
Musicals
Aled Jones talks to West End theatre manager James McKeon and chorus member Aoife Nally about choral singing in musicals.
AntonÃn Dvořák: ‘Blossoms with which Spring allures us’ from part 1 of Saint Ludmila
Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Václav SmetáÄek
Supraphon 112141-2 212, disk 1 track 2
Sherman & Sherman: Me ol’ Bamboo from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael Ball & Ensemble (original London cast) with Robert Scott, musical director
MRBB001, track 9
Lerner & Loewe: Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady
2001 London Cast Recording with Nick Davies, musical director
FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 10
Lerner & Loewe: With a Little Bit of Luck from My Fair Lady
2001 London Cast Recording with Nick Davies, musical director
FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 4
Cy Coleman (music) Dorothy Fields (lyrics): The Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity
Arnold Soboloff, Harold Pierson, Eddie Gaspar and Ensemble with Fred Werner, musical director
Columbia CK2900, track 11
Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice: Requiem for Evita from Evita
Colm Wilkinson (role of Che), plus chorus, rock musicians, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anthony Bowles
MCA DMCX503, track 2
Stephen Sondheim: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, from Sweeney Todd
Michael Cerveris (role of Sweeney Todd) & Manoel Felciano (role of Tobias), plus Company
Nonesuch 7559-79946-2, track 1
Rodgers and Hammerstein: There is nothin’ like a dame from South Pacific
Original Broadway Cast with Salvatore Dell’isola, musical director
Columbia CK32604, track 7
George Enescu: Symphony No. 3 Opus 21
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Leeds Festival Chorus with
chorus master Simon Wright
Chandos CHAN9633, track 3
Sailing at Dawn, and The Song of the Sou’Wester, from Songs of the Fleet (1910)
Gerald Finley (baritone) with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales conducted by Richard Hickox
Chandos CHSA5043, tracks 1-2
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Choir and Organ Reads
Features on all things choir and organ from fantastic fugues to "bonkers" choral works.