This musical may have seemed a
little odd when it opened in 1964, but even then some people realized that
Stephen Sondheim’s score deserved to be recorded and the result was a cult
album that, among other things, marked Angela Lansbury debut as a musical star.
I always enjoyed this recording
and was more than pleased when a new one, more complete, was made starring
Bernadette Peters and Madeline Kahn. I think both CDs are worthy having and
there are always so many interesting things to discover in Sondheim’s score
that I’m never tired of playing it. Anyway, my heart is with the original
Broadway cast and, besides the wonderful Lansbury, Lee Remick also sounds
terrific in her role.
Without any doubt one of Stephen
Sondheim’s best and most interesting scores. Highly recommend!
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