Your Top 5 Cast Recordings

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:49pm

I want to broaden my cast recording knowledge, but I'm not sure which shows to check out, so please post your top 5 cast recordings! Thanks!

[Patronus]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:54pm

If you are looking beyond the normal answers, here are some of my favorite cast recordings that are a little outside the realm of the typical response (Wicked, Rent, TL5Y etc) for this question:

Romance, Romance
Working
Lucky Stiff
Weird Romance
March of the Falsettos
Updated On: 1/22/06 at 12:54 PM

[ikmbway]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:55pm

RENT
Wicked
Q
DRS
Tick Tick Boom

[GClef2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:15pm

John and Jen
the Last 5 Years
Baby
Parade
The Secret Garden

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:21pm

Are you looking to start a collection or add to one you already have?
I would say:

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Last Five Years
Hairspray
Wicked
RENT

also:
Aida
25th Annual Putnam Counting Speeling Bee
Avenue Q
Little Shop of Horrors (newest revival)
The Producers
Bare
Zanna Don't


Updated On: 1/22/06 at 01:21 PM

[catstagestud]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:26pm

john and jen
Dreamgirls in Concert
City of Angels
The Full Monty
Mary Poppins

Cheers,

C.

[Wanderingchild5]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:59pm

Evita
Rent
Phantom
Avenue Q
Little shop

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 2:00pm

Parade
Sunday in the Park With George
Ragtime
Urinetown
Caroline or Change


Honorable Mentions:

-The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
-Sweeney Todd
-The Secret Garden
-City of Angels
-Dreamgirls
-Into the Woods
-Falsettoland
-Kiss of the Spiderwoman
-Company
-Assassins (both recordings)
-Bat Boy
-Merrily We Roll Along
-Pippin
-The Last Five Years
-The Producers
-Hairspray
-Violet
-Urinetown

[alphieboy]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 2:45pm

Caroline, or Change
RENT
Ragtime
Wicked
The Wild Party (Lippa)

[IMissNYC]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 2:51pm

City Of Angels (my absolute favorite!!!)

Ok, I'm trying to add ones that no one has mentioned yet...

The Who's Tommy
Company
Chess
Nine (Revival Cast)

[bjivie2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:25pm

A New Brain
Last 5 Years
Songs for a New World
Company
Once on this Island

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:29pm

5 All-Time Favorites of Mine:

LaChiusa's Wild Party
Evita: Original Broadway Cast
Henry, Sweet Henry
No Strings
Company: Original Broadway Cast

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:30pm

Gypsy 2003 Revival
Ragtime
Caroline or Change
Sweeney Todd
Into the Woods

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:32pm

City of Angels
A Little Night Music
Chicago (Revival Cast)
Ragtime
Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse)

[Mark Loves His Scarf]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:45pm

Rent
Last Five Years
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revival)
Aida
The Wild Party

alongside...

Spamalot
Wicked
Avenue Q
Light in the Piazza
Les Miserables

and I'm not sure if this counts, but it's always a pleasure to listen to...

anything Forbidden Broadway

[dotvmike]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:55pm

A New Brain
Taboo
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Last 5 Years
Chess

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:29pm

Wicked
Hairpray
Li'l Abner
Dames at Sea
Passion

Honorable Mentions:
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
Gypsy (Merm's recording)
The Secret Garden
Miss Saigon
Updated On: 1/22/06 at 04:29 PM

[wicked1]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:44pm

Wicked
The Secret Garden
Les Miserables
RENT
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (revival)

above are some of my favorites...but also

Avenue Q
Miss Saigon
The Wild Party (Lippa)
Chicago
DRS

[luvliza89]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:51pm

Sweeney Todd OBC
Chicago OLC
Last Five Years
Into The Woods OBC
Bat Boy

[philcrosby]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:52pm

You need some clasics on that list:

Kern/Hammerstein: SHOW BOAT (the 3-disc McGlinn recording)
Rodgers/Hammerstein: THE KING AND I
Bernstein/Comden/Green: ON THE TOWN
Berlin: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Porter: KISS ME KATE

just as a beginning. I would then add:

Lerner/Loewe: MY FAIR LADY
Loesser: GUYS AND DOLLS
Styne/Sondheim: GYPSY
Bernstein/Sondheim: WEST SIDE STORY
Rodgers/Hammerstein: OKLAHOMA! (Try the 1979 revival recording)

Happy listening!

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:12pm

i'm all for classics, although theres some i really don't listen to much (gotta love sondheim but its not always the most easy of listening)

heres 5 or so i usually play more often than the others

The Great American Trailer Park Musical (its been playing since i bought it wednesday)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
H2$ revival
Avenue Q
Hairspray/Rent OBC/Producers Movie

[StageWhore]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:15pm

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Sunday in the Park with George
Cabaret
Anything Goes
Little Shop of Horrors

[CBrianne]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:20pm

Children of Eden (the complete show, not the highlights CD)
Rent
Songs for a New World
The Last 5 Years
Bright Lights, Big City (just because I'm listening to it right now)

[luvliza89]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:22pm

Just for fun...
Favorite Movie Musical Soundtracks:

Funny Girl
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Cabaret
Victor/Victoria (if not just for "Le Jazz Hot")

And even though it isn't a STAGE musical:
A Star is Born (Joot's Version, of course)

If you don't have those, you have to buy them now. They are all a must.

[lilprima2b]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:31pm

Assassins (revival)
Ragtime!!!! (the double CD version - I think there is another one out there; it has to be the one with Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell)
Les Mis (especially the 10th Anniversary Concert)

I don't know what else, but those are basically my three favorite that generally seem to appeal to a lot of people.