I just love this recording...my favorite overture (even including Gypsy and Funny Girl)

Show Boat -- Harold Prince production...the scope of the show comes through loud and clear on that album

Ragtime -- OCR

Anything Goes -- Patti Lupone version

 

 

 

 

 

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 1:34pm

Oliver (OBC) 

Camelot (OBC)

JC Superstar (Concept)

Hair (OBC)

Urinetown (OOBC)

My Fair Lady (OLC)

and, yes, Legally Blonde (OBC)  So much fun

 

[firebolts]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 5:03pm

I consider these to be the perfect recordings with the perfect cast; so, I didn't include some of my favorite musicals like Passion, Miss Saigon, etc. because though the musicals themselves are perfect, I don't care for some of the casting choices. Perhaps some of these aren't necessarily the "greatest" for some, but I consider them to be (I honestly can't shorten this list down to 1-2 musicals, sorry):

 

Fun Home (The Public Theatre recording - I much prefer Alexandra over Emily)

Parade (OBCR)

Cinderella (OBCR)

The Light in the Piazza (OBCR)

Ragtime (OBCR)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (OBCR)

Follies (2011 ORCR)

A Little Night Music (OBCR and ORCR)

Sweeney Todd (with Patti LuPone)

In the Heights (OBCR)

The King and I (2015 ORCR)

A Chorus Line (2006 ORCR)

 

I might be forgetting some, but these have always been 

Updated On: 8/16/15 at 05:03 PM

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 6:12pm

Guys & Dolls - 1992 cast

Matilda - Original London Cast

Cinderella (Broadway) - for the orchestra mainly

Aida

Sue me, but I also love the Grease movie album

[Markie27]

Posted: 8/16/15 at 9:21pm

Here are my Top 10

1. Rent

2. Les Miserables (London)

3. Wicked

4. Miss Saigon

5. Fun Home (Broadway - love Emily Skeggs)

6. Kinky Boots

7. Avenue Q

8. Into the Woods (Both original and revival)

9. Once

10. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill

 

[aj88]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 9:12am

Usually my go-to answers are:

Sweeney Todd OBC and Ragtime OBC.

But there are a few others I would also mention, but I will limit it to these two.

[Eurotrash]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 9:31am

No question in my mind that the answer is the Hunchback, Berlin recording.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 11:23am

I can't really find fault with the OBC recordings of 1776, She Loves Me, Company, Chorus Line and Ragtime.

I also have this recording from Ms. Saigon that is amazing...which I believe came from some tour somewhere. I have an unofficial CD without any liner notes and I don't know exactly where it came from...but it's my favorite of that show for sure.

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 1:04pm

COMPANY OBC

WEST SIDE STORY OBC

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:02pm

Sunday in the Park With George OBC, Violet 2014 and Fun Home Broadway

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:24pm

The only thing that keeps this recording from being perfect, in my opinion, was that the score didn't include Stärker als wir sind at the time, so the song is absent from the album.

 

I have to admit, I also prefer the added vocal harmonies to Totale Finsternis and the finale on the subsequent recordings.

[Sutherland]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 8:37pm

My Fair Lady

Company

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (OBC, with all endings, etc.)

[pippin423]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 10:56pm

OBC Fiddler On The Roof with Zero Mostel. Perfection.

[metropolis10111]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 8:13am

Hello Dolly (OBC) the music and performances are just perfection. It's a great recording to listen to front to back or in a mix which is rare with more modern musicals 

 

Tanz Der Vampire (Original Vienna) One of the best produced albums of a musical. The Wagnerian size score and the energy is wonderful. 

 

Starmania (Intégrale Live 98/99) One of the most listened to CDs sets I own. Songs that have passed into legend and the performances to back them up. 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 9:03am

"I have to admit, I also prefer the added vocal harmonies to Totale Finsternis and the finale on the subsequent recordings."

 

I must agree. A little more coloration for variety doesn't hurt, especially with a score where, if you're a Steinman fan, you've already heard every melody before.

 

"Tanz Der Vampire (Original Vienna) One of the best produced albums of a musical. The Wagnerian size score and the energy is wonderful."

I will agree that it is a very well-produced album. That owes in part to the direct presence of Steinman in the control room; the man's a perfectionist to the nth degree. However, it doesn't accurately reflect, to me, the truth of the score as it currently is, which is one of its main downfalls.

Updated On: 8/18/15 at 09:03 AM

[brdway411]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 10:30am

Pippin revival, because me and 3 of my  closest friends are on it. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/22/15 at 2:48am

Why isn't the 1994 carousel revival cast recording on iTunes?

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/7/16 at 3:21am

BUMPITY BUMP BUMP 

Sweeney Todd (OBC)

Cabaret  (1998 revival)

Ragtime  (OBC)

She Loves Me (2016)

South Pacific  (200

Evita (OBC)

Into the Woods  (OBC)

Sunday in the Park with George  (OBC)

A Little Night Music (OBC)

Nine (OBC)

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee  (OBC)

The Light in the Piazza  (OBC)

Company (OBC)

Caroline, or Change  (OBC)

Fun Home (OBC)

The Bridges of Madison County (OBC)

Thoroughly Modern Millie  (OBC)

My Fair Lady (OBC)

Passion (OBC or 2013)

Assassins (2004)

Follies (2011)

Titanic (OBC)

Once (OBC)

 

[The Other One]

Posted: 8/7/16 at 7:19am

Giving a shout out to the OBCRs of Camelot, Little Me and Sweet Charity.  I don't think anyone would consider any of these three among Broadway's all time greatest musicals, but listening to their albums you would never know it.

I am also very partial to Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, West Side Story (though the soundtrack sometimes surpasses it in my honest opinion), the Lincoln Center Show Boat, and, especially as remastered a few years ago, Follies.  

Hamilton's album effortlessly joins the list of classics.  I listen to it all the time.

Updated On: 8/7/16 at 07:19 AM

[hork]

Posted: 8/7/16 at 12:34pm

A new discovery of mine is the revival of On the Twentieth Century. I think it's an incredible recording and it really makes me regret not being able to see this production.

[funhamilton_rent]

Posted: 8/7/16 at 3:52pm

Hamilton (OBCR)

The Color Purple (ORCR)

Rent (OBCR) Many people dislike this recording but I think it really captures the grittiness of the show.

The Last Five Years (OST)

A Chorus Line (OBCR)

Next to Normal (OBCR)

Wicked (OBCR)

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (ORCR)