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Sondheim: Company [SOUNDTRACK]

by: Stephen Sondheim, London Cast

Release Date April 29, 1996
This recording is not a great recording but is a good one, the cast is strong and I hate to contradict another review but Sheila Gish is a league above the loony that is Strickland. I saw the stage performance of this company twice and was blown away at the Donmar, less so when it transferred, it just lost the intimacy. This recording does not do justice to the amazing vocals of Adrian Lester, who was incredibly charasmatic on stage. The original recording is now a little dated, but like this one is truthful to the score. Sophie Thompson's "Not Getting Married Today" was over-acted but brilliant, LAdies who Lunch can take as much abuse as any performer can throw at it, it is a show-stopping number. This CD is not a dissapointment and shouldn't ... Read More: