SWEENEY TODD (2023) Broadway Revival Cast Recording Thread

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:11am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SWEENEY-TODD-Will-Release-Revival-Cast-Recording-Later-This-Year-20230427

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:14am

"Later this year." - Can they not be a little more specific...?

Regardless, looking forward to this. I think this may be one those cases where it sounds better on the cast album than in the theatre.

Updated On: 4/27/23 at 10:14 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:15am

“Later this year”? Well, that’s… descriptive.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:16am

bwayphreak234 said: ""Later this year." - Can they not be a little more specific...?

Regardless, looking forward to this. I think this may be one those cases where it sounds better on the cast album than in the theatre."

Not technically jinx, but “Jinx!”

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:36am

Their Instagram has pictures of the recording session, and it says “coming soon.”

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:39am

Misread it and thought it said “later this week” and now I’m mad…

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 10:41am

As long as we don't wait as long as we had to for the Sunday in the Park one with Jake and Annaleigh. lol.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 11:20am

Seems like they'd want to get it up for streaming and download before the Tony Awards broadcast so I don't think we have to wait too long.

[hak5]

Posted: 4/27/23 at 3:16pm

I guess release date(s) will depend on when they finish recording and mixing/etc.

hope they release a CD

Updated On: 4/27/23 at 03:16 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/4/23 at 2:12pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" drops this Monday, May 8!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr1KopXL7Yb/

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/4/23 at 2:19pm

That clip sounds amazing!

[binau]

Posted: 5/4/23 at 2:29pm

Well I think this bodes well that we will see other tracks and the full album sooner rather than later! 

[PianoMann]

Posted: 5/4/23 at 2:41pm

Wow, this really does sound fantastic! Very excited for Monday.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/4/23 at 3:06pm

I assume they want to get - at minimum - a selection of songs out as a sampler for Tony voters. Even if it's only the title song, something showcasing Ruthie (act 2 Joanna?), Priest, Epiphany, and Worst Pies. With a good team prioritizing this, they could conceivably get the whole album out to voters before the voting period ends.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 12:00am

Josh Groban (Sweeney Todd) and the company performing "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd":

 

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 12:15am

It’s glorious.

[Det95]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 8:21am

I'm surprised the organ prelude isn't included in the Ballad. I wonder if it was recorded as a separate track, or it won't be on the album at all. Anyway, sounds fantastic, can't wait to see it next week.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 9:29am

This sounds REALLY good. It sounds even better on the recording that it does in the theatre.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 9:49am

Det95 said: "I'm surprised the organ prelude isn't included in the Ballad. I wonder if it was recorded as a separate track, or it won't be on the album at all. Anyway, sounds fantastic, can't wait to see it next week."

I’m assuming it’s a separate track. I’ll be devastated if they didn’t record it!

[willep]

Posted: 5/8/23 at 12:50pm

Oh wow, okay, having not seen the show yet that track sounds fantastic.

[StefanieBway<3]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 10:43am

the ensemble sounds a little muffled to me, which frustrates me, it was crisp and clear in the theatre. but other than that... i'm obsessed. have listened 10 times already.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 11:14am

As my mother would say, "s**t or get off the pot" and give us a whole release, or at least just a date.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 11:26am

StefanieBway said: "the ensemble sounds a little muffled to me, which frustrates me, it was crisp and clear in the theatre. but other than that... i'm obsessed. have listened 10 times already."

Came here to say the same about the ensemble. They also sound strangely clipped in the cuts between them and Josh at the end.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 5/9/23 at 1:49pm

Who's the opening soloist, is that Paul-Jordan Jansen?

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

Posted: 5/9/23 at 2:13pm

Maybe that's all still being worked on, and that's why the holdup. Alex Lacamoire just posted on social media about the album in a way that makes it sound like the process isn't over -- he said he was having a great time making (present tense) the album, which is pretty specifically not a "wait till you see what we've made for you" kind of thing.