Overture & Night Waltz/Now/Later/Soon/The Glamorous Life/Remember/You Must Meet My Wife/Liaisons/In Praise Of Women/Every Day A Little Death/A Weekend In The Country/The Sun Won't Set/It Would Have Been Wonderful/Perpetual Anticipation/Send In The Clowns/The Miller's Son/Finale & Night Waltz
The Grammy winning musical A Little Night Music starred Glynis Johns and Len Cariou. It opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 601 performances. Music and lyrics are by Stephen Sondeim. It features the song Send In The Clowns, later a hit for Judy Collins. (US:94)
“This is an incredible recording of one of the best Sondheim shows with the loveliest music. The voices are all incredibly distinctive, not all beautiful but totally riveting, showing that it takes more than a pretty voice to put over a song.”
“This show is one of the most amazing ever written. Stephen Sondheim's score is moving and intelligent and his lyrics are intriguing and provoking. The cast led by Glynis Johns and Len Cariou are amazing. Glynis John’s rendition of Send In The Clowns is one of the most wonderful versions of this song.”
“Like all the best Sondheim, this is a musical experience that only gets better and better with each listening. If you are a lover of rich, meaningful Broadway classics, this is a recording you must own. The original Broadway cast were flawless and all the cast performances are exceptional, I particularly enjoy Len Cariou with his deep, clear, and expressive voice and the marvellous, daffy, throaty, urbane Glynis Johns sounding every bit the distracted diva of the world.”
“The score is a wonderfully witty piece, following the foibles of the rich upper class in love. If you're a musical theatre fan, I highly recommend this LP. The singing is flawless, the meaning and feeling really come through, it's like heaven.”
“A Little Night Music has never been in better hands than with the original Broadway cast headed by Glynis Johns and Len Cariou. Sondheim's most intricate and beguiling score is sung with passion, wit and care by this superb cast.”
“This is the best recording of one of the finest musicals of all time. Romantic, lyrical, midsummer-magical, and beautifully sung. This is a long, complex waltz of sun and shadow, sweetness and sorrow, youth, life and death. Part of the attraction is the paradoxical juxtaposition of such lovely music with the deep and sometimes terrible actions and emotions of the characters: envy, lust, despair, infidelity and greed.”
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