The Beggar's Opera
(Masterworks/ArkivMusic - new on CD-R/mp3/at iTunes)
1968 OLC cast. Peter Gilmore, James Cossins and Jan Waters. Score by John Gay. At Masterworks September 18; ArkivMusic and digital outlets October 16.

David Benoit Trio (w/ Jane Monheit & the All American Boys Chorus): Believe
(Concord Records - new on CD/mp3/at itunes)
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Believe," "Christmas Waltz," "Christmas Time is Here," "Guaraldi Medley," "My Favorite Things," "Just Like Me," "My Little Drum," "Christmas Song."

Hamilton OBC
(WMG/Atlantic Records - new on 2 CDs)
Lin-Manuel Miranda score. 2015 Broadway show. Cast includes Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo, and Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell. 46 tracks. Disc 1: "Alexander Hamilton," "Aaron Burr, Sir," "My Shot," "The Story of Tonight," "The Schuyler Sisters," "Farmer Refuted," "You'll Be Back," "Right Hand Man," "A Winter's Ball," "Helpless," "Satisfied," "The Story of Tonight (Reprise)," "Wait For It," "Stay Alive," "Ten Duel Commandments," "Meet Me Inside," "That Would Be Enough," "Guns and Ships," "History Has Its Eyes On You," "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)," "What Comes Next," "Dear Theodosia," "Non-Stop"; Disc 2: "What'd I Miss," "Cabinet Battle #1," "Take a Break," "Say No To This," "The Room Where It Happens," "Schuyler Defeated," "Cabinet Battle #2," "Washington On Your Side," "One Last Time," "I Know Him," "The Adams Administration," "We Know," "Hurricane," "The Reynolds Pamphlet," "Burn," "Blow Us All Away," "Stay Alive (Reprise)," "It's Quiet Uptown," "Election Of 1800," "Your Obedient Servant," "Best of Wives and Best of Women," "The World Was Wide Enough," "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story." Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes

At Long Last Love
(Varese Sarabande - on CD)
Soundtrack from 1975 Peter Bogdanovich musical film. Music by Cole Porter. Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn. "Twentieth Century-Fox Trademark," (Fanfare), "Overture," "Which," (Cybill Shepherd, Eileen Brennan), "Poor Young Millionaire," (Burt Reynolds, John Hillerman), "You're The Top," (Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Duilio Del Prete, Cybill Shepherd), "Find Me A Primitive Man," (Madeline Kahn), "Friendship," (Madeline Kahn, Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, Duilio Del Prete), "Musical Intro / But In The Morning, No," (Eileen Brennan, John Hillerman, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd), "At Long Last Love," (Duilio Del Prete, Madeline Kahn, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd), "Well, Did You Evah?," (Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Cybill Shepherd, Duilio Del Prete, Mildred Natwick), "From Alpha To Omega," (Duilio Del Prete, Madeline Kahn), "Medley," "Just One Of Those Things," (Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Duilio Del Prete), "I Get A Kick Out Of You," (Cybill Shepherd), "Medley," "Medley."

Melissa Errico: What About Today? Live at 54 BELOW
(Broadway Records - mp3)
11 tracks which Melissa has never recorded before, including the title track by David Shire and Bacharach's "The April Fools" and performances of a pair of Michel Legrand classics. Why are actors so nuts?, "What About Today?," Do you like this hair flip?, "The Summer Knows," Those were seals..., "The April Fools," Let's stay at the movies a little longer..., "His Eyes, Her Eyes," How 'bout we do a little Broadway?, "It's An Art," One perfect storm of a song..., "Meadowlark," Where does that leave us?, "Getting Married Today," Time to regroup..., "No More," It doesn t get better than this..., "Small World," "Show Me," "The Heart Is Slow To Learn," I got the idea to write this..., "Gentle Child," I am really bananas about Eydie Gormé..., "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?," "Last Dance," I'm like Cher in Moonstruck!, "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?." CD to be released 10/23/15.

See this week's full recap