Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim was born on 22 Mar 1930 in New York City. His birth name was Stephen Joshua Sondheim. His is also called Stephen Sondheim.
He is a composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre , multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described as "the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theatre."
Stephen Sondheim released the following albums including Marry Me A Little (1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (1990), Side By Side By Sondheim (1976 Original London Cast) (1990), A Collector's Sondheim (1990), A Little Night Music (1975 Original London Cast) (1990), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast) (1993), Follies (Highlights from the 1987 London Revival Cast) (1996), Follies: A Broadway Legend (1996), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway Revival Cast) (1996), West Side Story (1997 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording) (1997), Sondheim At The Movies: Songs From The Screen (1997), Pacific Overtures (1997), A Little Night Music (1973 Original Broadway Cast) (1998), Stavisky (1999), The Sondheim Collection (1999), Sondheim Tonight: Live From The Barbican Centre, London (1999), Saturday Night (2000 Off-Broadway Revival Cast) (2000), Sondheim: The Stephen Sondheim Album (2002), Sondheim Sings, Vol. 1: 1962-1972 (2005), Sing The Songs of Stephen Sondheim Vol.2 (2005), Sondheim Sings, Vol. 2: 1946-1960 (2005), Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute (2006), The Story So Far.. (2008) and Send in the Clowns: The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim (2009).
Marry Me A Little (1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Feb 1990
- Saturday Night
- Two Fairy Tales
- Can That Boy Foxtrot!
- All Things Bright And Beautiful/Bang!/All Things Bright And Beautiful (Part 2)
- The Girls Of Summer
- Uptown, Downtown
- So Many People
- Your Eyes Are Blue
- A Moment With You
- Marry Me A Little
- Happily Ever After
- Pour Le Sport
- Silly People
- It Wasn't Meant To Happen
- Who Could Be Blue?/Little White House
- There Won't Be Trumpets (From "Marry Me A Little")
Side By Side By Sondheim (1976 Original London Cast)
Feb 1990
- A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum: Comedy Tonight/Love is in the Air
- Company: The Little Things You Do Together
- A Little Night Of Music: You Must Meet My Wife
- Company: Getting Married Today
- Evening Primrose: I Remember
- Follies: Can That Boy Foxtrot!
- Follies: Too Many Mornings
- Company/Another Hundred People - McKenzie, Julia
- Company: Barcelona
- Company: Being Alive
- The 7% Solution: I Never Do Anything Twice
- Follies: Beautiful Girls/Ah, Paree!/Buddy's Blues/
- Follies: Broadway Baby
- Company: You Could Drive a Person Crazy
- Everybody Says Don't
- There Won't Be Trumpets
- Anyone Can Whistle - Kernan, David
- Send in the Clowns
- Pretty Lady
- We're Gonna Be All Right
- A Boy Like That
- The Boy From...
- If Momma Was Married
- Losing My Mind - McKenzie, Julia
- Could I Leave You? - Kernan, David
- I'm Still Here
- Side by Side by Side
A Collector's Sondheim
Oct 1990
- Comedy Tonight/Love Is in the Air
- Pretty Little Picture
- The House of Marcus Lycus
- There's Something About a War
- So Many People
- Pour le Sport
- What More Do I Need?
- Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
- Evening Primrose: I Remember - David Kernan
- There Won't Be Trumpets
- With So Little to Be Sure Of
- Marry Me a Little
- Happily Ever After
- Being Alive
- Beautiful Girls/Ah, Paree! /Buddy's Blues
- Losing My Mind
- All Things Bright and Beautiful
- Uptown Downtown
- Too Many Mornings
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through
- I'm Still Here
- Who Could Be Blue?/Little White House
- It Wasn't Meant to Happen
- Can That Boy Foxtrot!
- Broadway Baby
- Could I Leave You?
- Theme from Stavisky
- Auto Show
- Salon at the Claridge [#2]
- Overture and Night Waltz
- Two Fairy Tales
- The Glamorous Life
- The Glamorous Life
- Bang
- In Praise of Women
- A Weekend in the Country
- Liaisons
- The Miller's Son
- Night Waltz II/The Sun Sits Low
- Send in the Clowns
- Fear No More
- Someone in a Tree
- Please Hello
- I Never Do Anything Twice
- Pretty Women
- Epiphany
- A Little Priest
- Disco: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
- Not a Day Goes By
- It's a Hit!
- Our Time
- Children and Art
- Move On
- Old Friends
A Little Night Music (1975 Original London Cast)
Oct 1990
- Overture And Night Waltz
- Now/Later/Soon
- The Glamorous Life
- Remember?
- You Must Meet My Wife
- Liaisons
- In Praise Of Women
- Every Day A Little Death
- A Weekend In The Country
- Night Waltz I-The Sun Won't Set
- Night Waltz ll-The Sun Sits Low
- It Would Have Been Wonderful
- Perpetual Anticipation
- The Miller's Son
- A Finale - (Reprise of Send in the Clowns and [Reprise of Send in the Clo
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
May 1993
- Overture
- Comedy Tonight
- Love, I Hear
- Free
- Lovely
- Pretty Little Picture
- Everybody Ought To Have A Maid
- I'm Calm
- Impossible
- Bring Me My Bride
- That Dirty Old Man
- That'll Show Him
- Funeral Sequence
- Finale
- Lovely (Reprise)
Follies (Highlights from the 1987 London Revival Cast)
May 1996
- Beautiful Girls - Roscoe & Company
- Don't Look at Me - Sally & Ben
- Montage: Rain on the Roof - Billy & Wally Whitman
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs - Phillis et al.
- Who's That Woman? - Stella & Phillis et al.
- In Buddy's Eyes - Sally
- Country House - Phillis & Ben
- Too Many Mornings - Ben & Sally
- I'm Still Here - Carlotta
- The Right Girl - Buddy
- Could I Leave You? - Phillis
- One More Kiss - Heidi & Young Heidi
- Loveland - Roscoe & Company
- Love Will See Us Through - Young Buddy & Young Sally
- Buddy's Blues - Buddy
- Losing My Mind - Sally
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow - Young Ben & Young Phyllis
- Ah, But Underneath - Phyllis & Company
- Make the Most of Your Music - Ben & Company
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through
- Beautiful Girls - Compan
Follies: A Broadway Legend
May 1996
- Beautiful Girls
- Don't Look at Me
- Montage: Rain on the Roof/Ah! Paree/Broadway Baby
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
- Who's That Woman?
- In Buddy's Eyes
- Country House
- Too Many Mornings
- I'm Still Here
- The Right Girl
- Could I Leave You?
- One More Kiss
- Love Land
- Love Will See Us Through
- Buddy's Blues
- Losing My Mind
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Ah, But Underneath
- Make the Most of Your Music
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through (Reprise)
- Beautiful Girls
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway Revival Cast)
Jun 1996
- Overture
- A Comedy Tonight
- A Love, I Hear
- A Free
- A House of Marcus Lycus
- A Lovely
- A Pretty Little Picture
- A Everybody Ought to Have a
- A I'm Calm
- A Impossible
- A Bring Me My Bride
- A That Dirty Old Man
- A That'll Show Him
- A Lovely (Reprise)
- A Funeral Sequence
- A Comedy Tonight (Finale)
West Side Story (1997 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording)
Aug 1997
- West Side Story, musical
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Overture
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Prologue
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Jet Song
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: The Dance At The Gym: Blues/Promenade/Mambo/Cha Cha/Jump
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Maria
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Balcony Scene (Tonight)
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: America
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Cool
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: One Hand, One Heart
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: Tonight (Quintet)
- West Side Story, musical: Act One: The Rumble
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: entr'acte (I Feel Pretty)
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: I Feel Pretty
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Ballet: Intro To Ballet/Transition To Scherzo/Scherzo/Somewhere/Procession And Nightmare/A
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Gee, Officer KrupkeScherzo
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: A Boy Like That
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: I Have A Love
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Taunting Scene
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Finale
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Something's Coming
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: America
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Gee, Officer Krupke
- West Side Story, musical: Act Two: Somewhere
Sondheim At The Movies: Songs From The Screen
Sep 1997
- Back in business, song (from the film "Dick Tracy")
- Dawn, song (for the unproduced film "Singing Out Loud")
- A The glamorous life (Film Version) [From A Little Night Music]
- What can you lose?, song (for the film "Dick Tracy") [From Dick Tracy]
- More, song (for the film "Dick Tracy") [From Dick Tracy]
- Suite One
- Sand, song (for the unproduced film "Singing Out Loud")
- It takes all kinds, song (for the film "The Bird Cage")
- Little dream, song (for the film "The Bird Cage") [From the Bird Cage]
- Suite Two
- Sooner or later, song (for the film "Dick Tracy") [From Dick Tracy]
- Suite Three
- If you can find me, I'm here
- I remember
- When
- Take me to the world
- Goodbye for now, song (for the film score "Reds") [From Reds]
Pacific Overtures
Dec 1997
- Prologue
- The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea
- There Is No Other Way (Tamate's Dance)
- Four Black Dragons
- Chrysanthemum Tea
- Poems
- Welcome to Kanagawa
- Someone in a Tree
- Please Hello
- A Bowler Hat
- Pretty Lady
- Next
A Little Night Music (1973 Original Broadway Cast)
Nov 1998
- A Little Night Music: Overture and Night Waltz (Benjamin Rayson, Teri Ralston, Barbara Lang, Gene Varrone, Beth Fowler)
- A Little Night Music: Now - Later - Soon (Len Cariou, Mark Lambert, Victoria Mallory)
- A Little Night Music: The Glamorous Life (Judy Kahan, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, Teri Ralston, Beth Fowler, Barbara Lang, Benjamin Rayson, Gene Varrone)
- A Little Night Music: Remember? (Benjamin Rayson, Teri Ralston, Beth Fowler, Gene Varrone, Barbara Lang)
- A Little Night Music: You Must Meet My Wife (Glynis Johns, Len Cariou)
- A Little Night Music: Liaisons (Hermione Gingold)
- A Little Night Music: In Praise of Women (Laurence Guittard)
- A Little Night Music: Every Day A Little Death (Patricia Elliott, Victoria Mallory)
- A Little Night Music: A Weekend in the Country (Company)
- A Little Night Music: The Sun Won't Set (Night Waltz I) (Barbara Lang, Beth Fowler, Teri Ralston, Benjamin Rayson, Gene Varrone)
- A Little Night Music: The Sun Sits Low (Night Waltz II)* (Teri Ralston, Gene Varrone, Benjamin Rayson, Beth Fowler, Barbara Lang)
- A Little Night Music: It Would Have Been Wonderful (Len Cariou, Laurence Guittard)
- A Little Night Music: Perpetual Anticipation (Teri Ralston, Beth Fowler, Barbara Lang)
- A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns (Glynis Johns)
- A Little Night Music: The Miller's Son (D. Jamin-Bartlett)
- A Little Night Music: Finale: Send in the Clowns (Glynis Johns, Len Cariou)
- A Little Night Music: The Glamorous Life** (Elaine Tomkinson)
Stavisky
Feb 1999
- Generique
- Au Claridge 1
- Arlette Le Jour
- Concours D'elegance
- La Vie Facile
- Le Bureau La Nuit
- Erna
- Passe' Lointain
- Arlette La Nuit
- L' Aeroport De Biarritz
- Trotsky A Saint-palais
- Montalvo A Biarritz
- Operette
- Arlette Et Alexandre
- Passe' Proche
- Au Claridge 2
- L' Appartament Au Claridge
- La Maison Du Pere
- Adieu Arlette
- Le Vieux Logis A Chamonix
- A La Recherche D'erna
- Le Futur
- Les Femmes Et La Mort
- Final
The Sondheim Collection
Apr 1999
- More [From Dick Tracy]
- You'll Never Get Away from Me [From Gypsy]
- I Remember [From Evening Primrose]
- Mama's Talking Soft [Cut from Gypsy]
- No One Is Alone - Laurie Beechman
- Old Friends, Pt. 2 [From Merrily We Roll Along]
- Opening [From Follies]
- That Old Piano Roll [Cut from Follies]
- Children Will Listen [From Into the Woods]
- You Could Drive a Person Crazy [From Company]
- Loving You [From Passion]
- There's Always a Woman [Cut from Anyone Can Whistle]
- What Can You Lose? [From Dick Tracy]
- By the Sea [From Sweeney Todd]
- Every Day a Little Death [From A Little Night Music]
- Marry Me a Little [From Company]
- Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]
- Sooner or Later [From Dick Tracy]
- Goodbye for Now [From Reds]
Sondheim Tonight: Live From The Barbican Centre, London
Sep 1999
- Overture for Stephen Sondheim--Orchestra
- Comedy Tonight--The Soloists
- Ned Sherrin
- March to the Treaty House--Orchestra
- Next--Orchestra
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd--Len Cariou, The Soloists
- Len Cariou
- Night Waltz--Orchestra, The Soloists
- Losing My Mind--Maria Friedman
- Not While I'm Around--Clive Rowe
- Send in the Clowns--Cleo Laine, Maria Friedman, Clive Rowe
- Julia McKenzie
- Stavisky Suite--Orchestra
- I Remember--Julia Migenes
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Julia Migenes
- Ned Sherrin
- A Very Short Violin Sonata
- Dame Edna Everage
- The Ladies Who Lunch--Dame Edna Everage
- More--Maria Friedman, The Soloists, The Dancers
- A Salute to Stephen Sondheim--Orchestra
- Company--The Soloists
- Barcelona--Julia McKenzie, David Kernan
- Ned Sherrin
- Good Thing Going/Not a Day Goes by--David Kernan
- David Kernan
- I Never Do Anything Twice--Milicent Martin
- Maria Friedman
- Variations on a Theme (Katie Malone)
- Elaine Stritch
- Len Cariou
- Beautiful Girls--Michael Ball, Company
- Michael Ball
- Loving You--Michael Ball
- Michael Ball
- Broadway Baby--Michael Ball
- Being Alive--The Soloists, The West End Chorus/Another Hundred People--The West End Chorus/Sunday in the Park with George--The Soloists, The West End Chorus Listen
- Ned Sherrin
- Stephen Sondheim
- Finale--Company
Saturday Night (2000 Off-Broadway Revival Cast)
Jun 2000
- Class
- Delighted I'm Sure
- Love's a Bond
- Isn't It?
- In the Movies
- Exhibit A
- Gracious Living Fantasy
- Montana Chem
- One Wonderful Day
- I Remember That
- "Love's a Bond" Blues
- All for You
- That Kind of a Neighborhood
- What More Do I Need?
- Overture
- Saturday Night
- A Moment with You
- Saturday Night (reprise)
- So Many People
- Saturday Night (reprsie)
- One Wonderful Day
Sondheim: The Stephen Sondheim Album
Feb 2002
- Make the Most of Your Music
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Everyone Says Don't
- Sorry/Grateful
- Another Hundred People [Company]
- Broadway Baby [Follies]
- It Wasn't Meant to Happen [Follies]
- Giants in the Sky [Into the Woods]
- Children Will Listen [Into the Woods]
- Losing My Mind [Follies]
- A Moment With You [Saturday Night]
- So Many People [Saturday Night]
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Not a Day Goes By
- I'm Still Here [Follies]
- With So Little to Be Sure Of/Who Could Be Blue
Sondheim Sings, Vol. 1: 1962-1972
May 2005
- Love Is in the Air
- Truly Content
- Multitudes of Amys
- Miracle Song
- The Lame, the Halt and the Blind
- Invocation
- Don't Look at Me
- Pleasant Little Kingdom
- Broadway Baby
- A Hero Is Coming
- No, Mary Ann
- Pretty Little Picture
- The Glamorous Life
- Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
- Everybody Says Don't
- Losing My Mind
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Marry Me a Little
- Send in the Clowns
Sing The Songs of Stephen Sondheim Vol.2
Oct 2005
- Maria
- Tonight
- I Feel Pretty
- Somewhere
- The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd
- Johanna
- Pretty Women
- Finishing The Hat
- The Boy From...
- With So Little To Be Sure Of
- In Buddy's Eyes
- The Glamorous Life
- The Miller's Son
- A Weekend In The Country
Sondheim Sings, Vol. 2: 1946-1960
Oct 2005
- You're Only as Old as You Look
- Do I Hear a Waltz?
- Men
- Steve Greets Ockie 1
- What to Do at George School
- How Do I Know?
- When I Get Famous
- A Star Is Born
- In No Time At All/A Moment With You
- New York Song
- I Wouldn't Change a Thing
- Ten Years Old
- High Life
- Where Do I Belong?
- Bitterness/Steve Greets Ockie 2
- Pour le Sport
- I Remember That
- The Girls Of Summer
Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute
Sep 2006
- Make The Most Of Your Music
- The Love Medley
- Hello, Little Girl
- I Know Things Now
- Sooner Or Later
- Last Midnight
- Come Play Wiz Me
- I'm In Love With A Boy
- The Marriage Medley
- Ah, But Underneath
- Good Thing Going/Not A Day Goes By
- The Saturday Night Medley
- Back In Business
- Not While I'm Around/Children Will Listen
- More
- A Parade In Town
- Farewell
- Sunday In The Park With George
- Bounce
- Hades
- No More/Everybody's Got The Right
- Love, I Hear
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Broadway Baby
- What More Do I Need?
- The Glamorous Life
- I Remember
- Take Me To The World
- Everybody Says Don't
- The Girls Of Summer
The Story So Far..
Sep 2008
- America
- Tonight
- Gee, Officer Krupke
- Everything's Coming Up Roses
- Comedy Tonight
- Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
- There's Something About a War
- Don't Laugh
- Anyone Can Whistle
- A Parade in Town
- A Hero is Coming
- This Week, Americans
- Perhaps
- Everybody Loves Leona
- The Boy From...
- (If You Can Find Me) I'm Here
- Arts and Crafts
- I Remember Sky
- When?
- Take Me to the World
- Another Hundred People
- The Ladies Who Lunch
- Being Alive
- Happily Ever After
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
- Broadway Baby
- Losing My Mind
- I'm Still Here
- Can That Boy Fox Trot!
- The Miller's Son
- Liaisons
- Send in the Clowns
- Night Waltz (Love Takes Time)
- Silly People
- Not Quite Night
- Welcome to Kanagawa
- Pretty Lady
- Prayers
- There is No Other Way
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird
- A Little Priest
- The Worst Pies in London
- Not a Day Goes By
- Old Friends
- Finishing the Hat
- Agony
- Children Will Listen
- Have to Give Her Someone
- Interesting Questions
- Second Midnight
- Everybody's Got the Right
- The Ballad of Booth
- Happiness
- I Wish I Could Forget You
- Bounce
- Isn't He Something!
- Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
- I Must Be Dreaming
- The Two of You
- Class
- Love's a Bond
- In the Movies
- I'm All For You
- They Ask Me Why I Believe in You
- Incidental Music
- Truly Content
- No, Mary Ann
- Incidental Music
- Theme
- Auto Show
- Arlette by Night
- Operetta
- Theme (European version)
- I Never Do Anything Twice (The Madam's Song)
- Theme
- Sooner or Later
- Live Alone and Like It
- What Can You Lose?
- Back in Business
- More
- Water Under the Bridge
Send in the Clowns: The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim
Aug 2009
- Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]
- Losing My Mind [From Follies]
- I Remember [From Evening Primrose]
- A Liaisons [From A Little Night Music]
- With So Little To Be Sure Of [From Anyone Can Whistle]
- Not A Day Goes By [From Merrily We Roll Along]
- Pretty Women [From Sweeney Todd]
- In Buddy's Eyes [From Follies]
- No One is Alone [From Into the Woods]
- Johanna [From Sweeney Todd]
- So Many People [From Saturday Night Fever]
- Sorry-Grateful [From Company]
- Too Many Mornings [From Follies]
- Finishing the Hat [From Sunday in the Park with George]
- Not While I'm Around [From Sweeney Todd]
- Like it Was [From Merrily We Roll Along]
- Unworthy of Your Love [From Assassins]
- Anyone Can Whistle [From Anyone Can Whistle]
Songs
Stephen Sondheim