PACIFIC OVERTURES
musical show
19760111
Orig prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Stephen Sondheim. ORCH: Jonathan Tunick. COND: Paul Gemignani. CAST: Mako, Sab Shimono, Isao Sato, Alvin Ing, James Dybas, Ernest Harada, Ricardo Tobia, Mark Hsu Syers, Patrick Kinser-Lau, Timm Fujii. (RCA ARL1-1367; CD/RCA RCD1-4407. Excerpts: "Someone in a Tree," "Please Hello" (ALB-997) "Welcome to Kanagawa" (ALB-997, ALB-2314) "Poems" (ALB-1626) "Pretty Lady" (ALB-2314).)
Record arranged for koto and performed by Fusako Yoshida, who played shamisen in orig prod. "Chrysanthemum Tea" (ALB-719)
1987 London prod. ORCH: Jonathan Tunick. COND: James Holmes. CAST: Members of this English National Opera production. (CD/That's Entertainment(E) TER2-1152. Incomplete: That's Entertainment(E) TER2-1151. Less complete: CD/That's Entertainment(E) CDTER-1151; CD/RCA 7995-2-RC.)
Records by cast members. Mako (of orig & 1979 Los Angeles prods), with Tim Dang & chorus: "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea" (1996: ALB-1751) Gedde Watanabe (of orig prod), with Deborah Nishimura, Sab Shimono: "Someone in a Tree" (1996: ALB-1798)
2004 prod. ORCH: Jonathan Tunick. COND: Paul Gemignani. CAST: B D Wong, Scott Watanabe, Michael K Lee, Paolo Montalban, Alvin Y F Ing. (CD/PS Classics 528 (ALB-2218), with addl material)
1975 demos by Stephen Sondheim (composer), piano & vocal, and Harold Rome (director of orig prod), narration. "Prayers" (ALB-2218, ALB-2314) "There Is No Other Way" (ALB-2314)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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