The Best of Sondheim (#Sondheim90)

Nejc Lisjak
Mar 22, 2020
4 min read

Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! Ob 90. rojstnem dnevu največjega besedilopisca in skladatelja muzikalov vseh časov, čigar dela me tako ali drugače dolgoročno ter vsakodnevno spremljajo in zaznamujejo, sem se odločil, da ustvarim spodnji seznam njegovih skladb, ki jih najbolj občudujem, neprestano zvenijo v moji glavi in so mi najbolj pri srcu. Za 90 se spodobi, da jih je 90. 13 najljubših sem nekako, čeprav to še zdaleč ni bila lahka naloga, razvrstil po vrstnem redu, ostale pa so razvrščene znotraj sekcije posameznega muzikala, za katerega so bile napisane. Pozorno oko bo pri večini opazilo tudi povezavo do posnetkov celih predstav. Glede na to, da velja pravilo #ostanidoma, vse, ki gojite vsaj nekaj ljubezni do muzikala, vabim, da prisluhnete kateri izmed spodnjih mojstrovin. Prijetno poslušanje!

ALL-TIME FAVOURITES: 1. Sunday (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1eusli6XTc

2. The Ladies Who Lunch (COMPANY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yg1DjElTmY

3. Losing My Mind (FOLLIES)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJww6J6SI7o

4. Not A Day Goes By (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eCTc2w6dPY

5. Company (COMPANY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCdQOcL2sfE

6. I’m Still Here (FOLLIES)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xz1TUgdG6A

7. No One Is Alone (INTO THE WOODS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDXcGZHBiGo&t=4s

8. A Weekend in the Country (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJjbg53ZZ2k

9. Moments in the Woods (INTO THE WOODS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOPXo8PmdYs

10. Everybody Says Don’t (ANYONE CAN WHISTLE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsGkjNp6m8o 11. Could I Leave You? (FOLLIES)

https://youtu.be/aBkARq5miQw?t=119

12. Move On (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MCVsMSsIJU

13. Being Alive (COMPANY)

https://youtu.be/YLTulpBF3H4?t=11

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Marry Me A Little (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGkJcZi73x4

2. Another Hundred People (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmHd9ky52Fo

3. You Could Drive A Person Crazy (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g8wjKTkItY

4. Getting Married Today (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iiz8nql5ps

5. Poor Baby (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcRt-3vGxq4

6. Tick Tock (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la4J5jdsItc

7. Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You? (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqspo5XK6S8

8. The Little Things You Do Together (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzTQkd7ttIo

9. Have I Got A Girl For You (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWT8WHFe0sQ

10. Overture (COMPANY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvY9J2-P8qg

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Broadway Baby (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHWnF5_fyI

2. In Buddy’s Eyes (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJ-oSMvR7E

3. Ah, But Underneath (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGqAi8NTYw

4. Too Many Mornings (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxg1lZCt7aU

5. You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwDlNrw9Z0

6. Waiting For The Girls Upstairs (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAmPZZ-y8ZI

7. Who’s That Woman? (FOLLIES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scSumEN0scA

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Last Midnight (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcNPztV7q4 2. On the Steps of the Palace (INTO THE WOODS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqvbWb868Y

3. Finale: Children Will Listen (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ATyw2iZ1eQ

4. Prologue: Into the Woods (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGfSYEVKyx4

5. Maybe They’re Magic (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hH3hc4mFCU 6. Stay With Me (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CviTE6XuRs0

7. No More (INTO THE WOODS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo-uWTL0KiM

Show #4: SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (1979)

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. A Little Priest (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KYp2YUUlA

2. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (SWEENEY TODD) https://youtu.be/RQpmnMy53gQ?t=153

3. The Worst Pies in London (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqapHRAqnfk

4. Johanna - Quartet (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2E1B5XnFbk

5. Kiss Me/Ladies in Their Sensitivities/Kiss Me - Quartet (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKUXbXWrJ0

6. By the Sea (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHwMc7fbzx8

7. Wait (SWEENEY TODD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp9YfN9pf-c

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Everyday A Little Death (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzfQsKrxgtg

2. Send in the Clowns (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvZex3Qf7QQ

3. Overture (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdwiw4qGj0

4. The Miller’s Son (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi8vabJUeIM

5. Night Waltz I - The Sun Won’t Set (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U0nxAVU4cc 6. In Praise of Women/My Husband the Pig (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r12KHQgYrk

7. Liaisons (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) https://youtu.be/0Fa_kn5iVYU?t=56

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Now You Know (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrZAZPRIKQ

2. Opening Doors (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZUkx_gr0g

3. Merrily We Roll Along (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jdzhGFVWs

4. Franklin Shepard Inc. (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://youtu.be/l3RAF6jqOYc?t=182

5. Old Friends (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3sMtto4NIw

6. Growing Up (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TpnLPtMvtA

7. Our Time (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDhDsO2p-w4

Show #6: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (1984)

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Sunday in the Park With George (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6AuKn9PCV8 2. Finishing the Hat (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuITxZnzRrw

3. We Do Not Belong Together (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://youtu.be/bmwLUkbO_60?t=35

4. Everybody Loves Louis (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dl8zyRyHa8

5. It’s Hot Up Here (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) youtube.com/watch?v=WSifvTfjIZk

6. No Life (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT7HiTuC7Dw

7. Putting It Together (SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJFz-ucuTvs

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Anyone Can Whistle (ANYONE CAN WHISTLE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3vXfh4bcFo

2. There Won’t Be Trumpets (ANYONE CAN WHISTLE) https://youtu.be/vHZOkVfwpy4?t=85

3. A Parade In Town (ANYONE CAN WHISTLE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E08GsRCKJo

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Loving You (PASSION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DEjxuoBaQ

2. I Wish I Could Forget You (PASSION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7gJFs_9Iuc

3. Happiness (PASSION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiaQHxjiuqQ

Show #9: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1962)

FAVOURITE SONGS: 1. Comedy Tonight (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrh2e8Ep14

2. Everybody Ought To Have A Maid (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aCa3Tf_tDA

3. Free (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6twfrbUstA

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. Unworthy Of Your Love (ASSASSINS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnqXvLzT8iQ

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. So Many People (SATURDAY NIGHT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsdfESX-leY

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. Someone In A Tree (PACIFIC OVERTURES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsLpmtK5iic

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened (ROAD SHOW) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQp8Ri-0yAk

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. Invocation and Instructions to the Audience (THE FROGS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU4xVacjnWE

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. Take Me To The World (EVENING PRIMROSE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t27aQo-DYE

FAVOURITE SONG: 1. God (SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfN6ZwttUDQ

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Show # 16: GYPSY (1959) - Jule Styne (music)

FAVOURITE LYRICS: 1. If Momma Was Married (GYPSY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41umnIyWoOA 2. Together, Wherever We Go (GYPSY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ohptinydw

3. Rose’s Turn (GYPSY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgVIr3LNbU 4. Mr. Goldstone, I Love You (GYPSY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0HNseCr7P0

5. You Gotta Get A Gimmick (GYPSY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxDWLSHVNI

Show #17: WEST SIDE STORY (1957) - Leonard Bernstein (music)

FAVOURITE LYRICS: 1. A Boy Like That/I Have A Love (WEST SIDE STORY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrFkgyOOY30

2. Something’s Coming (WEST SIDE STORY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj19mkLIkkA

3. America (WEST SIDE STORY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdMqZKG7ic

Show #18: DO I HEAR A WALTZ? (1965) - Richard Rodgers (music)

FAVOURITE LYRICS: 1. We’re Gonna Be Alright (DO I HEAR A WALTZ?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Pn1LdXRu0

Anything you do, let it come from YOU. Then it will be new. Give us more to see.

The Best of Sondheim (#Sondheim90)

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