Jay David Saks is producing, with James Nichols serving as recording engineer. 2.įor a firsthand account of the recording, please see At the Ragtime Recording Session in Theatre Features. RCA Victor recorded the full original Broadway cast and score Jan. Many theatregoers already own the Grammy-nominated, 1996 concept recording of "Songs from Ragtime, The Musical" on RCA Victor. Ragtime, an epic musical about the dreams and realities of early 20th century America, opened on Broadway Jan. Record companies traditionally release records on Tuesdays. "It's just such a big project." April 28 is RCA Victor's last opportunity to release the cast recording before the Tony nominations May 4. Originally scheduled for release April 7, the Ragtime Broadway cast CD set took "a lot longer than we expected" to edit, RCA spokesperson Marilyn Egol told Playbill On-Line in February. The event is scheduled to run 11:30 AM to 1 PM.Ĭoincidentally, April 28 is also the date scheduled for release of the video Anastasia, a 1997 animated film, also with a score by Ahrens & Flaherty. Note: the show's six leads - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Mark Jacoby and Judy Kaye, plus composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens - will appear live Wednesday April 29 at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square to autograph copies of the CD. Total playing time for the cast album is 122 minutes, versus 62 minutes for "Songs From." The "Songs From Ragtime" CD had 21 tracks the Broadway cast album has 38, including a bonus track, the instrumental " Ragtime Symphonic Suite." Added tracks include "What Kind of Woman," "A Shtetl Iz Amereke," "Success," "His Name Is Coalhouse Walker," "Nothing Like the City," "The Courtship," "The Trashing of the Car," ""Justice," "President," "Harry Houdini, Master Escapist," "Coalhouse Demands," "Fire in the City," "Sarah Brown Eyes," "Harlem Nightclub," "Look What You've Done" and "Atlantic City," the latter replacing the excised "The Show Biz."Īlso, there are lyric changes and additions throughout the score. The double-CD contains considerably more music - and dialog - than the "Songs From" album released in 1996, though most of the cast is the same. ![]() The inner sleeve (left) and outer sleeve of the new Ragtime Broadway cast album.
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