Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

by Original Broadway Cast

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 April 1979
  • Label: RCA Red Seal
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:56:42
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard and recorded at RCA's Studio A in New York, 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' presents Stephen Sondheim's complete score on two discs, led by Len Cariou as Sweeney and Angela Lansbury as Mrs Lovett with Victor Garber and Sarah Rice. Its twenty six piece pit orchestra was augmented by fourteen players for the recording, and the album peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and won the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album. It was added to the National Recording Registry in 2014.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, orchestral, storytelling, operatic, witty

Tracklist

  1. Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd" (3:34)
  2. No Place Like London (3:39)
  3. The Barber and His Wife (2:40)
  4. The Worst Pies in London (2:25)
  5. Poor Thing (3:27)
  6. My Friends (2:43)
  7. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!" (0:54)
  8. Green Finch and Linnet Bird (2:29)
  9. Ah, Miss (2:23)
  10. Johanna (1:57)
  11. Pirelli's Miracle Elixir (3:49)
  12. The Contest (5:11)
  13. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned" (0:31)
  14. Wait (2:17)
  15. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Were Strong" (0:40)
  16. Johanna - Mea Culpa (3:39)
  17. Kiss Me (1:31)
  18. Ladies in Their Sensitivities (3:57)
  19. Pretty Women (4:38)
  20. Epiphany (3:17)
  21. A Little Priest (7:17)
  22. God, That's Good! (6:27)
  23. Johanna - Quartet (5:29)
  24. By the Sea (3:32)
  25. Wigmaker Sequence: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before" / The Letter (3:39)
  26. Not While I'm Around (3:56)
  27. Parlor Songs (3:35)
  28. Final Sequence (13:22)
  29. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd" (2:56)
  30. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (7:30)
  31. Green Finch and Linnet Bird (From "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street") (3:02)

Credits

  • Stephen Sondheim - primary artist, music by, lyrics by
  • Angela Lansbury - primary artist, vocals [mrs. lovett]
  • Len Cariou - primary artist, vocals [sweeney todd]
  • Paul Gemignani - conductor, music director
  • Victor Garber - vocals [anthony hope]
  • Merle Louise - vocals [beggar woman]
  • Sarah Rice - vocals [johanna]
  • Edmund Lyndeck - vocals [judge turpin]
  • Harold Prince - directed by
  • Anthony Salvatore - engineer
  • Robert Kimball - liner notes
  • Thomas Z. Shepard - producer
  • Jay David Saks - producer [associate producer]
  • Hugh Wheeler - written-by [book by]

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