The Bridges of Madison County (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is a deluxe jewel case package containing a 32-page full color booklet with lyrics, show photos, a show synopsis by Pulitzer Price and Tony-winning book writer Marsha Norman and essays by Tony-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown and renowned writer and theater critic Jesse Green.One of the most romantic novels …
Julie Andrews’s clear and highly articulated vocal manner is both a blessing and a bit of a distraction on this 14-song reissue of her 1982 holiday album. Set against orchestral refinements and a genuinely inspired choice of less popular material, including “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “The Holy Boy,” “See Amid the Winter Snow,” and others, Andrews creates a …
Get ready to click your heels-the smash-hit 1978 soundtrack to The Wiz is finally on CD! Quincy Jones, along with Ashford & Simpson, adapted the Tony Award-winning score for the film, and the list of performers is amazing: Diana Ross, a 19-year-old Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Nipsey Russell and more. Includes Ease On Down the Road; …
Promising to be this holiday season’s family film blockbuster, the revolutionary computer-animated The Polar Express-based on a best-selling children’s book, starring the voice of Tom Hanks and directed by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis-is a classic Christmas film with a modern look. The soundtrack album also mixes the classic with the contemporary, with immortal versions of the greatest …
Warner Bros. Records will release the Original Cast Recording forSchool of Rock-The Musicalon December 4th. It features songs from the immensely popular 2003 filmSchool of Rock. Three-time Grammy Award-winnerRob Cavallo, who has worked with Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Goo Goo Dolls, Phil Collins, and Gary Clark Jr., produced the album along with Lloyd Webber. The album …
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall: In Celebration of 25 Years
To celebrate its 25th Anniversary year, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh present PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of London s Royal Albert Hal with a variety of very special stars and a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200. Participants include the original stars SARAH BRIGHTMAN and …
A Chorus Line: 40th Anniversary Celebration Original Broadway Cast Recording
Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tony Award®-winning musical, A Chorus Line, with a definitive, remastered new edition of the best-selling original Broadway cast recording. A visionary, game-changing theatrical achievement as well as a blockbuster commercial hit, A Chorus Line reinvigorated the traditional Broadway musical in 1975. A Chorus Line 40th Anniversary Celebration …
The complete soundtrack recording of Laurie Anderson’s newest piece, Heart of a Dog, is available from Nonesuch Records on October 23, 2015. Anderson was recently commissioned by the European TV network Arte to create a feature film—her first in 30 years. Her response was a personal essay entitled Heart of a Dog, a work encompassing joy and heartbreak …
Andy’s long-awaited memoir is coming out this fall, so what better time to revisit the perfectly-crafted pop songs he’s recorded throughout his five decades in the music business? This career-spanning compilation consists of 18 songs, and every one’s a classic: Moon River; Speak Softly Love; Can’t Get Used to Losing You; Butterfly ; the first-time stereo release of …
One of the longest-running shows (since 1996) in the history of Broadway, and one of its most beloved, RENT was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Based on Puccini’s classic opera “La Boheme,” Jonathan Larson’s revolutionary rock opera tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling for success …