Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
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Free Music Review: Great Production
Hit: 5 Stars
You haven't heard Sweeney Todd unless you have heard this production. The orchestrations for the small band (instruments played by the cast members) squeeze the essence from the songs, and allow you to focus on the cleaver language, beautiful melodies and powerful themes.
Check it out! Patti is amazing as always!
Justin
Free Music Review: sweeney sing a long
Hit: 3 Stars
I got this trying to hear a real recording of this musical after seeing the new movie (movie was good over all, but less than impressed with the singing). I don't see the artistic value in the "minimalist" orchestrations. The voices are good, but the score is carried by the piano, with accents from the other instruments. It sounds less like a Broadway musical and more like good voices having a sing-a-long around a piano. the strings and tuba generally blend and add depth to the sound, but the trumpet and especially the clarinet (those and the flute are the only winds) stick out and just seem put of place in this piano dominated orchestration. As a clarinetist myself, I have to add that the clarinet in this is pretty good, but not great.Free Music Review: A very pleasant surprise
Hit: 4 Stars
As a diehard fan of the original, I was skeptical of the pared down orchestations and chorus. I was very pleasantly surprised to hear all the harmonies I thought I'd miss. The lack of "clutter" allows the brilliant lyrics to ring through with amazing crispness. The performances were brilliant as well. Having just seen the national touring production, it is truly amazing what these performers accomplish with their voices and incredible instrumental talent. My only criticsim of the recording is the ommission of a few songs. Highly reccommended to any Sondheim fan.Free Music Review: Clarity reigns above all here!!SONDHEIM shines afresh!
Hit: 5 Stars
PURISTS BEWARE! if life simply stopped with the 1979 Lansbury-Cariou recording then don't read on! If you enjoy reconfiguration and fresh ideas THEN THIS RECORDING IS FOR YOU.This is now the fifth Internationally recorded version of SWEENEY TODD and it is a gem.If you didnot see this Patrick Doyle directed version on Broadway, it may seem a little odd at first.The orchestra is gone and all of the parts are skillfully played by the actors themselves.The sound is small and intimate,just as the production was.What this particular recording has going for it is it's incredible CLARITY.The score and the words all come through brilliantly.Because of the rescoring of the music,all of the nuances of the Sondheim piece are heard far more clearly ,yet differently.This will undoubtedly upset some but will most likely charm and intrigue most others.Michael Cerveris IS NOT Hearn or Cariou( frankly in his OWN way he is better!);Patti LuPone IS NOT Lansbury nor is Patti the same Mrs.Lovett as on the live 2000 recording;Lauren Molina is a light-airy Johanna whose EVERY WORD is crystal clear,quite unlike just about every other Johanna on record;Mark Jacoby as Judge Turpin is more second tenor than the usual bass ,and Pirelli is, yes (horror of horrors) A WOMAN!!!-so what!!!This is all deftly and professionally performed and recorded,and pushes it's outlandish way right into the fray with all of the other SWEENEY TODD'S.TRY IT,YOU JUST MIGHT LIKE IT!!!As a lover of all that is Sondheim,I say,be bold and brave and add this SWEENEY to your collection so you,too,can compare and share.Opera lovers might always stick to the original,but theatre lovers will venture to this SWEENEY and embrace it.Free Music Review: Bloody Buckets of Fun!
Hit: 5 Stars
Amazing, eerie reworking of the classic score! It adds such a great scare factor.
The cast is also breathtaking. Michael Cerveris is phenonemal as the demon barber himself (his 'Epiphany' is chillingly good) and Patti LuPone delights once more as the wicked Mrs. Lovett. Newcomer Mano Felciano is perfect as Tobias Ragg, with his smooth, beautiful voice he is wonderful in 'Not While I'm Around'. Lauren Molina (Johanna) and Ben Magnuson (Anthony) are both very cute and very good in their roles. The original is terrible compared to this one! The cast is fantastic, and the new arrangements are creepy and deliciously terrifying!
"Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd..."