Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: Companny one of Sondheim's greatest
Hit: 5 Stars
I started listening to Sondheim at 15 when I fell in love with INto To the Woods and as I got older i bought more Sondheim CD's and Company has to be one of my favoirtes, it's lead character, Robert is an amazing well written real character he is played suberly by Dean Jones who's BEING ALVIE which is quite possbily the greatest song written for theater is brillant. Besides the wonderful song, there are other great numbers the opening number is fast and exciting yet opens up he feel for Robert being surroned by married people and being alone. Company is with out a quetion one the best musicals ever to come out. It's defintaly in sondheim's top three(FOLLIES and ASSASSINS being the others) but i'm not sure which order to put them in.Free Music Review: Remastered version is a joy!
Hit: 5 Stars
For those of you who have the old version of Company, buy this one to replace it. You won't regret it! All kinds of hitherto obscure musical phrases are brought forward, and the voices are noticeably clearer. The addition of the Larry Kert track is a negligible bonus--it's sort of the karaoke version of "Being Alive," with his stiff singing overdubbed over the much more passionate Dean Jones vocal track. (BTW, according to the liner notes, Jones was going through a painful divorce at the time, which is one real good reason for his career-topping performance here--the songs were very true to life for him.) Anyway, for you newbies, it's a glorious, exciting, adult musical with a terrific cast; get it!Free Music Review: Comic genius and superior music
Hit: 5 Stars
Company will be a legend. Okay...Company IS a legend. The music is breathtaking and the cast is putting forth the full emotion in their recording as they do with the show. The companion video shows them repeatedly singing the songs to get the right feel and flavor the song to make sure they are properly presented to the home audience. The wonderful (and painful) poingance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" followed by Dean Jones' magnificent (and never duplicated in terms of emotion or performance BY ANYONE EVER) "Being Alive" to the wry "The Little Things You Do Together" put Sondheim on top of the musical theatre world.Free Music Review: Better than ever....Bobby baby!
Hit: 5 Stars
COMPANY may have originally been introduced before its time back in the 70's but now we can see how timely and insightful and "right on" the book and lyrics really were and actually NOT ahead of there time at all.
Just gutsy enough to say it like it is/was at the time people didn't want to talk about such issues!
Of course Sondheim wrote this music so early in his career and yet it holds up so well today. Outstanding....Just "listen to the words" as one might say. An enjoyable task with the beautiful music and vocals on this outstanding CD
Free Music Review: My Favorite Sondheim Score!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Sweeney Todd" may come close, but "Company" is my favorite score from Mr. Sondheim.
With its beautiful music & insightful lyrics on the subject of marriage & relationships, many of these songs have become theatrical classics, including:
The Little Things You Do Together
Sorry-Grateful
Another Hundred People
Side By Side By Side/What Would We Do Without You
Tick-Tock
Barcelona
The Ladies Who Lunch
Being Alive
A great listen from start to finish ... & Elaine Stritch!