Robert W. Parker
Music for Melodrama: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
© 2005 Robert W. Parker (634479184864)
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Hearkening back to the music of the silent movie era, enjoy a live piano accompaniment to the melodrama that gave birth to the Sondheim musical of the same name.
tracks
- 1 Prologue to Act 1; Sweeney tells Anthony his story
- 2 The music box; Lucy's betrayal; the razors
- 3 Anthony and Johanna
- 4 Johanna and the Judge
- 5 Pirelli blackmails Sweeney; Sweeney does Pirelli
- 6 The Judge arrives, but escapes; Mrs. Lovett has an idea
- 7 Prologue to Act 2; Tobias hawks the pies
- 8 Fogg's Asylum; Johanna's escape
- 9 The Judge receives Sweeney's sharp justice; Johanna nearly meets
- 10 The cellar; Sweeney's epiphany; Tobias delivers the final stroke
- 11 Toccata in C minor (Bows)
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Hearkening back to the music of the silent movie era, "Music for Melodrama" presents a collection of original themes composed to accompany the drama by Christopher Bond that gave birth to the Sondheim musical of the same name. Purity, betrayal, courage, insanity, love, revenge: all are celebrated in this original score, performed in this live recording upon both the piano and the king of instruments.
Premiered at the California Institute of Technology, "Music for Melodrama" presents one of the only original "soundtracks" for the saga of Sweeney Todd composed since Sondheim's award-winning score.
Robert W. Parker is a prizewinning, critically acclaimed composer and performer with over twenty-five years' experience in musical theater and thirty years' experience as a liturgical musician. Called "a delight" by the press from Connecticut to California, he has performed for Presidential inaugurations, appeared on stages throughout Europe, the Caribbean, and Japan, and has been seen (and heard) on both national and international television.
The music of Robert Parker is dedicated to rediscovering the classical sound, making music that is totally traditional, yet totally new.
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Wonderfully Done!
author: Irvin SmithDr. Parker has written the perfect soundtrack not only for the Christopher Bond play, but for anyone who likes melodrama. Close your eyes and imagine listening to a radio drama; close your eyes and "see" what's happening. A truly wonderful soundtrack!
Savory! A whimsical, emotional sonic journey to the silent-movie era.
author: Craig ConleyThis album may officially be an accompaniment to the story of "Sweeny Todd," but it's also a gorgeous soundtrack for anyone whose life has been touched by melodrama. With this music in your earphones, your daily routine will transform into a silent movie, the intricate piano and majestic organ pieces cueing moments of sublime purity, ominous betrayal, noble courage, temporary insanity, wanton love, and diabolical revenge. You'll never again see the people on the subway in the same light! Three cheers to Robert Parker for a sonic masterpiece!