Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 1/18/22

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CDs Now Available:

Legacy Collection: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(Disney - new on 2 CDs)
One in an exclusive line of musical releases that celebrate milestone anniversaries of Disney's most cherished properties featuring beloved original soundtracks, plus valuable content that tells the story behind the music. Beautifully illustrated by Lorelay Bove, a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the film. Includes nearly 40 tracks and features additional remastered score by Alan Menken and never before released demo recordings. 38 tracks total. DisneyMusicEmporium.com.


DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:

On The Town, Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein
(Planet Arts Records - new digital album)
Pianist Pete Malinverni with piano and unerring support from his blue-chip rhythm section: bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jeff Hamilton. "New York New York," "Lucky to Be Me," "Somewhere," "Cool," "Simple Song," "I Feel Pretty," "Lonely Town," "Some Other Time," "ItÂ’s Love," "A Night on the Town."

The Robbie Sherman Songbook
(The Robbie Sherman Songbook - new digital album)
Marks the 100 year anniversary of Sherman family songwriting. 16 tracks from Robert J. Sherman's theatrical musical catalogue. Songs selected from five musicals written by Robert J. Sherman, including Bumblescratch, Love Birds, and A Spoonful of Sherman, as well as upcoming musical projects The Magic Flute and The Penguin Pirate. Sam Tutty, Anna Stolli, Greg Castiglioni, Matthew Croke, The Femmes, Lewis Cornay, Evie Hoskins, Philip Bertioli, Jack Wolfe, Ilan Galkoff, Evie Hoskins, Tyrone Huntley, Robbie Sherman, Emma Kingston, Jessica Martin, Rob Houchen, Rachel John. "Heart of a Stranger," "The Sharpest Smile," "Crunchy Crackers," "Did You Ever Have a Dream?," "It's Your Birthday," "The Dream I Never Dreamed," "Love Birds," "Then You Fly," "Adorable Me!," "That's Something," "We Will Live to Be Free," "Blimey I'm Slimy (Over You)," "Superhero," "Melbourne Bumblescratch," "Music of the Spheres," "Long Long Road." Produced by Sherman alongside West End music director Mark Warman. Orchestral arrangements by Rowland Lee and Big Band arrangements created by James Spilling. Released 1/14/22.


MOVIES/BLU-RAY Now Available:

Annie Live!
(Universal Studios - new Blu-ray/DVD)
2021 television presentation. Score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Book by Thomas Meehan.


MUSIC to be released this Friday, January 21:

Annie Live!
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack for televised event on NBC. Score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess and Megan Hilty, with Celina Smith as Annie and Taraji P. Henson. "Overture," "Maybe," "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Tomorrow," "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover," "Little Girls," "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here," "N.Y.C.," "Sign," "Easy Street," "We Got Annie," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise)," "Something Was Missing," "I Don't Need Anything But You," "Maybe (Warbucks' Reprise)," "A New Deal for Christmas," "Tomorrow (Finale)." Digital version released 12/3/21.

The Sunday Set: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso
(Provident - new on CD/digital)
Recorded Live at the Birdland Theater. "Whistle While You Work," "You Are My Sunshine," "Lullaby of Birdland," "Lovin' at Birdland," "What Did You Do to Your Face?," "A Doodlin' Song," "Isn't It a Pity?," "Sinatra Saloon Medley: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / One More for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Angel Eyes," "42nd Street." Stritch on piano and Steve Doyle on bass.


NEWLY LISTED Books:

February 1:

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
(Bloomsbury Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Isaac Butler. Chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire ... traces how a cohort of American mavericks—including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre—refashioned Stanislavski's ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse. Long after its midcentury heyday, the Method lives on as one of the most influential—and misunderstood—ideas in American culture. 512 pages.





Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.

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