Recording Info
Recording Type:
Private
Origin:
Live/Audience
Material Included:
Complete Show
Date Recorded:
February 6, 1979
Identifying Features:
<p>Includes the Judge's "Johanna," and a reprise for Sweeney of "Not While I'm Around" in the "Final Sequence." Also, a fair number of other differences from the version that opened, including that Mrs. Lovett is included in the opening "Ballad of Sweeney Todd," some slightly different choral arrangements, and some slightly different vocal lines. Lansbury goes up on her lyrics during "By the Sea," and ends up singing a series of "la la la"s for several bars.</p>
Recorded By:
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Credits
Staff
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Conductor
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Cast
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Anthony Hope
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Sweeney Todd
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Beggar Woman
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Mrs. Lovett
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Judge Turpin
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The Beadle
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Johanna
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Tobias Ragg
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Pirelli
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Jonas Fogg
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The Company
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Track List
Tracks
- Prelude .... Organ
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (opening) .... Company
- No Place Like London .... Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman
- The Barber and His Wife .... Todd
- The Worst Pies in London .... Mrs. Lovett
- Poor Thing .... Mrs. Lovett
- My Friends .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird .... Johanna
- Ah, Miss .... Anthony, Beggar Woman
- Johanna .... Anthony
- Pirelli's Miracle Elixir .... Tobias, Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Company
- The Contest .... Pirelli
- Wait .... Mrs. Lovett
- Kiss Me .... Johanna, Anthony
- Ladies in Their Sensitivities .... The Beadle
- Quartet (Act One) .... Johanna, Anthony, The Beadle, Judge Turpin
- Pretty Women .... Todd, Judge Turpin
- Epiphany .... Todd
- A Little Priest .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
- God, That's Good! .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Beggar Woman, Customers
- Johanna (Quartet) .... Anthony, Todd, Johanna, Beggar Woman
- By the Sea .... Mrs. Lovett
- Not While I'm Around .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett
- Parlor Songs .... The Beadle, Mrs. Lovett
- City on Fire! .... Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony
- Final Sequence .... Anthony, Beggar Woman, Todd, Judge Turpin, Mrs. Lovett, Johanna, Tobias
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (finale) .... Company
Trivia & History
Recording Info
Recording Type:
Private
Origin:
Live/Audience
Material Included:
Complete Show
Date Recorded:
February 6, 1979
Identifying Features:
<p>Includes the Judge's "Johanna," and a reprise for Sweeney of "Not While I'm Around" in the "Final Sequence." Also, a fair number of other differences from the version that opened, including that Mrs. Lovett is included in the opening "Ballad of Sweeney Todd," some slightly different choral arrangements, and some slightly different vocal lines. Lansbury goes up on her lyrics during "By the Sea," and ends up singing a series of "la la la"s for several bars.</p>
Recorded By:
not entered yet
