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From May 4-6, 2000, seven years before Johnny Depp became Sweeney Todd on film, Stephen Sondheim's musical score was performed live by the New York Philharmonic & recorded at Avery Fisher Hall, NYC, NY. The music & lyrics of "Sweeney Tood" were composed by Stephen Sondheim. In 2002, this album was nominated for a Grammy. The 2 disc CD set comes with a 128 page booklet about the stage musical. The original cast is as follows: George Hearn (Sweeney Todd); Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett); David Gaines (Anthony Hope); Paul Plishka (Judge Turpin); John Aler (The Beadle); Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias Ragg); Heidi Grant Murphy (Johanna); Audra McDonald (beggar woman) & Stanford Olsen (Pirelli). The 37 stereo CD tracks are as follows: Disc 1 1)Prelude 2) The Ballad of Sweeney Todd 3) No Place Like London 4) The Worst Pies in London 5) Poor Thing 6) Dialogue 7) My Friends 8) Green Finch and Linnet Bird 9) Ah, Miss 10) Johanna 11) Pirelli's Miracle Elixir 12) The Contest 13) The Ballad of Sweeney Todd 14) Wait 15) Dialogue 16) Pirelli's Death 17) The Ballad of Sweeney Todd 18) Johanna 19) Kiss Me 20) Ladies in Their Sensitivities 21) Kiss Me, Part II 22) Pretty Women 23) Epiphany 24) A Little Priest Disc 2 1) God, That's Good! 2) Johanna 3) By the Sea 4) Wigmaker Sequence 5) The Letter 6) Not While I'm Around 7) Dialogue 8) Parlor Songs 9) Fogg's Asylum 10) City on Fire 11) The Judge's Return 12) Final Scene 13) The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Quite an outstanding musical score & well worth owning the original~Read full review