FRANK LOUSSER
Loesser: Guys and Dolls (Original Broadway Cast) (Rec 1950) / Where's Charley? (Excerpts) Original Broadway Cast, Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine & Ray Bolger [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] Every time you breeze through Frank Loesser's terrific score, the first thought that comes to your mind is how good it is.The tunes bounce, the lyrics snap, the performances have just the right edge. |
Original Broadway Cast
Tootsie [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek |
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Wicked Original Broadway Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 26/Oct/2008 ] This immediately popular musical has received rave reviews... "blends folk, pop and musical-theater influences with grace and vitality." "Judgment doesn't really begin on a new musical-theater piece until the cast album comes out. The stock of... |
ROGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
The King And I (recorded 1951 & 1954) Original Broadway Cast / Original London Cast (Yul Brynner, Valerie Hobson, Robert Merrill, Gertrude Lawrence, Herbert Lom & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This disc also features selections from an RCA 'cover' recording made with popular vocalists of the period, released before the show opened on Broadway and features an Overture that was put together expressly for the purpose. |
FRANK LOESSER
Where's Charley? / Hans Christian Andersen Original Broadway Cast 1958 [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
The Hamilton Mixtape [ Warner Music / CD - released 9/Dec/2016 ] Executive produced by The Roots' Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tarik "Black Thought" Trotter, "THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE" sees songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical covered and remixed by a remarkable cast of contemporary artists. Superstars... |
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Rocky [ Universal Music / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] The new Broadway musical ROCKY has an original score by the Tony Award-winning team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Once On This Island), who are the album's producers; additionally the score incorporates the iconic songs "Eye Of The... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (original cast & 1960 film soundtrack) Original Broadway Cast, with Larry Kert, Chita Rivera & Carol Lawrence / Film Soundtrack , with Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon & Rita Moreno [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 19/May/2018 ] West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals of all time, effectively blending Broadway with a symphonic grandeur (courtesy of Leonard Bernstein, who put music to Stephen Sondheim's lyrics), accents from jazz and Latin music, and a rarely heard... |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story - Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recording (with 'On the Waterfront') Original Broadway Cast with Mickey Calin, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Carol Lawrence [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "The 1957 sound came right at the beginning of the stereo era and obviously wanted to show off the possibilities the format offered, and is amazingly good for that time, both in terms of definition and impact." David's Review Corner, September 2009 |
Various Artists / Original Cast Recording
Miss Saigon [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2007 ] This double disc set is the original 1989 London cast featuring Claire Moore, Simon Bowman, Keith Burns, Peter Polycarpou, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Jonathan Pryce, Alain Boublil, etc. |
Original Cast Recording
Motown the Musical [ CD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] Co-produced by multi-GRAMMY Award winner Frank Filipetti and TONY Award nominee Ethan Popp, the original Broadway cast recording of "Motown The Musical" features a supremely talented cast performing exciting new versions of Motown classics. |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Webber: Starlight Express Original Cast Recording [ Polydor / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1984 ] Starlight Express is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing... |
Original Cast, with Brian Blessed, Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, Wayne Steep, Paul NIcolaus, etc
Cats (Original UK Cast Recording - remastered) [ Polydor Records / 2 CD - released 13/Nov/1998 ] The Original Cast recording of 'Cats' features Elaine Paige, Paul Nicholas, Sarah Brightman, Brian Blessed, Bonnie Langford, Myra Sands, Jeff Shankley, etc. This iedition was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios |
Richard Burton & Original BBC Cast
Reads Under Milk Wood (Plus Bonus Poetry) [ Alto / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] The famous original BBC production of Under Milk Wood includes Richard Burton; Richard Bebb; Hugh Griffith; Rachel Thomas; Diana Maddox; Dafydd Havard; Sybil Williams; Dilys Davies; Rachel Roberts; John Huw Jones & many more: songs set by Daniel... |
Soundtrack / Original Cast Recording
Baz Luhrmann's Production of Puccini's La Boheme on Broadway [ Mushroom Records / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] 'Suddenly there is colour in grey, grey world'. A beautiful re-inrepretation. |
Various Artists including original cast recordings
Broadway Hits And Show-stoppers [ Jasmine / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2008 ] Most other Broadway collections feature just studio or orchestral recreations of the tunes, but Jasmine's superlative new 4CD set features the original performances by the original stars! 100 titles from 1927-1957 spanning three decades. |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Flower Drum Song Juanita Hall, Pat Suzuki, Patrick Adiarte ./ Original Broadway Cast [ Sony / Columbia / CD - released 14/Mar/1999 ] Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. |
Original Broadway Cast
The Lion King (+DVD) [ EMI / CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] |
Original Cast Recording (1970) / Various
Jesus Christ Superstar (2CD) [ Decca Broadway / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/2012 ] Featuring Ian Gillan, Murray Head, Mike D'Abo, Yvonne Elliman etc. |
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHOENBERG / ALAIN BOUBLIL
Schonberg/Boublil: Miss Saigon Miss Saigon / Original London Cast [ Geffen / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Miss Saigon is a stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance. |