Various Artists - The Essential Stephen Sondheim (CD)

Details: Two CD set. Masterworks Broadway proudly adds Stephen Sondheim to the acclaimed The Essential series from Sony Music. The Essential Stephen Sondheim encompasses songs from the iconic artist's long and storied Broadway career, from West Side Story through Passion, and also includes important works from his forays in television and film. The set features songs from Sondheim's most beloved musicals including West Side Story, Gypsy, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear a Waltz?, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd and many others.

Tracklist:

1. West Side Story / America - Rita Moreno
2. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) / Tonight - Carol Lawrence / Larry Kert
3. West Side Story / Somewhere - Jim Bryant / Marni Nixon
4. Gypsy / Everything's Coming Up Roses - Ethel Merman
5. Gypsy / You Gotta Have a Gimmick - Faith Dane / Chotzi Foley / Maria Karnilova
6. Comedy Tonight (From "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum") - Jason Alexander / Jerome Robbins' Broadway Ensemble
7. Anyone Can Whistle - Lee Remick
8. Everybody Says Don't - Harry Guardino
9. Do I Hear a Waltz? / Do I Hear a Waltz? - Elizabeth Allen / Do I Hear a Waltz? Ensemble
10. Evening Primrose Medley / I Remember - Bernadette Peters
11. Company - Original Broadway Cast / Another Hundred People - Pamela Myers
12. Company - Original Broadway Cast / the Ladies Who Lunch - Elaine Stritch
13. Company - Original Broadway Cast / Being Alive - Dean Jones / Company Ensemble
14. Broadway Baby - Elaine Stritch
15. I'm Still Here - Carol Burnett
16. Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
17. A Little Night Music / a Weekend in the Country - a Little Night Music Ensemble
18. A Little Night Music / Send in the Clowns - Glynis Johns
19. Pretty Lady - Patrick Kinser-Lau / Timm Fujii / Mark Hsu Syers
20. Pretty Women - Len Cariou / Victor Garber / Edmund Lyndeck
21. A Little Priest - Len Cariou / Angela Lansbury
22. Not a Day Goes By (From "Merrily We Roll Along") - Bernadette Peters
23. Old Friends - Ann Morrison / Jim Walton / Lonny Price
24. Sunday - Mandy Patinkin / Sunday in the Park with George Ensemble
25. Move on - Mandy Patinkin / Bernadette Peters
26. Agony - Robert Westenberg / Chuck Wagner
27. Finale: Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods") - Bernadette Peters / Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods Ensemble
28. Sooner or Later (From "Dick Tracy") - Karen Ziémba
29. Unworthy of Your Love - Greg Germann / Annie Golden
30. Loving You (From Passion) - Peabo Bryson / Nancy Wilson / Brad Mehldau