Reflections from Broadway
| Reflections from Broadway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by John Barrowman | ||||
|
Publication |
January 11, 2000 |
|||
| Label (s) | JAY Records | |||
|
Format (s) |
CD |
|||
|
Title (number) |
17 [+ 1 hidden track ] |
|||
|
running time |
1 hour 05 min. 41 sec. |
|||
| occupation | John Barrowman Accompaniment:
Conductors:
|
|||
|
John Yap |
||||
|
Studio (s) |
Abbey Road Studios , London & Clinton Studios, NYC (Recorded 1999)
|
|||
|
||||
Reflections from Broadway is the second solo album by Scottish - US ( musical ) actor and entertainer John Barrowman MBE , recorded in 1999 and released on January 11, 2000. It contains a selection of newly arranged musical songs - mainly from roles that Barrowman in the Years since his West End debut in 1989, either in London or on New York's Broadway himself.
background
The entertainer John Barrowman, now mainly known as a science fiction actor and television presenter, began his professional career in the 1980s with a degree in the performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego and then as a musical performer at international theater (breakthrough in 1989 with Anything Goes in the West End as Billy Crocker with Elaine Paige OBE and Bernard Cribbins OBE ). By the time this solo album was released, he had appeared in 17 different Broadway and West End productions.
.jpg)
Barrowman has received support from the National Symphony Orchestra for Reflections from Broadway . Beverly Holt, Barrowman's former music teacher and mentor from high school days, was poached by Barrowman and hired as musical director . She accompanied him on the piano for this album and wrote the appropriate arrangements. Abbey Road Studios in London were booked as the recording studio for the vocal and orchestral recordings , with John Yap producing for JAY Records.
Parts of the vocal recordings were relocated to the Clinton Studios in New York City , as Barrowman, after working in Disney's West End production of Beauty and the Beast, had a month-long engagement in the revue Putting It Together (with Carol Burnett ) on New York Broadway received. The same ensemble had put Putting It Together before the Broadway transfer until December 1998 in Los Angeles; This fact reduced the preparation time for the Broadway opening for the actors so that Barrowman could plan and record this album in the following year and appear in Beauty and the Beast .
John Yap and the label JAY Records, which specializes in the musical genre, had previously produced various ensemble albums of musicals in which Barrowman played leading roles - including Phantom of the Opera (1992), Grease and Godspell (both 1994). JAY also carried out the implementation of Barrowman's first solo album Aspects of Lloyd Webber (1997). After the turn of the millennium, other musical compilation albums were added in collaboration with Barrowman, including The Musicality of Andrew Lloyd Webber (2002), Loving You (2002), Barrowman's third solo album JB Swings Cole Porter (2004) and the new scoring of his first solo album Aspects of Lloyd Webber (2007). This was followed by three solo albums under a Sony-BMG contract after he had achieved international fame as Captain Jack Harkness ( Doctor Who & Torchwood ) and his science fiction audience became increasingly aware of the musical beginnings of his career: Another Side (2007 , Musical & Pop ), Music Music Music (2008, Country'n'Western & Pop) and John Barrowman (2010, Musical). His latest solo album You Raise Me Up (2014, Traditional & Pop) was finally produced independently of the label (BBP: BarrowmanBarkerProductions). In the liner notes of the CD booklet for Reflections from Broadway , JAY Records already announced the planned release of the ensemble album for Anyone Can Whistle (also with Barrowman).
From February 25 to March 2, 2002, Barrowman presented a daily one-hour solo cabaret / concert program as part of the Sondheim Festival at the Kennedy Center ( Washington, DC ) parallel to the rehearsal phase for his lead role there in Company from May 2002. For his Solo program, he resorted to his album title Reflections from Broadway . As MD he was again accompanied on the piano by Beverly Holt, and he was also supported by double bass player Lou Heinz.
Track list
| No. | title | length | musical | Composers & lyricists | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | If I Can't Love Her | 4:07 | Beauty and the Beast | Tim Rice ( lyrics ), Alan Menken ( music ), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement ) | Barrowman played the beast in Disney's 1999 West End production | |
| 2. | Anyone Can Whistle | 3:53 | Anyone Can Whistle | Stephen Sondheim (text & music), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 3. | Why God Why? | 4:09 | Miss Saigon | Alain Boublil (text), Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), William D. Brohn (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman played Chris in the West End for the first time in 1990/91 and again in 1993/94 | |
| 4th | I'd Rather Be Sailing | 3:25 | A new brain | William Finn (lyrics & music), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 5. | Whistle down the wind | 3:41 | Whistle down the wind | Jim Steinman (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Anne Collis (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 6th | Dreamers | 2:54 | Jean Seberg | Christopher Adler (text), Marvin Hamlisch (music) | Piano accompaniment from Beverly Holt (Barrowman's mentor since high school) | |
| 7th | Can You Feel the Love Tonight? | 3:35 | Lion King | Tim Rice (lyrics), Elton John (music), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 8th. | Red red rose | 5:00 | Red red rose | Robert Burns (lyrics), Paul Alan Johnson (music), David Maddux (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman played in Red Red Rose in New York City, Los Angeles ( USA ) & Aarhus ( Denmark ) | |
| 9. | Good thing going | 2:06 | Merrily We Roll Along | Stephen Sondheim (text & music), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman has not previously appeared in Merrily We Roll Along , but the song is also part of the revue Putting It Together , in which he was seen in LA in 1998 and on Broadway in 1999-2000 | |
| 10. | Easy to love | 3:27 | Anything Goes | Cole Porter (lyrics & music), Michael Gibson (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman's West End debut as Billy Crocker in 1989 also marked his breakthrough in international theater | |
| 11. | A Boy From Nowhere | 4:32 | Matador | Chris Seago (lyrics), Michael Leander (music), Chris Walker (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman played Domingo Hernandez in the West End in 1991 | |
| 12. | Tell my father | 3:59 | The Civil War | Jack Murphy (lyrics), Frank Wildhorn (music), Larry Moore (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 13. | Being Alive | 3:09 | Company | Stephen Sondheim, Martin Yates (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman first played Bobby in Washington, DC in 2002 , but the song is also part of the revue Putting It Together , in which he was seen in LA in 1998 and on Broadway in 1999-2000 | |
| 14th | I Chose Right | 3:20 | infant | Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics), David Shire (music), Jonathan Tunick (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 15th | Try to Remember | 3:29 | The Fantasticks | Tom Jones (text), Harvey Schmidt (music), Julian Stein (orchestral arrangement) | ||
| 16. | Proud Of Your Boy | 2:32 | Aladdin | Howard Ashman (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), Beverly Holt (piano arrangement) | Piano accompaniment from Barrowman's high school mentor and family friend Beverly Holt | |
| 17th | Sunset Boulevard | 2:53 | Sunset Boulevard | Don Black and Christopher Hampton (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Martin Yates (orchestral arrangement) | Barrowman played Joe Gillis on Broadway in 1996 | |
| overall length | 1:01:19 | |||||
| 17th | Not while I'm around | 2:51 | Sweeney Todd | Stephen Sondheim , Beverly Holt (piano arrangement) | Hidden track from 4: 24–7: 15; Duet with Barrowman's mother Marion; Piano accompaniment Beverly Holt | |
| overall length | 1:04:10 | |||||
Contributors
|
|
- composition
- Stephen Sondheim : composer & lyricist (tracks 2, 9, 13, 17b)
- Cole Porter : Composer & Lyricist (Track 10)
- William Finn: Composer & Lyricist (Track 4)
- Tim Rice : Copywriter (Tracks 1, 7)
- Alain Boublil : Copywriter (Title 3)
- Jim Steinman : Copywriter (Title 5)
- Christopher Adler : Copywriter (Title 6)
- Robert Burns : Poet (Title 8)
- Chris Seago: Copywriter (Title 11)
- Jack Murphy: Lyricist (Title 12)
- Richard Maltby, Jr .: Copywriter (Title 14)
- Tom Jones : Copywriter (Title 15)
- Howard Ashman : Lyricist (Title 16)
- Don Black : Lyricist (Title 17)
- Christopher Hampton : Copywriter (Title 17)
- Alan Menken : composer (tracks 1, 16)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber : composer (tracks 5, 17)
- Claude-Michel Schönberg : Composer (Title 3)
- Marvin Hamlisch : Composer (Title 6)
- Elton John : Composer (Track 7)
- Paul Alan Johnson: Composer (Track 8)
- Michael Leander: Composer (Track 11)
- Frank Wildhorn : composer (title 12)
- David Shire : Composer (Track 14)
- Harvey Schmidt : Composer (Title 15)
- Larry Moore: arranger (orchestra: tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12)
- Beverly Holt: arranger (piano: tracks 6, 16, 17b)
- Martin Yates: arranger (orchestra: tracks 13, 17)
- William David Brohn: Arranger (Orchestra: Title 3)
- Anne Collis: Arranger (Orchestra: Title 5)
- David Maddux: arranger (orchestra: title 8)
- Michael Gibson: Arranger (Orchestra: Title 10)
- Chris Walker: Arranger (Orchestra: Track 11)
- Jonathan Tunick : Arranger (Orchestra: Track 14)
- Julian Stein: Arranger (Orchestra: Title 15)
Reviews
"John Barrowman's third album Reflections From Broadway showcases the stage and TV performer's commanding voice in another collection of show tunes and contemporary pop, including 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight', 'Anyone Can Whistle', 'Easy to Love', 'The Boy From Nowhere ', and' Not While I'm Around '. A pleasant addition to a Broadway or pop vocal fan's collection. "
"On the heels of his Broadway appearance in Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together in November 1999, John Barrowman makes his solo debut with Reflections from Broadway, and it's a beauty. He provides plenty of Sondheim, of course, as well as numbers from other shows he has performed in both New York and London, including Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Anything Goes, and Michael Leander and Chris Seago's Matador. Barrowman's voice is sweet on ballads and rings bright and clear on the big numbers, and the orchestra and piano accompaniments sound just as good. Also on hand are some rarities, William Finn's delightful 'I'd Rather Be Sailing', and Marvin Hamlisch's 'Dreamers', which disappeared quickly in 1983 as part of the critically lambasted Jean Seberg but is becoming something of a standard for lighter voices. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heather Phares: AllMusic Review: Reflections from Broadway In: Allmusic . Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ↑ Stephen Holden: CABARET REVIEW; Confessions of a Yankee Doodle Dandy. In: The New York Times, February 25, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ↑ Heather Phares: Reflections of Broadway Album In: Slacker Radio. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.swapacd.com/John-Barrowman-Reflections-Broadway/cd/460082/
- ↑ David Horiuchi: Editorial Review: Reflections from Broadway, John Barrowman on Amazon .com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.