Number of Discs
1
Number of Tracks
17
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Tracks
Guettel: Fable (From "The Light in the Piazza") 4:33, Rodgers: Loneliness of Evening (From "South Pacific") 3:23, Sondheim: Medley: Children will Listen / You've Got to be Carefully Taught (From "Into the Woods" ; "South Pacific") 4:15, So Big/So Small (From "Dear Evan Hansen") 4:41, Rodgers: Something Wonderful (From "The King and I") 3:09, Rodgers: A Wonderful Guy (From "South Pacific") 2:55, Lay Down Your Head (From "Violet") 2:58, Porter: Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor (From "Red Hot and Blue") 4:49, Kander: Medley: Love and Love Alone / Winter (From "The Visit") 3:16, Bock: Dear Friend (From "She Loves Me") 4:06, Rodgers: The Sound of Music (From "The Sound of Music") 3:31, Yeston: Unusual Way (From "Nine") 3:22, Wilson: Till There Was You (From "The Music Man") 3:27, Sondheim: The Glamorous Life (From "A Little Night Music") 3:55, Lloyd Webber: Tell Me on a Sunday (From "Song and Dance") 4:13, Sumner: August Winds (From "The Last Ship") 3:23, Kern: All the Things You Are (From "Very Warm for May") 4:26
Notes
2018 release from Grammy-winning soprano Renee Fleming which celebrates musical theatre and features a diverse array of great songs for the stage by composers including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Pasek & Paul, and Rogers & Hammerstein, as well as a special guest duet with the Hamilton, television and film star, Leslie Odom, Jr. The new recording features a wide range of Broadway hits from the 1920s to the present, in sumptuous orchestrations (many commissioned specially for this album). Among the songs are 'The Sound of Music', 'The Glamorous Life from A Little Night Music', 'Tell Me on A Sunday' from Song and Dance, 'Wonderful Guy' from South Pacific, 'Fable' from The Light in the Piazza, and 'So Big So Small' from Dear Evan Hansen. Fleming's collaborators include Broadway legend Rob Fisher as music supervisor and conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, as well as the incomparable bassist and jazz great Christian McBride, rising star pianist Dan Tepfer, and Grammy-winning producer David Frost.
