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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Stephen Sondheim, Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 1935
Format: Cast Recording, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 68639
UPC: 828766863925
EAN: 0828766863925
ASIN: B0009941IE
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Prelude. The Ballad of Sweeny Todd: Attend The Tale Of Sweeny Todd | | • | No Place Like London | | • | The Barber And His Wife | | • | The Worst Pies In London | | • | Poor Thing | | • | My Friends | | • | The Ballad Of Sweeny Todd: Life Your Razor High, Sweeny! | | • | Green Finch And Linnet Bird | | • | Ah, Miss | | • | Johanna | | • | Pirelli's Miracle Elixir | | • | The Contest | | • | The Ballad Of Sweeny Todd: Sweeney Pondered And Sweeney Planned | | • | Wait | | • | The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong | | • | Johanna | | • | Kiss Me! | | • | Ladies In Their Sensitivities | | • | Pretty Women | | • | Epiphany | | • | A Little Priest |
Disc 2
| • | God, That's Good! | | • | Johanna | | • | By The Sea | | • | Wigmaker Sequence / The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before / The Letter | | • | Not While I'm Around | | • | Parlor Songs | | • | City On Fire! / Final Sequence | | • | The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd | | • | Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd - Sondheim, Stephen | | • | Green Finch and Linnet Bird - Sondheim, Stephen |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Despite being known for her televised sleuthing these days, Angela Lansbury once managed to both spook and delight Broadway audiences as the maker of very particular delicacies in Victorian London. In this macabre extravaganza, Lansbury's Nellie Lovett is the accomplice of Len Cariou's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. After he slashes his victims, she turns them into her meat pies' main ingredient. For this most ghoulish of shows, Sondheim looked for inspiration in the way the music is used in horror and suspense movies, particularly in the soundtracks of Bernard Herrmann. The winner of nine Tony Awards in 1979, Sweeney Todd may not be Sondheim's most accessible score, but its operatic complexity (it is almost entirely sung-through) makes it darkly spellbinding. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
A Classic Stephen Sondheim Musical Available Now at a New Low Price! Features bonus tracks, digitally remastered and new liner notes.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 101 more reviews...
A Cut Above November 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
sondheim at his best. seering score, soaring and haunting sound. add this to your sondheim collection and weep!
 Probably the best Sondheim May 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having seen the original Broadway and subsequent revivals in NYC and LA, I must say that "Sweeney" never ceases to thrill - scored and written brilliantly. My only complaint with this particular 2-disc set (this was a replacement to an earlier 2-disc set) is that the libretto is not included.
astounding April 13, 2008
I absolutely love the original Broadway recording. It contains all of the music from the play featuring the amazing talents of Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, the original Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney Todd. 10 times better than the movie soundtrack!
No LYRICS April 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought this CD would come with lyrics but apparently it doesnt...... Still, I love the music. I'm simply disappointed about not having lyrics booklet included in the CD.
The Definitive Version February 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a big Sweeney Todd fan, I believe I have all the recordings of it.
In my opinion, this one is the gold standard.
I not saying that the other versions are not good, I'm just saying that this one is my favorite.
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