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Schedule of New & Upcoming CD, DVD & Book Releases

Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap 1/22/13

Complete information on all known upcoming releases of theatre related audio and video recordings can be found on our Upcoming Releases page. Recordings released last week and earlier can be viewed here.

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Earlier recaps:

January 15, 8, 1 | December 25, 18, 11, 4 | November 27, 20, 13, 6 | October 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | September 4, 11, 18, 25 | August 7, 14, 21, 28 | July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | June 5, 12, 19, 26 | May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | April 3, 10, 17, 24 | March 6, 13, 20, 27 | February 7, 14, 21, 28 | January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31


CDs Now Available:

Noël Coward Off the Record: Steve Ross and Friends
(Original Cast Records - new on CD)
At Footlight.


DIGITAL DOWNLOADs Now Available:

Caissie Levy: With You
(new on CD/iTunes"Without You," "Walking in Space," "Out of the Blue," "I'm Not That Girl," "Little Ocean," "Here Right Now (Live)" [feat. Richard Fleeshman], "With You" (Dream Mix).


Dances for Broadway: The Redux Project
(new on mp3)
Reimaginings of classic and non-classic Broadway show tunes designed for dance interpretations. "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "I Dreamed a Dream," "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Cabaret," "One," "Moments in the Woods," "Buenos Aires," "I Waltz Alone," "Barrett's Song," "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Clips and tracks available at CD Baby.

Travis Moser: This Can't Be Love: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart
(new on mp3)
Recorded live at the Metropolitan Room. "This Can't Be Love / Thou Swell," "Opening Remarks," "My Romance," "Have You Met Miss Jones?," "You're Nearer," "Manhattan/It Never Entered My Mind," "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "I Wish I Were in Love Again / The Lady Is a Tramp," "Nobody's Heart (Belongs to Me) / Where or When," "My Funny Valentine." Steven Silverstein on piano and Daniel Stein on bass and guitar. Clips and tracks available at CD Baby.


DVD/Blu-Rays Now Available:

The Seven Per-Cent Solution
(Shout Factory - new on Blu-Ray/DVD set)
1976 film with Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier, and Vanessa Redgrave, for which Stephen Sondheim song, "I Never Do Anything Twice."


BOOKs Now Available:

P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
(W.W. Norton & Co - Hardcover Book)
Sophie Ratcliffe, editor. 624 pages.


Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County Studio Album
(Concord Music Group - CD/DVD set)
Concept album for "southern gothic supernatural musical" by Stephen King-John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett. Original music and lyrics plus key dialog excerpts performed by Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Rosanne Cash, Neko Case, Kris Kristofferson, Dave & Phil Alvin, Taj Mahal, Ryan Bingham, Matthew McConaughey, Samantha Mathis and Meg Ryan. According to Playbill.com: it was "reportedly produced like a radio play, with a full book of text, as well as two CDs that include all dialogue and songs and a third CD with only the music." "Making of" featurette. A single disc of highlights may also be released. First track, Elvis Costello performing "That's Me," released in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Merman Her Greatest
(Sepia Records - on CD)
Details to come.

Les Misérables 2012 Film
(Universal - new Blu-Ray/DVD)
2012 musical film. Score by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit. Directed by Tim Hooper.

The Postman and the Poet: A New Musical
(Jay Records - new on 2 CDs)
Musical based on the novel "Ardiente Paciencia" by Antonio Skarmeta. Michael Jeffrey and Eden Phillips score; book by Trevor Bentham and Eden Phillips. Ethan Freeman, Jennifer Hepburn, Simon Thomas, Stuart Pendred, Joanna Ampil, Siobhan McCarthy, Hal Fowler, Graham Bickley, Arvid Larsen. National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna. Orchestrations by Craig Barna.

Sweeney Todd German
(BR Klassik - new on CD)
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd - Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Jane Henschel & Mark Stone
CD release of first recording of the score by a German opera company. May 2012 concert production with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Bavarian Radio Orchestra) at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Mark Stone (Baritone), Jane Henschel, and Diana DiMarzio (of the Broadway revival) as the Beggar Woman. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer. Released digitally earlier, on mp3 at ArkivMusic/Amazon and iTunes


OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Added to February 11, 2013:

Kevin Dozier: Love's Never Lost
(new on CD)
Second solo album from MAC and Backstage Bistro Award singer. "If Ever I Would Leave You," "Take Me to the World," "Wonderful! Wonderful!," "Falling Out of Love," "Almost," "Always/Time Heals Everything," "Sail Away," "Love's Never Lost," "Perfect," "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Hold to My Hand," "What a Funny Boy He Is," "I'll Tell the Man in the Street," "I Hear Bells," "The Journey." Produced by Paul Rolnick, arrangements and musical direction by Alex Rybeck.

Moved to April 16, 2013:

Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser
(Alternative Distribution Alliance - new on CD)
New solo recording. "Angel," "One Day Like This," "Glósóli," "Lento E Largo," "B612," "Breathe Me," "Ave Maria," "Éperdu," "A Song of India," "Venus and Mars." Producers Mike Hedges and Sally Herbert.

Track list added:

Megan Hilty: It Happens All the Time
(Masterworks - new on CD)
Musical theatre (Wicked, 9 to 5, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and TV ("Smash") star debut solo album. "It Happens All The Time," "Be A Man," "No Cure," "Walk Away," "Safe And Sound," "Blower's Daughter," "Hopin," "Wise Up," "Dare You To Move," "It Will Rain," "The Heart Of The Matter," "Gravity"

Added, no release dates:

13 Things About Ed Carpolotti
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Original cast recording with Penny Fuller.

Audra McDonald solo album
(Nonesuch - new on CD)
To be recorded in February 2013.

Jumbo Original Cast recording
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)


Sheldon Harnick album
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)