Upcoming CD Releases for September 2012

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Triassic Parq - Original Off-Broadway Cast
Released on on 9/1/12

A raucous new musical that combines singing, sex, and Velociraptors in ways hitherto unimagined, TRIASSIC PARQ follows a group of cloned dinosaurs as they unearth the very foundations of their existence. Morality, faith, science, gender identity, and interspecies fornication are all explored, and sung about, as Morgan Freeman narrates this epic tale of love, loss and resurrected reptiles. Writt... (more...)

Follies (Second Limited Edition) - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Released on Kritzerland on 9/1/12

Kritzerland has just announced a second edition for the critically acclaimed newly remixed cast album for FOLLIES- The 1971 Original Broadway Cast Recording. For only the second time in Kritzerland history, Kritzerland is doing a second edition of one of our limited edition CDs (the first was for Promises, Promises). The reaction to this newly mixed version of Follies has been overwhelming, and th... (more...)

Encores! Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Released on Masterworks Broadway on 9/4/12

Masterworks Broadway will release the Encores! cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The album will be recorded in New York City this week, and will feature "A Little Girl From Little Rock," "Bye Bye Baby," and of course, the classic made famous by Marilyn Monroe, "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend." Starring as Lorelei Lee is Sony recording artist and star of NBC's hit series Smash – Me... (more...)

Love Is Everything Plus the Unreleased 'Broadway' Album - Johnny Mathis
Released on Real Gone Music on 9/4/12

That Love Is Everything, Johnny's masterful 1965 album of ballads, is finally out on CD is exciting enough, but on top of that we've included his unreleased album of songs taken from Broadway musicals! Love Is Everything reunited Mathis with frequent Columbia collaborator Glenn Osser, while only a couple of tracks have ever seen release in any format from the Broadway album, which was recorded dur... (more...)

Encores! Pipe Dream - New York City Center's Encores! Cast
Released on Ghostlight Records on 9/18/12

Featuring a cast of 29 under the direction of Marc Bruni, and an orchestra of 30 musicians under the baton of Music Director Rob Berman, this concert staging of PIPE DREAM features the original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations and John Morris dance arrangements, meticulously restored over the past two years by Bruce Pomahac, Director of Music at Rodgers & Hammerstein, and his team. Bringin... (more...)

Velvet Sky - Valerie Pettiford
Released on on 9/18/12

Valerie Pettiford is slated to release her second solo album, "Velvet Sky", a collection of original lullabies. She brings a tenderness and wealth of emotion to the thirteen tracks on this new album, all of which were written especially for her by two legendary writing teams – Ron Abel (music)/Chuck Steffan (lyrics) and Michael Orland (music)/Jamie Wooten (lyrics). The songs range from playful num... (more...)

Dream a Little Dream: Live at the Cafe Carlyle - Laura Osnes
Released on Broadway Records on 9/18/12

Dream A Little Dream features Tony Award(R) nominated Laura Osnes (Bonnie & Clyde, South Pacific, Anything Goes, Grease) in her cabaret debut at the legendary Cafe Carlyle and contains an evening of songs culled from Broadway, the Great American Songbook, as well as from the worlds of jazz and folk. Special guests on Laura's debut album include Jeremy Jordan (Bonnie & Clyde, Newsies), Tom Wopat (C... (more...)

Carrie - Off-Broadway Cast Recording
Released on Ghostlight Records on 9/25/12

Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, the musical of Carrie hasn't been seen since its legendary 1988 Broadway production. Now, the show's original authors have joined with director Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz) and MCC Theater for a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. Set today, in the small town of Chamberlain, Maine, Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen ... (more...)

Only One in The World - Heather Hadley
Released on in:ciite Media on 9/25/12

Grammy® and Tony Award-Winner Heather Headley announces her new CD, Only One In The World, slated for release on September 25, 2012, featuring new songs penned by Headley, R&B hits, familiar favorites and a cut from the upcoming production of The Bodyguard: A New Musical in which Headley makes her London West End debut this fall. The highly-anticipated CD project is released by in:ciite Media and ... (more...)

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
Released on Broadway Records on 9/25/12

Broadway Records will release a New Concept Album of JEKYLL & HYDE. The recording will be produced by Frank Wildhorn, Jason Howland, and Billy Jay Stein and executive produced by Van Dean, Kenny Howard and Ken Mahoney. The Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com here. Featured on the new studio concept recording will be Constantine Maroulis, Deborah Co... (more...)

Calvin Berger - Original Cast Recording
Released on Ghostlight Records on 9/25/12

Calvin Berger – winner of the Jerry Bock Award, Richard Rodgers Award, Kleban Prize, and Noel Coward Prize – is a hip, heartfelt, hysterical new musical by Barry Wyner, loosely based on Cyrano De Bergerac. Featuring Orchestrations by 3-time Tony Award-winnerDoug Besterman (Sister Act, How To Succeed, The Producers), Calvin Berger has been performed at Barrington Stage and Manhattan Theatre Club, a... (more...)

Release Me - Barbra Streisand
Released on Sony on 9/25/12

RELEASE ME features previously unreleased recordings from Streisand's career. "It was quite interesting to go through the vaults, find these recordings and hear them again with the benefit of hindsight," Streisand says of the record. "You could say I'm more forgiving of myself now. In fact, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I actually like the overall recordings, even with their flaws. Although... (more...)

Stages - Melanie C
Released on PID on 9/25/12

'Stages' is produced by Peter-John Vettese and includes various theatre selections that speak to Melanie C's life and career. The album will include "Maybe This Time", "Another Hundred People", "I Know Him So Well (featuring Emma Bunton)", "Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did", "Both Sides Now", "Ain't Got No / I Got Life", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Tell... (more...)

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