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Re-imagining Sondheim
Anthony De Mare, p-ECM 23788 [3CD] 196 min
The title of this compilation of theater songs by Stephen Sondheim is a song from A Little Night Music. The title is appropriate as each of the selections is a "liaison" or "connection" between Sondheim and the album's 36 composers. Each composer has written an original composition based on themes in Sondheim's songs. Composers represented include Jake Heggie, William Bolcom, Steve Reich, Wynston Marsalis, David Shire, Andi Akiho, Thomas Newman, and Tania Leon. The composers were asked to select songs and then commissioned by pianist Anthony De Mare to write these "interpretations" as a project starting in 2007. The Sondheim shows represented...