A Little Night Music

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury star in the first Broadway revival of A Little Night Music. The San Francisco Chronicle describes the play, based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, as "an irresistible waltz through some of Sondheim's most memorably melodic songs" and says this "cast album is a treasure." USA Today calls the album "the next best thing to seeing Lansbury's divine performance."

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Nonesuch Records and PS Classics release the cast album of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music on April 6, 2010. The production, which opened on December 13, 2009, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, stars Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury, and Olivier Award nominee Alexander Hanson. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it is the first revival of the show since its 1973 debut, which ran for 601 performances and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. Tommy Krasker produced the album, which USA Today calls "the next best thing to seeing Lansbury's divine performance.".

A Little Night Music stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desirée Armfeldt, Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt, Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman, Aaron Lazar as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Erin Davie as Countess Charlotte Malcolm, Leigh Ann Larkin as Petra, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka as Henrik Egerman. The cast also includes Stephen R. Buntrock, Bradley Dean, Katherine Leigh Doherty, Marissa McGowan, Betsy Morgan, Jayne Paterson, Kevin David Thomas, Keaton Whittaker, Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart, Kevin Vortmann.

Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is set in a weekend country house in late 19th-century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions, and a taste of love's endless possibilities. The story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt (Zeta-Jones) and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue, and desire that surrounds her. The Sondheim score features one of the composer's best-known songs, "Send in the Clowns," as well as "Every Day a Little Death," "The Miller's Son," and "A Weekend in the Country."

Trevor Nunn's production of A Little Night Music debuted to critical acclaim at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in November 2008 and subsequently transferred to the West End, where it played a successful limited engagement through July 25, 2009.

ProductionCredits

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recording Produced by Tommy Krasker
Recorded January 4, 2010, at Avatar Studios, New York City
Recorded & Mixed by Bart Migal
Assistant Engineers: Bob Mallory, Akihiro Nishimura
Pro Tools Engineer: Victor Mancusi
Music Coordinator: John Miller
Music Consultant: Kristen Blodgette
Music Preparation: Emily Grishman
Music Copyist: Katharine Edmonds / Emily Grishman Music Preparation
Synthesizer Programmer: Bruce Samuels

Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler

Design by Barbara DeWilde
Production Photography by Joan Marcus

Recording Executive Producer: Sean Patrick Flahaven

A Little Night Music opened in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory on November 22, 2008, and on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on December 13, 2009. The original production opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on February 25, 1973.

Nonesuch Selection Number

523488

Number of Discs in Set
1disc
Album Status
Artist Name
Stephen Sondheim
MusicianDetails

MUSICIANS
Cast (in order of appearance)
Henrik Egerman: Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Mr. Lindquist: Stephen R. Buntrock
Mrs. Nordstrom: Jayne Paterson
Mrs. Anderssen: Marissa McGowan
Mr. Erlanson: Kevin David Thomas
Mrs. Segstrom: Betsy Morgan
Fredrika Armfeldt: Katherine Leigh Doherty, Keaton Whittaker
Madame Armfeldt: Angela Lansbury
Frid: Bradley Dean
Anne Egerman: Ramona Mallory
Fredrik Egerman: Alexander Hanson
Petra: Leighann Larkin
Desirée Armfeldt: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm: Aaron Lazar
Countess Charlotte Malcolm: Erin Davie
Swings: Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart, Kevin Vortmann

Orchestra
Tom Murray, conductor/keyboard
Violin: Matthew Lehmann, concertmaster; Suzy Perelman
Viola: David Blinn, Tawnya Popoff
Cello: Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf
Bass: Dick Sarpola
Woodwinds: David Young
Bassoon: Thomas Sefcovic
French horn: Patrick Pridemore
Celeste: Paul Staroba
Harp: Susan Jolles
Timpani: Charles Descarfino

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Label
CD+MP3
UPC
075597979800BUN
Label
MP3
Price
19.00
UPC
075597979770
  • 523488

News & Reviews

  • Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim died at his home in Connecticut today at the age of 91. "An intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths, Mr. Sondheim was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century," writes the New York Times in its obituary. Several Broadway, film, and original cast productions of his works have been recorded for Nonesuch Records, including A Little Night Music, Road Show, Sweeney Todd, Company, Bounce, Into the Woods, The Frogs, Evening Primrose, Saturday Night, and Gypsy. His songs have also been featured on Nonesuch albums by Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, and Dawn Upshaw.

  • Steve Reich will publish Conversations, a new book, via HarperCollins' Hanover Square Press, on March 8, 2022. In the book, the composer speaks with collaborators, fellow composers, musicians, and visual artists influenced by his work—including Nonesuch Records Chairman Emeritus Robert Hurwitz, Jonny Greenwood, Kronos Quartet's David Harrington, Stephen Sondheim, Nico Muhly, Brian Eno, Michael Gordon, and others—to reflect on his prolific career as a composer as well as the music that inspired him and that has been inspired by him. The New York Times calls it "a surprising, enlightening series of conversations that shed new light on the music and career of 'our greatest living composer.'" The New Yorker says: "Through this series of insightful, wide-ranging conversations starting from his student days to the present pandemic, we gain a compelling glimpse into the mind of 'the most original musical thinker of our time.'"

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  • About This Album

    Nonesuch Records and PS Classics release the cast album of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music on April 6, 2010. The production, which opened on December 13, 2009, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, stars Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury, and Olivier Award nominee Alexander Hanson. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it is the first revival of the show since its 1973 debut, which ran for 601 performances and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. Tommy Krasker produced the album, which USA Today calls "the next best thing to seeing Lansbury's divine performance.".

    A Little Night Music stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desirée Armfeldt, Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt, Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman, Aaron Lazar as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Erin Davie as Countess Charlotte Malcolm, Leigh Ann Larkin as Petra, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka as Henrik Egerman. The cast also includes Stephen R. Buntrock, Bradley Dean, Katherine Leigh Doherty, Marissa McGowan, Betsy Morgan, Jayne Paterson, Kevin David Thomas, Keaton Whittaker, Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart, Kevin Vortmann.

    Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is set in a weekend country house in late 19th-century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions, and a taste of love's endless possibilities. The story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt (Zeta-Jones) and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue, and desire that surrounds her. The Sondheim score features one of the composer's best-known songs, "Send in the Clowns," as well as "Every Day a Little Death," "The Miller's Son," and "A Weekend in the Country."

    Trevor Nunn's production of A Little Night Music debuted to critical acclaim at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in November 2008 and subsequently transferred to the West End, where it played a successful limited engagement through July 25, 2009.

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Cast (in order of appearance)
    Henrik Egerman: Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
    Mr. Lindquist: Stephen R. Buntrock
    Mrs. Nordstrom: Jayne Paterson
    Mrs. Anderssen: Marissa McGowan
    Mr. Erlanson: Kevin David Thomas
    Mrs. Segstrom: Betsy Morgan
    Fredrika Armfeldt: Katherine Leigh Doherty, Keaton Whittaker
    Madame Armfeldt: Angela Lansbury
    Frid: Bradley Dean
    Anne Egerman: Ramona Mallory
    Fredrik Egerman: Alexander Hanson
    Petra: Leighann Larkin
    Desirée Armfeldt: Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm: Aaron Lazar
    Countess Charlotte Malcolm: Erin Davie
    Swings: Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart, Kevin Vortmann

    Orchestra
    Tom Murray, conductor/keyboard
    Violin: Matthew Lehmann, concertmaster; Suzy Perelman
    Viola: David Blinn, Tawnya Popoff
    Cello: Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf
    Bass: Dick Sarpola
    Woodwinds: David Young
    Bassoon: Thomas Sefcovic
    French horn: Patrick Pridemore
    Celeste: Paul Staroba
    Harp: Susan Jolles
    Timpani: Charles Descarfino

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Recording Produced by Tommy Krasker
    Recorded January 4, 2010, at Avatar Studios, New York City
    Recorded & Mixed by Bart Migal
    Assistant Engineers: Bob Mallory, Akihiro Nishimura
    Pro Tools Engineer: Victor Mancusi
    Music Coordinator: John Miller
    Music Consultant: Kristen Blodgette
    Music Preparation: Emily Grishman
    Music Copyist: Katharine Edmonds / Emily Grishman Music Preparation
    Synthesizer Programmer: Bruce Samuels

    Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
    Book by Hugh Wheeler

    Design by Barbara DeWilde
    Production Photography by Joan Marcus

    Recording Executive Producer: Sean Patrick Flahaven

    A Little Night Music opened in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory on November 22, 2008, and on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on December 13, 2009. The original production opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on February 25, 1973.