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Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2016
big apple
City Center Encores! has just announced that The Golden Apple will highlight their 2017 season. We'd like to think that our two-disc recording (featuring nearly 90 minutes of previously unrecorded music) had something to do with it - as it's been so rapturously received. Opera News called it one of the year's top-10 discs, while NPR hailed as "game-changing." Playbill proclaimed, "How often are we treated to a cast recording that is layered with such complexity and fullness of sound from the orchestra while a legion of voices come together to create sparkling and heavenly harmonies? A breathtaking bijou among the most celebrated gems of cast recordings." The Stamford Times tagged it as "a must for anyone who cares about the musical theatre," while across the country, the critic for The Bay Area Reporter, admitting it was "a recording I've been waiting for all my life," cheered, "We can now hear it in its full, adventurous, and rather fantastic form." And Fanfare Magazine raved: "It sports some of the best engineering I've heard from an opera - and wonder of wonders, it was recorded live. The greatest American opera ever written. Well done!" Order your copy today... |
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Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2016
relative pitch
We last worked with composer-lyricist Neil Bartram and bookwriter Brian Hill on The Story of My Life, which was a joy to preserve on disc. Last spring, we saw their latest musical, THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, at Goodspeed, where it played to packed houses and standing ovations, and we knew instantly that we wanted to record it. As with Story of My Life, we respond not just favorably, but viscerally, to Neil and Brian's work, and Neil's songs in Theory -- although they're inspired and performed by young adults -- speak to us every bit as much as the songs from Story. And what's more, they sound just like Neil; his musical voice comes through so clearly, the mark of any great songwriter. We're proud to be part of the Relativity family, and with Music Theatre International now licensing the show, we predict it'll have a long and happy life. Click here to pre-order the album. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2016
sign it, lily
Many of you have been asking about it, and we're now happy to offer autographed copies of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, signed by Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher. Click here to order now. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
talkin' about tony
The first review out of the gates for Tony Yazbeck's debut album THE FLOOR ABOVE ME was the review to end all reviews from Rob Lester at Talkin' Broadway, who called the album "elegantly produced" and raved that we "scored yet another coup bringing us a modern theatre star in a rewarding solo debut." He hailed the disc as "so striking you might be swept away" and noted "in his disarming patter and unjaded singing, and even the liner notes, coming through without a doubt are gentlemanliness, work ethic, gratitude, and appreciation for finding his professional success and finding his soul mate. His album is quite the find, too." You can read the full review here and order your copy here. |
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Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
renaissance man
We last worked with the amazing Cheyenne Jackson on Finian's Rainbow, and had spoken about collaborating again, but nothing came of it -- until last fall. Cheyenne had been touring with his one-man show, Songs of the Mad Men Era, with pops orchestras across the country; the music had become part of his blood, and he very much wanted the evening preserved on disc -- and thought of us. We heard the material, and jumped at the chance. It's spectacular. It harkens back to a dual high point in music history: the end of Hollywood's Golden Age, only sexier, and the start of the great era of Las Vegas entertainment, only classier. It's a remarkable synthesis, on which Cheyenne sings up a storm. We'll be in the studio this week with a full orchestra, under the baton of our pal Kevin Stites, recording Cheyenne's new solo disc, newly christened RENAISSANCE. Street date is June 3rd; preorder now! |
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