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Side by Side by Sondheim

 
Album Review: Side by Side by Sondheim
 

  • Artist: Original London Cast
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1976 05
  • Total Time: 90:01
  • Type: Cast (Broadway, television or movie)
  • Genre: Soundtrack

Review

A two-disc London cast recording of a revue culled from songs written by Stephen Sondheim for such musicals as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, A Little Night Music, Follies, Anyone Can Whistle, Pacific Overtures, Do I Hear a Waltz?, West Side Story, and Gypsy, and more obscure works such as "Evening Primrose" (a TV show), The 7% Solution, and The Mad Show. In anthology and presented starkly, the songs are (if possible) even more impressive than when heard in the shows for which they were written. If there was any doubt that Stephen Sondheim is the greatest talent writing contemporary musicals, this show erased it. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Comedy Tonight/Love Is in the Air Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (4:03)
The Little Things You Do Together Stephen Sondheim Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:41)
You Must Meet My Wife Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, David Kernan (3:42)
Getting Married Today Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (4:00)
I Remember Stephen Sondheim David Kernan (3:07)
Can That Boy Foxtrot! Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie (2:36)
Too Many Mornings Stephen Sondheim Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (4:40)
Another Hundred People [Company] Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (3:10)
Barcelona Stephen Sondheim Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:56)
Being Alive Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:21)
I Never Do Anything Twice Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin (5:55)
Beautiful Girls/Ah, Paree!/Buddy's Blues Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (4:06)
Broadway Baby Stephen Sondheim Julia McKenzie (3:26)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:22)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Everybody Says Don't Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:12)
There Won't Be Trumpets Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:51)
Anyone Can Whistle Stephen Sondheim David Kernan (2:49)
Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin (3:29)
Pretty Lady Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan (2:57)
We're Gonna Be All Right Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers Millicent Martin, David Kernan (4:09)
A Boy Like That Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie (3:56)
The Boy From... Stephen Sondheim, Mary Rodgers Millicent Martin (2:41)
If Momma Was Married Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie (2:43)
Losing My Mind Stephen Sondheim Julia McKenzie (3:51)
Could I Leave You? Stephen Sondheim David Kernan (3:04)
I'm Still Here Stephen Sondheim Millicent Martin (4:57)
Side by Side by Side Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim (1:17)

Credits

Stephen Sondheim (Main Performer), Millicent Martin (Performer), Julia McKenzie (Performer), David Kernan (Performer)
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