War Paint Original Broadway Cast Recording – 2017
Two-time Tony Award-winning legends Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole join forces to portray the trailblazing cosmetic icons who built empires in a business world ruled by men. From the creators of Grey Gardens and the director of Rent and Next to Normal, WAR PAINT tells the remarkable story of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden—fierce rivals who defined 20th Century beauty. In creating an industry, they reinvented themselves and revolutionized how the world saw women.
Anastasia Original Broadway Cast Recording – 2017
ANASTASIA features a lush, original score from Tony Award winners Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics). The score also includes several of the most beloved songs from the 1997 animated film, adapted for the stage. The 75-minute album will include the Academy Award nominated favorite “Journey to the Past” alongside many new numbers from the show such as Christy Altomare’s haunting “In My Dreams,” Ramin Karimloo’s passionate “Still” and Derek Klena’s heart-racing “My Petersburg.”
Broadway’s Carols For a Cure – 2017
The annual Carols for a Cure holiday CD has become a staple on every theatre-lover’s wish list. With the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours, this 2-CD compilation of holiday standards and original songs is sure to get you in the holiday spirit. The companies of Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Cats, School of Rock and A Bronx Tale, to name just a few, have come together to make this an extra special musical treat. Volumes 1 through 18 are also available individually. This CD exclusively benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Cast Recording) – 2016
The original production won ten Tony Awards, including a special Tony for becoming the longest-running Broadway musical of all time–and now you can experience this new production, starring Tony nominees Danny Burstein and Jessica Hecht. A wonderful cast and a lavish orchestra tell this heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith and family.
First Daughter Suite (Original Cast Recording) – 2015
Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa imagines the inner lives of America’s best-known daughters with a funny and moving follow-up to his 1993 musical First Lady Suite. Directed by Kirsten Sanderson, this captivating musical with a sweeping score is a deeply felt new work about mothers, daughters and the discoveries we make about one another as we grow. Opened at The Public Theater on October 21, 2015 in New York City.
Amazing Grace (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – 2015
AMAZING GRACE is a new original musical based on the awe-inspiring true story behind the world’s most beloved song. A captivating tale of romance, rebellion and redemption, this radiant production follows one man whose incredible journey ignited a historic wave of change. Brimming with emotion and adventure, AMAZING GRACE is an unforgettable musical saga that captures the spirit of history’s sweetest and most powerful sound: freedom.
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Vol. 17 – 2015
The companies from your favorite Broadway and Off-Broadway shows can be heard on this annual holiday treat, now in its 17th year. The 2-CD set exclusively benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and features new and classic holiday songs sung by the companies of Hamilton, Fun Home, Something Rotten! and Kinky Boots, among others. Volumes 1 through 16 are also available individually.
Honeymoon In Vegas – 2015
The Original Broadway Cast Recording for this new stage production, Honeymoon in Vegas, was recorded October 13, 2014, in New York City, and produced by composer and three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown and Emmy Award winner Jeffrey Lesser. The eagerly anticipated new musical has a book by Blazing Saddles and Fletch writer Andrew Bergman and score by Jason Robert Brown. The production is directed by Gary Griffin.
Triton Brass: Triton Brass – 2014
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Triton Brass is an exciting musical collaborative comprising five of the region’s most promising young talents. Prize winners at the 2005 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition and 2003 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition, Triton is in its fourth year as artists-in-residence at The Boston Conservatory.
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Vol. 16 – 2014
The holidays wouldn’t be the same without this annual dose of cheer from the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre community. For 16 years, they have come together in song to celebrate and support BC/EFA on this 2-CD set. The companies of If/Then, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Cabaret are just a few of the many shows participating this year. Volumes 1 through 15 are also available individually.
The Unheard Music: New American Music for Wind Ensemble and Brass – 2013
This is a recording of new American music for wind ensemble and brass expertly performed by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble and Triton Brass. These are all extremely talented composers, whose careers span teaching at Miami Frost School of Music and winning the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (McLoskey) and collaborating with singer Bjork on her DVD and writing an opera for the MET (Muhly).
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder – 2012
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder is “THE NEW UNDISPUTED KING OF MUSICAL COMEDY!” (Time Out New York). Broadway’s hit tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to speed up the line of succession using a great deal of charm… and a dash of murder. Tony® winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man) gives “The year’s greatest musical theater performance” (The New York Times).
Evita (New Broadway Cast Recording) – 2012
For the first time since it debuted on Broadway over 30 years ago, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s seven-time Tony Award®-winning musical EVITA is back on Broadway. The production stars Grammy®-winning international superstar Ricky Martin as Ché, Olivier Award®-winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger making her Broadway debut as Evita and Tony Award®-winner Michael Cerveris as Juan Perón.
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Vol. 14 – 2012
For 14 years, members of the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre community have raised their voices and lifted our spirits with this wonderfully eclectic holiday music series. Mixing holiday classics and brand new original material, this 2-CD set offers us the companies of Evita, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher and Newsies, among others, ushering us into a spirited holiday season. Celebrity guest stars include Ricky Martin, Cyndi Lauper and Perez Hilton.
Placido Domingo: Songs – 2012
After a recording career spanning more than fifty years of classical performances, Placido Domingo fulfills his wish to record an album of famous songs that accompanied his life. The Maestro himself chose the repertoire on SONGS, his first pop album in over twenty years, paying tribute to some of the greatest songwriters and including some of the world’s most popular songs from the past seventy years.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – 2011
Holiday release from the French pianist, who is joined by a star-studded cast of friends. From Vive le vent (Jingle Bells) through Silent Night to Santa Baby, Michel Legrand has revisited the greatest Christmas songs. He created the arrangements and directed the Symphonic Orchestra with an accompanying jazz big band, recording the album in New York.
Club d’elf: Electric Moroccoland/So Below – 2011
The band’s long-awaited studio follow-up to Now I Understand (2006). A double-disc set, Electric Moroccoland/So Below represents two distinct sides of the groups sound: Moroccan trance (Electric Moroccoland) and funky electronica/DJ-driven beats (So Below). More than 10 years in the making, it features over 26 musicians including John Medeski, DJ Logic, Dana Colley & the late Mark Sandman of Morphine.
Vermont Symphony: Triple Doubles – 2011
The CD “Triple Doubles” presents three recent double concertos- works composed for violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson. Performed by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (Laredo is the orchestra’s Music Director), these performances have a remarkably personal quality, undoubtedly a result of the performers’ close relationship with the composers and the unique bond of a husband and wife interacting with “their” orchestra.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific – 2008
New Broadway Cast Recording of South Pacific. The landmark musical’s first-ever Broadway revival! The curtain rang down on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. The score’s songs include such musical theater classics as “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Younger Than Springtime,” “Bali Ha’i,” “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame” and “A Wonderful Guy.”
Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet & Counterpoint: Christmas in Vermont – 2007
Counterpoint is a twelve-member choral group based in Vermont, directed by Robert De Cormier, who had a long and successful career with recording artists and groups like Harry Belafonte, Peter Paul and Mary, and The New York Choral Society. Since retiring to Vermont, he’s kept busy with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus and this small group of top voices. This is their fourth CD, all of which reflect De Cormier’s eclectic taste.
Trey Anastasio: Seis De Mayo – 2004
Trey Anastasio has built a career of extraordinary stylistic scope as the singer and guitarist of Phish and as a solo artist of wide horizons. Now Trey shows yet another side with Seis de Mayo, an album of instrumental pieces. Anastasio has been writing in this vein throughout and even before his career with Phish. Seis de Mayo is that long-anticipated labor of love.
Trey Anastasio: Trey Anastasio – 2002
Recorded at The Barn, Trey’s studio in Burlington, Vermont, the album features Trey backed by a long list of stellar musicians. Throughout, a four-member horn section dishes out punchy, stabbing counterpoint to Anastasio’s ever-inventive guitar work or engages in smart, peppery exchanges among themselves. A mighty three-piece rhythm section nails down the grooves, which range from light to Latin to sweetly funky to wickedly syncopated.