Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 12/5/23
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CDs Now Available:
Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops: The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party!
(Real Gone Music / Second Disc Records - on 2 CDs)
Compilation of two previously released albums: the original 1959 Pops Christmas Party in RCA Living Stereo; and 1969's new-to-CD Christmastime in Carol and Song (Special guests include Leontyne Price, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme). New liner notes by The Second Disc's Joe Marchese. Remastered at Sony's Battery Studios. 35 tracks in total. Released 9/15/23.
Johnny Mathis: Christmas Time Is Here
(Legacy Recordings - new on CD/vinyl/digital)
Brand-new album from Johnny Mathis, marking his seventh decade of recording. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Kristin Chenoweth), "Christmas Time Is Here," "Merry Christmas, Baby," "White Christmas," "When A Child Is Born," "Blue Christmas," "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Auld Lang Syne." Released 8/11/23.
Walking With Bubbles
(new on CD/digital)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Brianna Kothari Barnes. Produced by Tom D'Angora, Michael D'Angora, Scott Coulter, and Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla. Recorded at MONOLisa Studios and engineered by music supervisor Jacob Yates, Nick Potacki, and Brianna Barnes. Mixed and mastered by Ashton Michael Corey. The musical debuted at Irondale Theatre in 2021. Released 12/1/23.
Digital Music Now Available:
17 Again
(Craft Recordings - new digital album)
Studio cast recording of score by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date). Eden Espinosa, Drew Gehling, Casey Likes, Bryce Pinkham, and Will Roland. Additional cast members include Mallory Bechtel, Gabrielle Carrubba, Alan H. Green, Ann Harada, F. Michael Haynie, Carly Hughes, Jesse Johnson, Desi Oakley, Sam Primack, Josh Strobl, Donna Vivino, DKaylah Unique Whitley, and Oscar Williams. Album produced by Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and August Eriksmoen, who also provided orchestrations. Music direction by Ben Cohn. Recorded and mixed by Ian Kagey and mastered by Oscar Zambrano.
Ann Kittredge: Wonderful Christmastime
(new digital single)
Actress/singer Ann Kittredge. Released 10/20/23.
T.3: "Bring Him Home"
(Warner Music Group SNC Records / Arts Music - digital single)
Vocal trio Liam Fennecken, Jim Hogan, and Brendan Jacob Smith new single from upcoming album Option Up. Released 12/1/23.
Books Now Available:
Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
(Simon & Schuster - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By David Mamet, with illustrations by David Mamet. The author " shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies." Audiobook narrated by Jim Frangione. 256 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, December 8:
Wild About You
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording of new musical score by Chilina Kennedy. Lea Salonga, Alex Newell, Joaquina Kalukango, Jenn Colella, Eric McCormack, Aisha Jackson, Noah Ricketts, Jay McKenzie, Katharine McPhee, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Burns, Rachel Ling Gordon. Arrangements, orchestrations and music production are by Daniel Edmonds. Produced by Brian Spector, Daniel Edmonds and Michael J. Moritz Jr. Previously released digitally.
Newly Listed Recordings:
Release date TBA:
Carols for a Cure 2023: Volume 23
(new on CD/digital)
Annual Broadway cast recording benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. "Sleigh Ride" (Some Like It Hot), "Happy Days" (& Juliet), "Good King Wenceslas" (Hamilton), "Holly Holy" (A Beautiful Noise), "Gonna Give Love" (Moulin Rouge), "We'll Be There" (Sweeney Todd), "The Man With The Bag" (Chicago), "Hark! The Herald" (Purlie Victorious), "Snowflakes" (Aladdin), "Sisters" (Kimberly Akimbo), "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" (Shucked), "Ma'oz Tzur, Rock Of Ages" (Harmony), "Pasko Na, My Love" (Here Lies Love). CD version includes digital download card. Previous year albums still available. Release expected any day.
The Gardens of Anuncia
(Ghostlight Records - new album)
Original cast recording of score by John LaChiusa. Enrique Acevedo, Andréa Burns, Eden Espinosa, Priscilla Lopez, Tally Sessions, Mary Testa and Kalyn West. Orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Recorded 12/4/23. Produced by Lawrence Manchester and Michael John LaChiusa. Release date TBA.
The Jerusalem Syndrome
(JAY Records - new on CD/digital)
Original Off-Broadway (2023 York Theatre Company) cast recording of score by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.Farah Alvin, Dana Costello, Scott Cote, Andrea Fleming, James D. Gish, Alan H. Green, Danielle Lee James, John Jellison, Josh Lamon, Garrett Long, Karen Murphy, Jeffrey Schecter, Jennifer Smith, Chandler Sinks, Pablo Torres, Curtis Wiley, Lenny Wolpe, and Laura Woyasz. Digital release expected in January 2024 and CD in March 2024.
Newly Listed Books:
February 13:
Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(Bloomsbury - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Philip Gefter. The author traces Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from its origins in Greenwich Village's bohemian enclave, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto screens across America and a permanent place in the canon of cinematic marriages. 368 pages.
