Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Sondheim Box Set!? :)
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#1Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:20pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=29113
"Sony BMG Masterworks will be releasing a box set of of Sondheim's works this September, including 37 previously unreleased tracks"
Exciting! Any guesses as to what the unreleased material could be?
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
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#2re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:25pmI bet the recordings from the proposed 'Into the Woods' movie will be in it. I remember reading (I believe during the Sondheim chat thing) that he said some tracks were recorded, and he hopes that people will eventually hear them. Now would be a great chance.
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#2re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:30pmWhat I would kill for is a demo of 'Happily Ever After'!
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#3re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:33pmYou have to email your questions at the address, DON'T POST THEM IN THE COMMENTS OF THE ARTICLE. Someone's going to have to tell Sirius Black.
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#4re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:34pmI'm hoping for songs from unreleased or unfinished musicals. Sunset Boulevard? Mary Poppins? High Tor?
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#5re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:36pmThose would be great! Maybe their planning on releasing songs from certain backer's auditions?
#6re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 6:06pm
"What I would kill for is a demo of 'Happily Ever After'! "
We can hope Heathurr!
#7re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 8:23pmi can't wait for this to be released!!! thanks for the information!!!
follies85
Understudy Joined: 12/15/07
#8re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 9:33pm
This is good news indeed!!! It was announced in March 2006 that such a box set would be released. Tracks for the then-announced box set include songs from most of the original cast recordings of Sondheim's musicals as well as an abundance of private demo recordings, songs written for movies and television, as well as incidental music from plays, among others. And, yes, a 3:55 archival recording of "Happily Ever After" is listed!
http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=1870
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#9re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 9:36pm
Follies85, THANK YOU for making my night.
I am giddy! 
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#10re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:24pmHaving heard the audio from the opening night of Sweeney Todd the other day, one hopes that they use the live recording of "A Little Priest". To be in the theatre that would have been magical.
LadyRosecoe
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/07
#11re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:31pmThe appreciative and rapturous applause in that audio is SO heartening because you can feel as if you're sitting in the seat and everyone surrounding you is more than excited to be there. If they used that kind of track would it be possible to clean up some of the sounds that were caused by the recording device or is that a permanent fixture?
#12re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:36pm
I have no idea if they can clean it up or not, but out of every live audio i have ever heard. The opening night of Sweeney is stunning, the audience reaction is over whelming, what a joy it would have been to be there that night.
#13re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:38pm
Why can't They commerically release soundboards? They aren't really bootlegs. People connected to the production make them, don't they?
And, ach! I would die for that Sweeney soundboard! If anybody's interested in some sort of trade for it, PM me.
#14re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:39pmFierce.
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#15re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:40pm
"And, ach! I would die for that Sweeney soundboard!"
Meeeee too.
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#16re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/19/08 at 11:42pmI can't believe I said "Ach." The German in me is coming out.
#17re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 3:46pm
"And, yes, a 3:55 archival recording of "Happily Ever After" is listed!"
Great News!
That site is often quiet but when it does get an exclusive it is always a good one and usually months before any of the mainstream sites (such as this one) get it.
#18re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 3:48pmI'm not jumping up and down with joy, but there is some cool stuff.
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#19re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 3:53pmOh no, now I have to spend money.
#20re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 3:57pm
I've heard that version of Sondheim singing Happily Ever After and it will be worth buying the boxed set for that alone.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=961863#3510894
#21re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 9:16pmCooollllll. That's all I have to say.
#22re: Sondheim Box Set!? :)
Posted: 6/20/08 at 11:49pmAnybody care to venture a guess what this might cost?
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