Dessa Rose (2005 Off-Broadway Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Music Label: Jay Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Act One: We Are Descended - Company
- Act One: Comin' Down The Quarters - Kaine
- Act One: Ol' Banjar - Kaine
- Act One: Scene - 'Oh, Slavery Didn't Do Away...' - Rose
- Act One: Something Of My Own - Rose
- Act One: Scene - 'Watch Your Step, Mr. Nehemiah...' - Nehemiah
- Act One: Ink - Nehemiah
- Act One: Scene - 'Hey Hey...Hey Hey...' - Rose
- Act One: Scene - 'You Had No Call To Break That' - Steele
- Act One: Scene - 'Why You Kill Him?...' - Rose
- Act One: The Gold Band - Field Hands, Old Ruth, Rose, Harker, Mrs. Steele, Wilson, Nehemiah, Nathan, Coffle
- Act One: Scene - 'See Them Stars...' - Nathan
- Act One: Little Star - Harker
- Act One: Scene - 'Hey, Pretty Girl...' - Wilson
- Act One: The Gold Band (Conclusion) - Ensemble
- Act One: Ladies - Ruth's Mother
- Act One: Bertie's Waltz - Ruth
- Act One: At The Glen - Ruth
- Act One: Scene - 'Good Afternoon, Odessa...' - Nehemiah
- Act One: Scene - 'Observations On The Famed Devil Woman...' - Nehemiah
- Act One: Capture The Girl - Nehemiah
- Act One: Scene - 'Janet? Philip?...' - Ruth
- Act One: Scene - 'The People On Her Place...' - Ruth
- Act One: Scene - 'Miss, We Was Only' - Nathan
- Act One: Fly Away - Susannah
- Act One: Scene - 'That's The First Time...' - Nehemiah
- Act One: Scene - 'I'm Sorry, Master...' - Nehemiah
- Act One: Fly Away (Conclusion)/How Long Will It Be? - Nathan
- Act One: Dessa Rose Escapes - Nehemiah
- Act One: Terrible - Nehemiah, Gemina, Tina, Joy, Joseph, Eric, Dessa Rose, Nathan, Harker, Philip, Old Ruth
- Act One: Scene - 'Mmm...Hmm...' - Ruth
- Act One: Scene - 'Obstinate Little Fool...' - Ruth
- Act One: Their Eyes Are Clear, Blue Like Sky - Rose
- Act One: Scene - 'This Baby Don't Need No Name' - Ruth
- Act One: Twelve Children - Dessa Rose
- Act Two: Noah's Done - Nathan
- Act Two: Scene - 'Through Talking To Nathan...' - Nathan
- Act Two: Scene - 'Why Y'all Call Her Devil Woman?...' - Nathan
- Act Two: Scene - 'It Was Then I Knew...' - Old Ruth
- Act Two: Fly Away (Reprise) - Harker
- Act Two: Scene - 'Ah, Look Here!...' - Nathan, Dessa Rose, Ada, Ruth, Janet, Annabel, Philip, Harker
- Act Two: The Scheme - Harker
- Act Two: Scene - 'Nathan Thinks We Might Could...' - Harker
- Act Two: Scene - 'Why Miz Ruth...' - Nathan
- Act Two: In The Bend Of My Arm - Nathan
- Act Two: Scene - 'Miz... Nathan!' Nathan...' - Nathan
- Act Two: Better If I Died - Nathan
- Act Two: Ten Petticoats - Ruth's Mother
- Act Two: Scene - 'We Organized To Go...' - Harker
- Act Two: Just Over The Line - Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nathan, Old ruth, Old Dessa, Auctioneer #1, Janet, Ada, Annabel, Harker, Philip, Auctioneer #2, Young Black Woman, Nehemiah, Susannah
- Act Two: Scene - 'Now Things Was Going...' - Ruth
- Act Two: A Pleasure - Ruth
- Act Two: Scene - 'That Mr. Oscar Is...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Scene - 'Not If Your Tongue Gets Loose...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Scene - 'I Understood...' - Old Dessa
- Act Two: White Milk And Red Blood - Old Ruth
- Act Two: Scene - 'They Tell You About...' - Old Dessa
- Act Two: Scene - 'Anna, I Swear You Are As Slow As Molasses...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Scene - 'It Was Just Like Her...' - Nehemiah
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'Master, Master...' - Nehemiah
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'S'caped...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'I Don't Want Your Money, Child...' - Dessa Rose
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'Sheriff, This Gal Ain't Got...' - Nehemiah
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'Sheriff, I Got...' - Nehemiah
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'No, No! Look Here...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Scene - 'Mistress, I...' - Ruth
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Epilogue - We Are Descended - Company
- Act Two: Final Sequence - Just Over The Line - Instrumental (Exit Music) - Orchestra
Free Music Notes for Dessa Rose (2005 Off-Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: An INTERESTING FAILURE
Hit: 3 Stars
I am a big fan of Arens and Flaherty, and have been since Once on this Island. When they are at their best, they are capable of writing GREAT Musicals, i.e. Ragtime. They are also capable of near misses such as Seusical with some great songs but the multiple story lines just didn't pull in the same direction. At their worst they are capable of drivel such as Lucky Stiff and A Man of No Importance. Dessa Rose falls in the middle of these extemes. The story is powerful and moveing and well musicalized. The music is in service to the story and the performers on this recording are all magnificent, doing some of the best work that they individually have ever done! But.............and unfortunately its a big but, there are only 2 or three major musical moments that heighten the drama the way a great song in a great musical should. Think Rain in Spain for example and I have goose bumps all over. This show needs two or three songs to lift the listener or viewer out of their seat, think Back to Before from Ragtime. Each of the two female leads has one major solo, but they need a duet. For me the best number in the show is the quintet near the begining of the second act for Dessa and her deceased boy friend and Ruth and Nathan and the villan of the piece. Now this is great musical theater. Three stars for a noble failure, one that has promise. Perhaps a revised version?
Dessa Rose (2005 Off-Broadway Cast) Poster
A major musical by The Lincoln Center based on the best-selling novel by Sherley Anne Williams. This is the first complete recording (containing the entire work) of a New York mainstream production. Wonderful music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Great cast includes Rachel York, LaChanz, Norm Lewis, Michael Hayden and more.Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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