What are some good cast recordings?
What are some good cast recordings?
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#1What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 1:20pmI have Promises, Promises (the revival), Steel Pier and a couple songs here and there. I was thinking Wicked or Young Frankenstein. I like the beat of them son't judge me :). What are some other good ones?
#2What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 1:31pm
THOU SHALT NOT
BABY, IT'S YOU
THE CIVIL WAR
GREASE (2007 Revival)
BKLYN
#2What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 4:38pm
Bad boy Jordan! :)
I always suggest "Allegro". It is not an original cast recording, it is a studio recording of the show. I just love it.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Liz7
Understudy Joined: 9/1/09
#3What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 4:50pm
No judgment here, I love Wicked.
"Rent"
"The Wild Party" (Lippa)
"See what I Wanna See""
"You Never Know" (Studio Recording. It's great, but hard to find)
"The Scarlett Pimpernel"
#4What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 5:06pm
Despite bad reviews, Don Sebesky's orchestrations for "Baby It's You" are great, as well as the actresses playing the Shirelles, and (of course) Beth Leavel as Florence Greenberg.
I HIGHLY recommended the 1987 Lincoln Center Theatre recording of "Anything Goes". The orchestrations are upbeat and brilliant. Patti LuPone as Reno Sweeney was (and she still is) a force to match Ethel Merman.
Another great one is the original Broadway cast recording of "Company". The music is fun and the lyrics are witty. I you don't care for most of the album, 'Company', 'Not Getting Married Today', 'The Little Things You Do Together', and 'The Ladies Who Lunch' are worth the full price by themselves.
If you like Kristen Chenoweth is "Promises, Promises", then you'll probably like her in the 1999 recording of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". I always find myself wishing the orchestrations weren't so "big", but it's hard to hate a show were Kristen Chenoweth looks like Annie and Roger Bart is in a dog costume.
“You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something.” (Kenneth Haigh)
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#5What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 5:33pmI meant the Young Frankenstein :P and I have a few Kristin songs from YAGMCB. I wish they had the Candide concert. She and Patti and Paul were awesome.
klacombe@uoguelph.ca
Understudy Joined: 12/16/10
#6What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 10:42pmI always enjoy listening to the Rent, N2N and the In the Heights cast recordings. Currently obsessed with The Wild Party (Lippa) recording. But I also would like to have more to listen to so keep the suggestions coming!
#7What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 4/30/11 at 11:10pmI would say you should try NEXT TO NORMAL and RENT. Two quality cast recordings that every theatre fan should own.
HowtoCatchWonderland
Swing Joined: 4/30/11
#8What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 6:18am
N2N
In the Heights
Rent
Wicked
That is all :)
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#9What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 7:43am
RAGTIME obcr
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (personally, I prefer the Vanessa Williams version)
CHICAGO
REBECCA live Vienna cast recording (Ok, it's in German but it's great!!)
Updated On: 5/1/11 at 07:43 AM
#10What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 8:47am
Do you have any classic musicals in your collection? OKLAHOMA! or CAROUSEL or ANNIE GET YOUR GUN?
Try this thread whih has evolved over the years to cover about 10 shows per decade, a suggested basic library of cast albums that (I feel) everyone should have...
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?page=1&thread=863740&boardid=0
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#11What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:45pm
sant i tried to get ragtime long ago but you can't get it here or on itunes where i live. 
#12What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 1:13pm
RAGTIME is still in print and readily available....
riginal-Broadway/dp/B0000064XS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304269930&sr=1-1>https://www.amazon.com/Ragtime-Musical-199
riginal-Broadway/dp/B0000064XS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304269930&sr=1-1
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#13What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 5:06pm
Have you investigated the careers of the women who have preceded Chenoweth in being a major force in musical theater performance?
Gwen Verdon? Barbara Cooke? Helen Gallagher? Alison Fraser? Nanette Fabray? My favorite is probably Susan Johnson. Pearl Bailey is amazing, too.
You seem to respond more to performers than writers. I am more driven by writers. You should consider investigating these original cast recordings, and reading about the shows as you go:
Gwen Verdon - Sweet Charity, New Girl in Town (a true star that few can compare to)
Barbara Cooke - Candide, She Loves Me (shows her amazing range)
Helen Gallagher - Hazel Flagg (Gallagher struggled to become a full-fledged star, but she was a hard worker and had a featured role in Sweet Charity)
Alison Fraser - Romance/Romance, March of the Falsettos (wonderful comedienne and actress with a distinct voice)
Nanette Fabray - Make A Wish (I wish more of her performances were recorded)
Susan Johnson - The Most Happy Fella, Oh Captain! (an unparalleled belter who deserved to break through, but never quite did)
Pearl Bailey - House of Flowers, St. Louis Woman (Two beautiful recordings with amazing star quality from Bailey!)
Extra credit: Priscilla Gillette - Out of This World, The Golden Apple (an accomplished soprano who figures strong on both of these recordings. The Golden Apple is a musical everyone should know, and can serve as a guide to some of the most impressive performers of the 1950s)
Love to share the love! Best!
With Irma you gotta do something!
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#14What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 5:12pmyea I like Barbara Cooke (but I already knew that). I mena come on she wa steh original Cunegonde.
#15What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 7:33pmK.
With Irma you gotta do something!
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#16What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/1/11 at 8:00pmOh sorry I didn't mean to come off rude. Thanks for your suggestions.
pwb
Swing Joined: 5/19/11
#17What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 2:47pm
Here are some suggestions:
My Fair Lady - Julie Andrews in top form
Candide - PBS Great Performances version with Chenowith & LuPone (also DVD)
Les Miz - London & Broadway original cast versions are great
Funny Girl - Stresiand in B'way version with original songs missing from movie 'Coronet Man', 'Music that Makes me Dance'
Jerry's Girls - Uggams & McArdle are esp. great
Dreamgirls - Holliday steals the show
Nine - Orgininal Cast - version of 'Be Italian' is definitive
Thorouly Moderm Millie - Original Cast with Foster
Anything Goes - Lincoln Center version with LuPone
#18What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:40pm
Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Once on This Island
Jekyll & Hyde (2-CD concept recording)
Urinetown
Caroline, or Change
March of the Falsettos/Falsettoland
A New Brain
Hairspray
Wicked
Legally Blonde
Evita
Into the Woods (OBC)
Company (OBC)
Next to Normal
In the Heights
Rent
Tommy
City of Angels
Aspects of Love
Sunset Boulevard (LuPone)
Chess (2-CD concept recording)
Dreamgirls
Nine (2-CD expanded OBC or London concert)
Titanic
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#19What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:20pm
Be sure to check out BroadwayStore.com for a great selection of cast recordings! http://bit.ly/lfD4Rh
BroadwayStore.com - Cast Recordings
#20What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 5:19pm$23.95 for The Lion King?!?!
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
pinoyidol2006
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/11
#22What are some good cast recordings?
Posted: 5/20/11 at 3:42am
My personal favorites:
Avenue Q
Book of Mormon
Company (I loved the OBC and the NBC, but OBC>NBC)
Gypsy (w/ LuPone and Benanti)
My Fair Lady (I prefer the OLC to the OBC)
Sound of Music (with Julie Andrews, I know it's not a cast recording, but it's also Rodgers and Hammerstein AND Julie Andrews)
Sunday in the Park with George ("Sunday" and "Move On" are to die for)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Urinetown
Wicked
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
I like your imperturbable perspicacity.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
EvelynOakleigh
Understudy Joined: 4/23/11
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