Various Artists - The Essential Stephen Sondheim (CD)

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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Broadway Baby - Elaine Stritch
2. I'm Still Here - Carol Burnett
3. Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
4. A Little Night Music / a Weekend in the Country - a Little Night Music Ensemble
5. A Little Night Music / Send in the Clowns - Glynis Johns
6. Pretty Lady - Patrick Kinser-Lau / Timm Fujii / Mark Hsu Syers
7. Pretty Women - Len Cariou / Victor Garber / Edmund Lyndeck
8. A Little Priest - Len Cariou / Angela Lansbury
9. Not a Day Goes By (From "Merrily We Roll Along") - Bernadette Peters
10. Old Friends - Ann Morrison / Jim Walton / Lonny Price
11. Sunday - Mandy Patinkin / Sunday in the Park with George Ensemble
12. Move on - Mandy Patinkin / Bernadette Peters
13. Agony - Robert Westenberg / Chuck Wagner
14. Finale: Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods") - Bernadette Peters / Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods Ensemble
15. Sooner or Later (From "Dick Tracy") - Karen Ziémba
16. Unworthy of Your Love - Greg Germann / Annie Golden
17. Loving You (From Passion) - Peabo Bryson / Nancy Wilson / Brad Mehldau