Original Studio Cast: Merrily We Roll Along, CD
Original Studio Cast

An unusual and challenging musical in every respect, Merrily We Roll Along has the odd distinction of being a seldom performed show because of its difficulties in staging and yet having one of the finest and most interesting scores to come from the pen of Stephen Sondheim.

This Jay  recording is the only complete recording, and because of the nature of the book, which tells the story backwards is finally made comprehensible to the listener with the inclusion of certain key scenes and dialogue. The extended scenes and song settings define the development of characters, relationships and musical motifs clearly as no other recordings do.

This original cast recording features stars such as Maria Friedman (London’s Lady In The Dark, Passion, Sunday In The Park With George), Evan Pappas (Broadway’s My Favourite Year), Jacqueline Dankworth (London’s Into The Woods, Invade My Privacy) and Louise Gold (London’s Anything Goes, Nunsense).

Recorded in Digital Dolby Surround Sound which of course is the perfect idiom for all the dramatic and extended scenes.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1. Overture – Orchestra
2. Merrily We Roll Along – Company
3. That Frank – Company
4. Scene – Company
5. Transition 1 – Company
6. Old Friends / Like It Was – Evan Pappas, Maria Friedman
7. Franklin Shepard Inc. – Evan Pappas
8. Transition 2 – Company
9. Old Friends – Evan Pappas, Maria Friedman, Michael Cantwell
10. Growing Up (Part One) – Michael Cantwell, Louise Gold
11. Growing Up (Part Two) – Louise Gold
12. Transition 3 – Company
13. Not a Day Goes By (Act One) – Jacqueline Dankworth, Michael Cantwell
14. Now You Know – Alan Mosley, Company, Maria Friedman, Matthew White, Michael Cantwell

DISC TWO

1. Entr’acte – Orchestra
2. Act Two Opening – Louise Gold
3. It’s a Hit – Evan Pappas, Gareth Snook, Jacqueline Dankworth, Maria Friedman, Michael Cantwell
4. Transition 4 – Company
5. The Blob – Louise Gold and Company
6. Growing Up (Act Two) – Louise Gold, Michael Cantwell
7. Good Thing Going – Evan Pappas, Michael Cantwell
8. The Blob (Conclusion) – Company
9. Transition 5 – Company
10. Bobby and Jackie and Jack – Evan Pappas, Jacqueline Dankworth, Michael Cantwell
11. Not a Day Goes By (Act Two) – Jacqueline Dankworth, Maria Friedman, Michael Cantwell
12. Transition 6 – Company
13. Opening Doors – Evan Pappas, Gareth Snook, Jacqueline Dankworth, Maria Friedman, Michael Cantwell
14. Our Time (Part One) – Michael Cantwell
15. Our Time – Michael Cantwell, Evan Pappas, Maria Fiedman and Company
16. Bows – Company
17. Exit Music – Orichestra