Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 original Broadway cast)

~ Release by Stephen Sondheim; Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

this edition includes an extensive (118-page) libretto booklet with complete lyrics

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-25 07:33 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Prologue [1] / Act I [2–21]
2▼CD: Act II [1–7] / Epilogue [8]
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1God, That’s Good!
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Len Cariou (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Ken Jennings (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Angela Lansbury (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: God, That’s Good! (in 1979)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim56:27
2Johanna
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Len Cariou (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Victor Garber (Canadian actor/singer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Merle Louise (actress) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Sarah Rice (American theatre actress) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: Johanna (Quartet) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim45:30
3By the Sea
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Len Cariou (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Angela Lansbury (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: By the Sea (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim43:33
4Wigmaker Sequence / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney’d waited too long before… / The Letter
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Len Cariou (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Carole Doscher (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Victor Garber (Canadian actor/singer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Skip Harris (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Betsy Joslyn (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Craig Lucas (playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Robert Ousley (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: The Letter (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
recording of:
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney’d waited too long before… (reprise 4) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim43:40
5Not While I’m Around
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Ken Jennings (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Angela Lansbury (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: Not While I’m Around (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim43:57
6Parlor Songs
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Ken Jennings (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Angela Lansbury (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Jack Eric Williams (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: Parlor Songs (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim43:36
7Final Sequence
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
vocals:
Len Cariou (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Victor Garber (Canadian actor/singer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Ken Jennings (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Angela Lansbury (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Merle Louise (actress) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13), Edmund Lyndeck (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13) and Sarah Rice (American theatre actress) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
Sweeney Todd: Final Sequence (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim513:25
8The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd…
recording engineer:
Anthony Salvatore (engineer) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
conductor:
Paul Gemignani (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1979)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
recording of:
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd… (reprise 7) (from 1979-03-12 until 1979-03-13)
orchestrator:
Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
part of:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim52:57

Credits

Release

printed in:U.S.A.
art direction:J.J. Stelmach (art director)
photography:Martha Swope (photographer) (task: booklet back cover, booklet cover; pages 12 & 13 (left to right) photos 2–5, 7, 8; pages 14 & 15 (left to right) photos 1–3, 6)
Van Williams (photographer) (task: pages 12 & 13 (left to right) photos 1, 6; pages 14 & 15 (left to right) photos 4, 5, 7)
miscellaneous support:Jane T. Brier (task: literary/editorial supervision)
Nancy Lee Swift (music researcher and documentarist for RCA Victor) (task: literary/editorial supervision)
associate producer:Jay David Saks (producer of classical and musical theatre recordings) (task: associate album producer)
manufactured by and distributed by:BMG Music
remastered versions:Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 original Broadway cast) (extra tracks, original recording remastered)
ASIN:US: B000002W4L [info]