| Description |
2 audio discs (126 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020600 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
"New York Philharmonic Special editions" |
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New York Philharmonic Special Editions: NYP 2001--NYP 2002. |
| Performer |
Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett) ; George Hearn (Sweeney Todd) ; John Aler (Beadle) ; Davis Gaines (Anthony Hope) ; Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias Ragg) ; Paul Plishka (Judge Turpin) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (Johanna) ; Stanford Olsen (Pirelli) ; Audra McDonald (Beggar Woman) ; New York Choral Artists ; New York Philharmonic ; Anthony Litton, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded in performances at Carnegie Hall, May 4-6, 2000. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes, interviews with the performers and biographical notes on them, and libretto (128 p. : ill.) inserted in sleeve. |
| Contents |
Prelude -- The ballad of Sweeney Todd -- No place like London -- The worst pies in London -- Poor thing -- Dialogue, So it is you, Benjamin Barker... -- My friends -- Green finch and linnet bird -- Ah, Miss -- Johanna -- Pirelli's miracle elixir -- The contest -- The ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Wait -- Dialogue, Mr. Todd! Mr. Todd!... -- Pirelli's death -- The ballad of Sweeney Todd -- Johanna -- Kiss me -- Ladies in their sensitivities -- Kiss me, part II -- Pretty women -- Epiphany -- A little priest -- God, that's good! -- Johanna -- By the sea -- Wigmaker sequence -- The letter -- Not while I'm around -- Dialogue, You know, dear, it's the strangest thing... -- Parlor songs -- Fogg's Asylum -- City on fire -- The judge's return -- Final scene -- The ballad of Sweeney Todd. |
| Genre/Form |
Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Subject |
Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987, librettist.
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Tunick, Jonathan, arranger.
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LuPone, Patti, singer.
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Hearn, George, singer.
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Aler, John, singer.
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Gaines, Davis, singer.
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Harris, Neil Patrick, 1973- singer.
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Plishka, Paul, 1941- singer.
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Grant Murphy, Heidi, singer.
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Olsen, Stanford, singer.
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McDonald, Audra, singer.
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Litton, Andrew, conductor.
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Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945-
Sweeney Todd.
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New York Choral Artists, performer.
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New York Philharmonic, performer.
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| Note |
Title on container: Sweeney Todd live in concert |
| Standard No. |
1905418552 |
| Music No. |
NYP 2001 New York Philharmonic Special Editions |
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NYP 2002 New York Philharmonic Special Editions |
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