Bernarnda Alba [Original Cast Recording]
Original Cast Recording - CD
- Artist: Michael John LaChiusa
- Format: CD
- Year: 2006
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 791558441222
- Item Number: IMG844122
- Release date: 07/11/2006
- 1. Act 1. Prologue
- 2. Act 1. The Funeral
- 3. Act 1. On the Day That I Marry / Bernarda's Prayer
- 4. Act 1. Love, Let Me Sing You
- 5. Act 1. Let Me Go To the Sea
- 6. Act 2. Magdalena
- 7. Act 2. Angustias
- 8. Act 2. Amelia
- 9. Act 2. Martirio
- 10. Act 2. Adela
- 11. Act 2. I Will Dream of What I Saw
- 12. Act 2. Poncia
- 13. Act 2. Limbrada's Daughter
- 14. Act 3. One Moorish Girl / The Smallest Dream
- 15. Act 3. The Mare and the Stallion
- 16. Act 3. Lullaby
- 17. Act 3. Open the Door
- 18. Act 3. Finale
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Bernarnda Alba [Original Cast Recording] by Michael John LaChiusa on CD
While stage musical styles range from comedy to tragedy, many casual fans will be more familiar with the former style. For those souls, the air of tragedy that runs through Bernarda Alba will be suffocating: this is a dark musical that begins and ends tragically. Based on The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, the play has been converted to musical status by Michael John LaChiusa. LaChiusa is known for works such as First Lady Suite and Marie Christine, musicals that concentrate on women's lives. In this sense, Bernarda Alba follows suit. After the death of her cheating husband, Alba is determined to protect her five daughters from other unscrupulous men; indeed, from all men. Add to this volatile mix a senile mother and a suitor who is attached to one daughter but also loved by the other four, and you have a situation ripe for emotive songs. The able cast is headed by Phylicia Rashad as Alba and filled out by Sandra Santiago, Judith Blazer, Sally Murphy, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Nikki M. James as the sisters. The music exploits the Spanish setting, though becomes, thanks to the overall dark mood, overpowering by the tragic close. Fans of the musical will certainly want a copy of the soundtrack. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., Rovi
- Artist: Michael John LaChiusa
- Format: CD
- Year: 2006
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 791558441222
- Item Number: IMG844122
- Release date: 07/11/2006
- Label: Ghostlight
- Genre: Stage & Screen, Classical
- Style: Cast Recordings, Vocal Music, Contemporary
- Album Time: 50:08
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Performers:
- Benjamin Wyatt - Cello
- Jennifer Hoult - Harp
- Joseph Gottesman - Viola
- Katie Schlaikjer - Cello
- Ray Kilday - Bass (Vocal)
- Raymond Kilday - Bass (Vocal)
- Sarah Davol - Woodwind
- Bruce Samuels - Synthesizer
- Candy Buckley - Vocals
- Daphne Rubin-Vega - Vocals
- Deborah Abramson - Synthesizer
- Judith Blazer - Vocals
- Judy Blazer - Vocals
- Larry Spivack - Percussion
- Laura Shoop - Vocals
- Nancy Ticotin - Vocals
- Nikki M. James - Vocals
- Phylicia Rashad - Vocals
- Sally Murphy - Vocals
- Saundra Santiago - Vocals
- Steve Benson - Guitar
- Steven Benson - Guitar
- Yolande Bavan - Vocals
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Credits:
- Beth Dembrow - General Manager
- Jessica Perlmeter Cochrane - Assistant Management
- Josh Lowenthal - Company Manager
- Julie C. Miller - Assistant Management
- Larry Spivack - Associate Conductor
- Maddie Elhert - Assistant Director
- Marco Paguia - Assistant Music Director
- Melanie Weinraub - General Manager
- Bethany Russell - Production Assistant
- Daniel Israel - Production Assistant
- Deborah Abramson - Musical Direction, Conductor
- Emily Grishman - Copyist
- Joel Moss - Recording, Mixing, Editing, Producer
- Katharine Edmonds - Copyist
- Michael John LaChiusa - Lyricist
- Noah Cornman - Associate Producer
- Paul Smithyman - Production Manager
- Steve Norman - Associate Producer
- Zan Sabini - Production Assistant
- Alex Venguer - Assistant Engineer
- Ira Weitzman - Liner Notes
- Jan Folkson - Editing
- Paul Kolnik - Cover Photo, Photography
- Scott Hull - Mastering
- Seamus Tyson - Assistant Engineer
- Kurt Deutsch - Executive Producer, Producer
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