SWEENEY TODD (2023) Broadway Revival Cast Recording Thread — Page 5

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "A friend involved in the production said there will be a physical CD release, but no current expectations for a vinyl release."

At a mere five minutes longer than the previous Broadway revival's recording, I was also hoping for a bit more. I have the Ney York Philharmonic recording and the not so great German Concert recording on CD, as well as numerous radio broadcasts, so I have plenty of recordings of the full score. I know I shouldn't complain about what we did get here, as it really does sound fantastic, but the full score would have been great.

This whole recording is just sheer perfection (except for Jordan Fisher, sorry)! I said it before, and I will say it again: Groban's Epiphany sends chills down my spine! Gaten's Not While I'm Around brings me to tears every time I listen to it! Lastly, Groban and Ashford in A Little Priest, their chemistry together is just extraordinary!

CATSNYrevival said: "It is glorious. A few spotty accents aside, and a lifeless vocal performance from Jordan Fisher, this is a wonderful cast and the orchestrations are brilliant. I appreciate that this production received a cast album, but I have to say I’m disappointed that the full score was not recorded. I understand abbreviating the dialogue scenes, but this is essentially a glorified highlights album, and since the last Broadway and London revival cast albums were also highlights, I was really hoping we might get a more complete recording of the score this time. The album is an hour and 33 minutes so when it’s on CD it will need to be on two discs. There’s room for more music. They recorded so much there’s really only a few passages of music they didn’t include, if not the full show, why not go the extra mile and at least record all of the music? I don’t get it. I’m not trying to be ungrateful I just don’t understand the choices made here."

I agree 100%. Even with all of the cuts and changes made to what's on stage, it would have been nice to have the full score as it was originally written. But I understand that this documents this particular production and the changes that were made. I enjoyed this, but God, that (Angela Lansbury)'s good.

I too had no problem with Fisher.

Though aside from the songs released ahead of time, my favorite on the album is Poor Thing

It's a good recording. Everyone sounds in strong voice, and I didn't have a problem with Jordan Fisher either. (Oddly, Johanna gets left in that trunk again). There are some very smart acting choices made throughout that also work well on the recording.

But the terrific Dolby Atmos remix of the Original Broadway Cast Recording, preserving so much more of the score, really knocked me out, and I think renders every other recording as secondary. I've lived with that OBCR for 44 years, since anxiously awaiting its release, and it was like hearing it again for the first time.

I listened to this this today and it's glorious for the most part. However, how did Jordan Fisher ever get this role? So many cringe moments during this recording solely because of him. OUCH!

jacobsnchz14 said: "CATSNYrevival said: "It is glorious. A few spotty accents aside, and a lifeless vocal performance from Jordan Fisher, this is a wonderful cast and the orchestrations are brilliant. I appreciate that this production received a cast album, but I have to say I’m disappointed that the full score was not recorded. I understand abbreviating the dialogue scenes, but this is essentially a glorified highlights album, and since the last Broadway and London revival cast albums were also highlights, I was really hoping we might get a more complete recording of the score this time. The album is an hour and 33 minutes so when it’s on CD it will need to be on two discs. There’s room for more music. They recorded so much there’s really only a few passages of music they didn’t include, if not the full show, why not go the extra mile and at least record all of the music? I don’t get it. I’m not trying to be ungrateful I just don’t understand the choices made here."

I agree 100%. Even with all of the cuts and changes made to what's on stage, it would have been nice to have the full score as it was originally written. But I understand that this documents this particular production and the changes that were made. I enjoyed this, but God, that (Angela Lansbury)'s good."

I'm very disappointed we didn't Pirelli's intro, but the orchestra sounds glorious.

It's nice to hear Ashford sing "I love you" in the Final Scene, as written by Sondheim. I am still not sure why she doesn't sing the proper lyric live in the Theater.

ljay889 said: "It's nice to hear Ashford sing "I love you" in the Final Scene, as written by Sondheim. I am still not sure why she doesn't sing the proper lyric live in the Theater."

Interestingly enough, Jeanna De Waal DEFINITELY san "I LOVE you" in the Final Scene when I saw her go on with Nicholas Christopher a couple weeks ago. I am 100% sure of.

This cast recording is disappointingly timid. The highlight by far is Ashford, but even she doesn't go for it the way Lansbury did. I guess with advancements in recording technology I was hoping for something that would make me feel like I was hearing the score afresh, listening to this mostly made just want to go back and listen to the original cast recording. I'd love to listen to these Sony remasters I'm hearing about, but I use Spotify and I don't think they're available there.

I agree a bit - I think timid is a good description, but I think they did a great job on the recording, across the board. I prefer Bilbao's recording of Green Finch, to her live performance. I also prefer Fisher's performance on the soundtrack (though I had been quite impressed by his live performance). Frankly, I've heard more of the layered nuance of Sweeney songs in this recording than others I've listened to. For instance, the note drop in Kiss Me pt2, the second "kiss me" verse in pt2 drops, and I hadn't noticed that previously. For me, I am obsessed with Ashford's inflection in By The Sea - "now in then you could do the guest in" - I've listened to it so many times, that little "guest in" portion is beautiful.

CD coming 11/24

Vinyl coming 3/1/24