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  Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street		  
 

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Based on a Version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond

Recordings

1979 Original Broadway Cast Recording

Sweeney Todd - Original Cast
Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
Associate album producer: Jay David Saks
Engineered by Anthony Salvatore
Album notes by Robert Kimball; lyrics included
Recorded March 12 and 13, 1979
at RCA's Studio A, New York City
[complete recordings include "Johanna (Judge's Song)"]

  • Double LP, 1979 [RCA CBL2-3379] [107 mins.]
  • Double Cassette, 1979 [RCA CBK2-3379] [100 mins]
  • Compact Disc (Highlights), 1984 [RCA RCD1-5033] [73 mins.]
  • Double Compact Disc, 1987 [RCA 3379-2-RC] [106:22 mins.]

Grammy Award winner for Best Original Cast Show Album
Grammy Award winner for Best Engineered Recording, Classical (Anthony Salvatore)

For production information go to the Original Broadway Production

Sweeney Todd [OBC]

Sweeney Todd in Jazz

The Trotter Trio
Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd ...In Jazz
Produced by Bruce Kimmel
Arrangements by Terry Trotter
Performed by Terry Trotter (piano), Tom Warrington (bass); and Joe LaBarbera (drums)
Recorded at Track Record, Inc., North Hollywood CA

  • Compact Disc, 1995 [Varèse Sarabande VSD-5603]

Selections:
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", "Pretty Women", "By the Sea" (with John Pisano, guitar), "Green Finch and Linnet Bird", "Kiss Me", "A Little Priest", "Parlour Songs", "Johanna" (with John Pisano, guitar), "The Contest", "Not While I'm Around" (with Lorraine Feather, vocals), "Finale"

Sweeney Todd in Jazz

1995 Barcelona Cast Recording

Sweeny Todd (Barcelona Cast)

Sweeney Todd, El barber diabòlic del carrer Fleet - Barcelona Cast Recording (sung in Catalan)

Conducted by Manuel Gas
Translation by Roser Batalla & Roger Peña
Cast: Esteve Ferrer, Joe Luciano Garrigo, Oriol Genís, Pep Molina, Jordi Muixi, Vicky Peña, Maria Josep Peris, Pedro Pomares, Xavier Ribera, Muntsa Rius, Constantino Romero, and Teresa Vallicrosa

  • Double Compact Disc, 1995
    [Horus (Polydor Spain) 25002] [116 mins.]

2000 New York Philharmonic Concert Recording

Sweeney Todd
Live at the New York Philharmonic
Recording produced by Tommy Krasker
Co-producer and Recording Engineer: Lawrence L. Rock
Edited by Joel Moss at Sony Music Studios, NYC
Mixed by Lawrence Rock and Joel Moss at The Hit Factory, NYC
Liner notes by Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Masur, James Keller, Lonny Price, and Barbara Haws
Includes complete libretto of the concert version

  • Double Compact Disc, 2000 [NY Philharmonic Special Editions NYP 2001/2002]

For more information go to the Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic Concert

Sweeney Todd: Live at the NY Philharmonic

2005 Broadway Revival Recording

Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller
Produced by Tommy Krasker
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
Engineered and Mixed by Tom Lazarus
Editing by Bart Migal
Mastering by Joe Lambert
Assistant Engineers: Peter Doris & Chad Lupo
Production Supervisor: Karina Benznicki
Production Coordination: Eli Cane
Music Supervisors: David Loud & Sarah Eagle Feather Travis
Music Preparation by Anne Kaye and John David Miller
Photography by Paul Kolnik
Liner Notes by Jeremy Sams & Sarah Eagle Feather Travis
Synopsis by Sean Patrick Flahaven

  • Double Compact Disc, 2006 [Nonesuch 79946]

For more information go to the 2005 Broadway Revival

Sweeney Todd: 2005 Broadway Revival

2007 Film Soundtrack Recording

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Produced by Mike Higham
Executive Soundtrack Album Producers: Time Burton and Robert Hurwitz
Orchestra recorded by Jake Jackson and Geoff Foster
at Air Lyndhurst Studios, London
Conducted by Paul Gemignani
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Additional Orchestrations by Julian Kershaw
Additional Arrangements by Mike Higham and Alex Heffes
Vocals for Mr. Depp produced by Bruce Witkin
Vocals recorded by Andy Richards at Out of Eden, London
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

  • Compact Disc, December 2007 [Nonesuch 356540-2]
  • Deluxe Compact Disc, December 2007 [Nonesuch 368572-2]

For more information go to the 2007 Film Version

Sweeney Todd: 2007 Film Soundtrack

Recordings of Songs

Ah, Miss

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

The Barber and His Wife

The Beggar Woman's Lullabye [also known as Deedle, Deedle Dumpling; cut song; restored for the London production]

  • Audra McDonald (as part of City on Fire)
    Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic 2000

By the Sea

City on Fire! [part of the Final Sequence]

The Contest

Deedle, Deedle Dumpling [see The Beggar Woman's Lullabye]

Epiphany

Final Sequence

  • Company (includes City on Fire!, Searching, and The Judge's Return)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Cast 1979
  • Company (as City on Fire!, The Judge's Return, and Final Scene)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Cast 1979
  • Mark Jacoby, Michael Cerveris, and Patti Lupone (as The Judge's Return)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Revival Cast 2006
  • Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Laura Michelle Kelly, Alan Rickman [abridged as "Final Scene"]
    Sweeney Todd Film Soundtrack 2007

God, That's Good!

Green Finch and Linnet Bird

Johanna

Johanna [Act II Sequence]

Johanna [Judge's Version]

The Judge's Return [part of the Final Sequence]

Kiss Me [also see Quartet]

Ladies in Their Sensitivities [also see Quartet]

The Letter

A Little Priest

My Friends

No Place Like London

Not While I'm Around

  • Ken Jennings and Angela Lansbury
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Cast 1979
    Send in the Clowns: The Ballads 2002
  • Perry Como
    Perry Como 1980 [RCA AFL1-3629]
    Yesterday and Today 1993 [RCA 66098-2]
  • Los Angeles Vocal Arts Ensemble
    A Little Sondheim Music 1984
  • New York City Gay Men's Chorus
    New York, New York 1984
  • Barbra Streisand
    The Broadway Album 1985
  • Steven Jacob
    Sondheim [BOMC] 1985
  • Claire Campbell-Tokar
    When I Bring You Colour'd Toys 1986 [Silver Flutes]
  • Geraldine Turner
    The Stephen Sondheim Songbook 1986
  • Michael Feinstein
    Live at the Algonquin 1987 [Elektra 9 60743-2]
  • Julie Wilson
    Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook 1988
  • Cleo Laine
    Cleo Sings Sondheim 1988
  • Jane Harvey
    The Other Side of Sondheim 1988
  • Jackie Paris
    Nobody Else But Me 19?? [Audiophile 245]
  • Seattle Men's Chorus
    Over the Rainbow! 1990
  • Pete Levin
    Party in the Basement 1990 [Gramavision R2-79456]
  • Mimi Bessette
    Lullabies of Broadway 1991 [Warner Bros 7599 42543 4]
    Chicken Soup for Little Souls: Mother's Love 2000 [Rhino 79763]
  • Oystein Wiik
    Too Many Mornings 1991
  • Betty Buckley
    Children Will Listen 1993
  • Eden Atwood
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1993 [Concord Jazz CCD-4599]
  • Barbra Streisand
    Barbra - The Concert 1994 [Columbia C2K 66109]
  • Marina Prior
    Somewhere 1994
  • Lorraine Feather and The Trotter Trio
    Sweeney Todd...In Jazz 1995
  • Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
    Mendelssohn Sings Sondheim 1995
  • Sonny Greenwich [instrumental]
    Bird of Paradise 1995 [Justin Time 22]
  • Tim Seelig
    Everything's Possible 1995
  • Dave Willetts
    A Gala Concert for Hal Prince 1996
  • Mark Heller
    Take Me to the World 1996
  • Combo Fiasco
    Here 1996 [Italic Entertainment]
  • David Kernan
    Sondheim: A Celebration 1997
  • Loretta Devine
    Sondheim: A Celebration [S.T.A.G.E.] 1997
  • David Barrus
    On Stage 1997 [Shadow Mountain 53182]
  • Jon Lucien
    Sleep Warm 1998 [Ho Kan Zee 20898]
  • Michael Ball
    Celebrating Sondheim 1998
  • Margaret Harris
    Quality Times 1998 [Original Cast Records 9855]
  • Jennifer Manasseri
    Ballads Over Broadway 1999 [Orchard 7434]
  • Angelika Kirchschlager
    When Night Falls 1999 [Sony 64498]
  • Clive Rowe
    Sondheim Tonight 1999
  • Neil Patrick Harris and Patti Lupone
    Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic 2000
  • Emily Saxe
    Whistling: Broadway to Berkley 2000 [Orchard 3285]
  • Donny Osmond and Vanessa Williams
    This is the Moment 2001 [Uptown/Universal 013052]
  • Barbara Cook and Malcolm Gets
    Sings Mostly Sondheim 2001
  • Michael Ball Centre Stage 2001 [Polygram International 16071]
  • Mandy Patinkin
    Kidults 2001 [Nonesuch 79534]
  • Mandy Patinkin
    Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim 2002
  • Christy Baron Take This Journey 2002 [Chesky 239]
  • Opie Bellas Live for Life 2002 [Bella Blue 0301]
  • Bryn Terfel
    Under the Stars 2003 [Decca 473250]
  • Anne Albritton Annie's Songs 2004 [Turtle Creek Chorale 3442]
  • Vandana Bali The Power of Love 2005 [VBP]
  • Manoel Felciano and Patti Lupone
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Revival Cast 2006
  • Edward Sanders, Helena Bonham Carter
    Sweeney Todd Film Soundtrack 2007

Parlor Songs [includes Sweet Polly Plunket and The Tower of Bray]

Pirelli's Miracle Elixir

Poor Thing

Pretty Women

Quartet [Song sequence including reprises of Kiss Me and Ladies in Their Sensitivities]

  • Victor Garber, Sarah Rice, Jack Eric Williams, and Edmund Lyndeck (as part of Ladies in Their Sensitivities)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Cast 1979
  • Bill Hutton, Dale Kristien, Calvin Remsberg, and Brock Peters
    Sondheim: A Celebration [S.T.A.G.E.] 1997
  • John Aler, Davis Gaines, Heidi Grant Murphy, and Paul Plishka (as Kiss Me, Part II)
    Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic 2000
  • Alexander Gemignani, Lauren Molina, Benjamin Magnuson, and Mark Jacoby (as Kiss Me, Part II)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Revival Cast 2006

Searching [part of the Final Sequence]

  • Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Victor Garber, and Sarah Rice (as part of the Final Sequence)
    Sweeney Todd Broadway Cast 1979
  • Patti Lupone, George Hearn, Davis Gaines, and Heidi Grant Murphy (as part of City on Fire!)
    Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic 2000

Sweet Polly Plunket [see Parlor Songs]

The Tower of Bray [see Parlor Songs]

Wait

Wigmaker Sequence

The Worst Pies in London

Sweeney Todd Rhapsody

Sweeney Todd Suite


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Last modified on Thursday, June 8, 2006
Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins