Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim

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The actor-singer-Broadway star offers a deeply personal survey of Sondheim's repertoire on this double disc, recorded live at Philadelphia's Prince Music Theater. The album, says the Chicago Sun-Times, "suggests why Patinkin has long been considered a quintessential Sondheim interpreter."

Description

The actor-singer-Broadway star offers a deeply personal survey of Sondheim's repertoire on this double disc, recorded live at Philadelphia's Prince Music Theater. The album, says the Chicago Sun-Times, "suggests why Patinkin has long been considered a quintessential Sondheim interpreter."

ProductionCredits

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Tom Lazarus, Paul Ford, and Mandy Patinkin
Recorded live in concert, February 2002, at the Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, production of Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Celebrating Sondheim, by Tom Lazarus and Michael McCoy
Edited and mixed by Marc Stedman and Tom Lazarus at Classic Sound, New York City
Mastered by Joe Lambert at Classic Sound

Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, except disc one, track 1, book by James Lapine; disc two, track 12, music by Richard Rodgers. Arrangements by Paul Ford and Mandy Patinkin

Before the original Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George opened in May 1984, Mandy Patinkin took a life-drawing class at the Arts Student League in New York City, as his role required him to sketch his fellow actors playing the various characters in Georges Seurat’s painting, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte. The cover is one of a collection of sketches Patinkin made on stage throughout the show’s run.

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

Nonesuch Selection Number

79690

Number of Discs in Set
2discs
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Album Status
Artist Name
Mandy Patinkin
MusicianDetails

MUSICIANS
Mandy Patinkin, vocals
Paul Ford, piano

Cover Art
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CD+MP3
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0.00
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075597969023BUN
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MP3
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18.00
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075597969061
  • 79690

News & Reviews

  • Mandy Patinkin was on The Economist's The Economist Asks podcast. He talks with host Anne McElvoy about his performing career, being an activist, and his becoming a social media sensation at home with his family during lockdown. "The difference between working with a gifted person and working with a genius. A genius opens the doors to everyone else's thoughts and opinions, asks questions," Patinkin says of working with Stephen Sondheim. "What he did, similar to Shakespeare in my opinion, is he turned darkness into light," You can hear their conversation here.

  • Chris Thile, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Rhiannon Giddens, Jeremy Denk, Mandy Patinkin, Gaby Moreno, and Nico Muhly will take part in NY PopsUp, a festival featuring hundreds of pop-up performances—many of which are free of charge and all open to the public—throughout New York City and State. Additionally, Thile and Salvant are on a council of artistic advisors partnering with curator Zack Winokur to program the series. NYPopsUp, which will run from Saturday, February 20, through Labor Day, will make stages out of existing landscapes, including iconic transit stations, parks, subway platforms, museums, skate parks, street corners, fire escapes, parking lots, storefronts, and upstate venues. The festival is being coordinated with state public health officials and will strictly adhere to Department of Health COVID-19 protocols.

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  • About This Album

    The actor-singer-Broadway star offers a deeply personal survey of Sondheim's repertoire on this double disc, recorded live at Philadelphia's Prince Music Theater. The album, says the Chicago Sun-Times, "suggests why Patinkin has long been considered a quintessential Sondheim interpreter."

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Mandy Patinkin, vocals
    Paul Ford, piano

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by Tom Lazarus, Paul Ford, and Mandy Patinkin
    Recorded live in concert, February 2002, at the Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, production of Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Celebrating Sondheim, by Tom Lazarus and Michael McCoy
    Edited and mixed by Marc Stedman and Tom Lazarus at Classic Sound, New York City
    Mastered by Joe Lambert at Classic Sound

    Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, except disc one, track 1, book by James Lapine; disc two, track 12, music by Richard Rodgers. Arrangements by Paul Ford and Mandy Patinkin

    Before the original Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George opened in May 1984, Mandy Patinkin took a life-drawing class at the Arts Student League in New York City, as his role required him to sketch his fellow actors playing the various characters in Georges Seurat’s painting, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte. The cover is one of a collection of sketches Patinkin made on stage throughout the show’s run.

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz