Musical Scores in My CD Collection

I sort my collection first by primary or first-billed composer (e.g. Adler & Ross scores are filed under Adler) and second by the chronological order of the work's creation (e.g. Saturday Night leads off the Sondheim scores). Recent acquisitions are in green and really recent ones are in red.

Pick a random title.


    John Adams

  1. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky – 1996 Nonesuch Studio Cast

    2. Richard Adler

  2. The Pajama Game – 1954 Original Broadway Cast

  3. Damn Yankees – 1994 Broadway Cast

  4. Kwamina – 1961 Original Broadway Cast

    5. Peter Allen

  5. Legs Diamond – 1988 Original Broadway Cast

    6. Benny Andersson

  6. Chess – 1984 London Studio Cast

  7. Chess – 1988 Broadway Cast

    8. Harold Arlen

  8. St. Louis Woman – 1998 Encores! Concert Cast

  9. Jamaica – 1957 Original Broadway Cast

  10. Saratoga – 1959 Original Broadway Cast

    11. Burt Bacharach

  11. Promises, Promises – 1968 Original Broadway Cast

    12. Lionel Bart

  12. Oliver! – 1963 Broadway Cast

  13. Oliver! – 1994 London Cast

    14. Irving Berlin

  14. As Thousands Cheer – 1998 Drama Dept. Cast

  15. Louisiana Purchase – 1996 New York Concert Cast

  16. Annie Get Your Gun – 1946 Original Broadway Cast

  17. Annie Get Your Gun – 1990 John McGlinn Studio Cast

  18. Miss Liberty – 1949 Original Broadway Cast

  19. Call Me Madam – 1995 Encores! Concert Cast

  20. Mr. President – 1964 Original Broadway Cast

    21. Elmer Bernstein

  21. How Now, Dow Jones – 1967 Original Broadway Cast

    22. Leonard Bernstein

  22. On the Town – 1961 Leonard Bernstein Studio Cast

  23. On the Town – 1992 London Philharmonic Concert Cast

  24. Wonderful Town – 1953 Original Broadway Cast

  25. Wonderful Town – 1958 TV Cast

  26. Wonderful Town – 1999 Simon Rattle Studio Cast

  27. Wonderful Town – 2003 Broadway Cast

  28. Candide – 1956 Original Broadway Cast

  29. West Side Story – 1957 Original Broadway Cast

    30. Rick Besoyan

  30. Little Mary Sunshine – 1959 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    31. Marc Blitzstein

  31. The Cradle Will Rock – 1983 Acting Company Cast

  32. The Cradle Will Rock – 1999 Film Soundtrack

    33. Jerry Bock

  33. Mr. Wonderful - 1956 Original Broadway Cast

  34. Fiorello! - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  35. Tenderloin - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

  36. Tenderloin - 2000 Encores! Concert Cast

  37. She Loves Me - 1964 London Cast

  38. She Loves Me - 1993 Broadway Cast

  39. Fiddler on the Roof - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

  40. Fiddler on the Roof - 1971 Film Soundtrack

  41. The Apple Tree - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  42. The Rothschilds - 1970 Original Broadway Cast

    43. Leslie Bricusse

  43. The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd - 1965 Original Broadway Cast

  44. Doctor Dolittle - 1967 Film Soundtrack

    45. Jason Robert Brown

  45. Songs for a New World - 1995 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  46. Parade - 1998 Original Broadway Cast

    47. Frank Churchill

  47. Dumbo - 1941 Film Soundtrack

    48. Cy Coleman

  48. Wildcat - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

  49. Little Me - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

  50. Sweet Charity - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  51. Sweet Charity - 1986 Broadway Cast

  52. Sweet Charity - 2005 Broadway Cast

  53. On the Twentieth Century - 1978 Original Broadway Cast

  54. City of Angels - 1989 Original Broadway Cast

    55. Shaun Davey

  55. The Dead - 2004 Pittsburgh Cast

    56. Gene de Paul

  56. You Can't Run Away from It - 1956 Film Soundtrack

  57. Li'l Abner - 1956 Original Broadway Cast

    58. Robert Emmett Dolan

  58. Texas, Li'l Darlin' - 1949 Original Broadway Cast

    59. Vernon Duke

  59. Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 - 1999 Encores! Concert Cast

  60. Cabin in the Sky - 1964 Off-Broadway Cast

    61. John Du Prez

  61. Spamalot - 2005 Original Broadway Cast

    62. Sherman Edwards

  62. 1776 - 1969 Original Broadway Cast

  63. 1776 - 1997 Broadway Cast

    64. Duke Ellington

  64. Sophisticated Ladies - 1981 Original Broadway Cast

    65. Sammy Fain

  65. Flahooley - 1951 Original Broadway Cast

    66. William Finn

  66. March of the Falsettos - 1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  67. Falsettoland - 1990 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  68. A New Brain - 1998 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  69. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - 2005 Original Broadway Cast

    70. Stephen Flaherty

  70. Lucky Stiff - 1993 Bruce Kimmel Studio Cast

  71. Lucky Stiff - 2003 Off-Broadway Concert Cast

  72. Once on This Island - 1990 Original Broadway Cast

  73. My Favorite Year - 1992 Original Broadway Cast

  74. Ragtime - 1996 Toronto Cast

  75. Ragtime - 1998 Original Broadway Cast

  76. A Man of No Importance - 2002 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    77. Dick Gallagher

  77. When Pigs Fly - 1996 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    78. Noel Gay

  78. Me and My Girl - 1986 Broadway Cast

    79. Gary Geld

  79. Purlie - 1970 Original Broadway Cast

  80. Shenandoah - 1975 Original Broadway Cast

    81. George Gershwin

  81. Lady, Be Good! - 1992 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  82. Tell Me More - 1995 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  83. Tip-Toes - 1998 New York Concert Cast

  84. Oh, Kay! - 1994 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  85. Strike Up the Band (1927) - 1990 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  86. Girl Crazy - 1990 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  87. Of Thee I Sing - 1952 Broadway Cast

  88. Of Thee I Sing - 1987 Brooklyn Academy of Music Concert Cast

  89. Pardon My English - 1993 Roxbury Recordings Studio Cast

  90. Let 'Em Eat Cake - 1987 Brooklyn Academy of Music Concert Cast

  91. Porgy and Bess - 1942 Broadway Cast

  92. Porgy and Bess - 1976 Houston Grand Opera Cast

  93. My One and Only - 1983 Original Broadway Cast

  94. Crazy for You - 1992 Original Broadway Cast

    95. Clark Gesner

  95. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - 1967 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  96. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - 1999 Broadway Cast

    97. Billy Goldenberg

  97. Ballroom - 1978 Original Broadway Cast

    98. Elliot Goldenthal

  98. Juan Dariιn - 1996 Broadway Studio Cast

  99. The Green Bird - 2000 Broadway Cast

    100. Morton Gould

  100. Arms and the Girl - 1950 Original Broadway Cast

    101. Peter Greenwell

  101. The Crooked Mile - 1959 Original London Cast

    102. Larry Grossman

  102. Snoopy - 1983 London Cast

    103. Adam Guettel

  103. Floyd Collins - 1994 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  104. Myths and Hymns - 1998 Nonesuch Studio Cast

  105. The Light in the Piazza - 2005 Original Broadway Cast

    106. Albert Hague

  106. Plain and Fancy - 1955 Original Broadway Cast

  107. Redhead - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

    108. Carol Hall

  108. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - 1978 Original Broadway Cast

    109. Marvin Hamlisch

  109. A Chorus Line - 1975 Original Broadway Cast

  110. They're Playing Our Song - 1979 Original Broadway Cast

  111. Sweet Smell of Success - 2002 Original Broadway Cast

    112. Ray Henderson

  112. Good News! - 1995 Wichita Cast

    113. David Henecker

  113. Half a Sixpence - 1965 Broadway Cast

    114. Jerry Herman

  114. Hello, Dolly! - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

  115. Mame - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  116. Mame - 1974 Film Soundtrack

  117. Dear World - 1969 Original Broadway Cast

  118. Mack & Mabel - 1974 Original Broadway Cast

  119. La Cage aux Folles - 1983 Original Broadway Cast

    120. Hal Hester

  120. Your Own Thing - 1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    121. Rupert Holmes

  121. The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1985 Original Broadway Cast

    122. Jason Howland

  122. Little Women - 2005 Original Broadway Cast

    123. Jim Jacobs

  123. Grease - 1972 Original Broadway Cast

    124. Elton John

  124. The Lion King - 1997 Broadway Cast

    125. John Kander

  125. A Family Affair - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

  126. Flora, the Red Menace - 1965 Original Broadway Cast

  127. Cabaret - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  128. Cabaret - 1968 London Cast

  129. Cabaret - 1998 Broadway Cast

  130. The Happy Time - 1968 Original Broadway Cast

  131. Zorba - 1968 Original Broadway Cast

  132. Zorba - 1983 Broadway Cast

  133. 70, Girls, 70 - 1971 Original Broadway Cast

  134. Funny Lady - 1975 Film Soundtrack

  135. Chicago - 1996 Broadway Cast

  136. The Act - 1977 Original Broadway Cast

  137. The Rink - 1984 Original Broadway Cast

  138. And the World Goes 'Round - 1991 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  139. Kiss of the Spider Woman - 1992 Original London Cast

  140. Steel Pier - 1997 Original Broadway Cast

    141. Jerome Kern

  141. Show Boat - 1946 Broadway Cast

  142. Show Boat - 1988 John McGlinn Studio Cast

  143. Show Boat - 1993 Toronto Cast

  144. Roberta - 1952 Goddard Lieberson Studio Cast

    145. Edward Kleban

  145. A Class Act - 2000 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    146. Henry Krieger

  146. Side Show - 1997 Original Broadway Cast

    147. Michael John LaChiusa

  147. First Lady Suite - 2002 Los Angeles Cast

  148. Hello Again - 1994 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  149. Marie Christine - 1999 Original Broadway Cast

  150. The Wild Party - 2000 Original Broadway Cast

    151. Burton Lane

  151. Finian's Rainbow - 1947 Original Broadway Cast

  152. Finian's Rainbow - 1960 Broadway Cast

  153. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - 1965 Original Broadway Cast

    154. Jonathan Larson

  154. Rent - 1996 Original Broadway Cast

    155. Frank Lazarus

  155. A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine - 1980 Original Broadway Cast

    156. Michael J. Lewis

  156. Cyrano - 1973 Original Broadway Cast

    157. Andrew Lippa

  157. john & jen - 1995 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    158. Jay Livingston

  158. Oh Captain! - 1958 Original Broadway Cast

    159. Jerry Livingston

  159. Cinderella - 1950 Film Soundtrack

    160. Andrew Lloyd Webber

  160. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - 1973 London Studio Cast

  161. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - 1982 Broadway Cast

  162. Jesus Christ Superstar - 1970 London Studio Cast

  163. Jesus Christ Superstar - 1995 Prague Cast

  164. Evita - 1980 Madrid Cast

  165. Song & Dance - 1982 Original London Cast

  166. Song & Dance - 1985 Broadway Cast

  167. The Phantom of the Opera - 1989 Toronto Cast

  168. Aspects of Love - 1989 Original London Cast

  169. Sunset Boulevard - 1994 Los Angeles Cast

    170. Frank Loesser

  170. Guys and Dolls - 1992 Broadway Cast

  171. The Most Happy Fella - 1956 Original Broadway Cast

  172. Greenwillow - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

  173. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 1995 Broadway Cast

    174. Frederick Loewe

  174. Brigadoon - 1947 Original Broadway Cast

  175. Brigadoon - 1958 Goddard Lieberson Studio Cast

  176. Brigadoon - 1992 John McGlinn Studio Cast

  177. Paint Your Wagon - 1951 Original Broadway Cast

  178. Paint Your Wagon - 1969 Film Soundtrack

  179. My Fair Lady - 1958 London Cast

  180. My Fair Lady - 1965 Film Soundtrack

  181. Gigi - 1973 Original Broadway Cast

  182. Camelot - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

    183. Robert Lopez

  183. Avenue Q - 2003 Original Broadway Cast

    184. Jeffrey Lunden

  184. Wings - 1993 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    185. Galt MacDermot

  185. Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast

    186. Steven Mackey

  186. Ravenshead - 1998 US Tour Cast

    187. Hugh Martin

  187. Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! - 1948 Original Broadway Cast

    188. Alan Menken

  188. Little Shop of Horrors - 1982 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  189. The Little Mermaid - 1989 Spanish Film Soundtrack

  190. Beauty and the Beast - 1994 Broadway Cast

  191. Weird Romance - 1992 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  192. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1996 Film Soundtrack

    193. Gian Carlo Menotti

  193. The Consul - 1998 Berkshire Opera Company Cast

    194. Johnny Mercer

  194. Top Banana - 1951 Original Broadway Cast

    195. Bob Merrill

  195. New Girl in Town - 1957 Original Broadway Cast

  196. Take Me Along - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  197. Carnival - 1961 Original Broadway Cast

  198. Henry, Sweet Henry - 1967 Original Broadway Cast

    199. Brendan Milburn

  199. Striking 12 - 2004 Original New York Cast

    200. Roger Miller

  200. Big River - 1985 Original Broadway Cast

    201. Henry Mollicone

  201. Coyote Tales - 1998 Lyric Opera of Kansas City Cast

    202. Marguerite Monnot

  202. Irma la Douce - 1960 Broadway Cast

    203. Jerome Moross

  203. The Golden Apple - 1954 Original Broadway Cast

    204. George O'Dowd

  204. Taboo - 2003 Broadway Cast

    205. Jacques Offenbach

  205. The Happiest Girl in the World - 1961 Original Broadway Cast

    206. Laurence O'Keefe

  206. 3hree - 2000 Philadelphia Cast

    207. Van Dyke Parks

  207. Follow That Bird - 1985 Film Soundtrack

    208. Polly Pen

  208. Goblin Market - 1985 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  209. Bed and Sofa - 1996 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    210. Lee Pockriss

  210. Tovarich - 1963 Original Broadway Cast

    211. Cole Porter

  211. Fifty Million Frenchmen - 1991 New York Concert Cast

  212. Anything Goes - 1987 Broadway Cast

  213. Kiss Me, Kate - 1948 Original Broadway Cast

  214. Can-Can - 1953 Original Broadway Cast

    215. Andre Previn

  215. The Good Companions - 1974 Original London Cast

    216. Joe Raposo

  216. The Great Muppet Caper - 1981 Film Soundtrack

    217. Robert Reale

  217. A Year With Frog and Toad - 2002 Minneapolis Cast

    218. Mary Rodgers

  218. Once Upon a Mattress - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  219. The Mad Show - 1966 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    220. Richard Rodgers

  220. A Connecticut Yankee - 1943 Broadway Cast

  221. On Your Toes - 1983 Broadway Cast

  222. Babes in Arms - 1989 New York Concert Cast

  223. Babes in Arms - 1999 Encores! Concert Cast

  224. The Boys from Syracuse - 1963 Off-Broadway Cast

  225. The Boys from Syracuse - 1997 Encores! Concert Cast

  226. Pal Joey - 1952 Broadway Cast

  227. Pal Joey - 1995 Encores! Concert Cast

  228. Oklahoma! - 1979 Broadway Cast

  229. Carousel - 1993 Royal National Theater Cast

  230. Carousel - 1994 Broadway Cast

  231. State Fair - 1996 Original Broadway Cast

  232. Allegro - 1947 Original Broadway Cast

  233. South Pacific - 1949 Original Broadway Cast

  234. The King and I - 1992 John Mauceri Studio Cast

  235. Pipe Dream - 1955 Original Broadway Cast

  236. Cinderella - 1957 Original TV Cast

  237. Cinderella - 1965 TV Cast

  238. Flower Drum Song - 1958 Original Broadway Cast

  239. The Sound of Music - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  240. No Strings - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

  241. Do I Hear a Waltz? - 1965 Original Broadway Cast

  242. Do I Hear a Waltz? - 2001 Pasadena Playhouse Cast

  243. Two By Two - 1970 Original Broadway Cast

  244. Rex - 1976 Original Broadway Cast

  245. I Remember Mama - 1985 JAY Studio Cast

    246. Sigmund Romberg

  246. Up in Central Park - 1945 Original Broadway Cast

    247. Harold Rome

  247. Wish You Were Here - 1952 Original Broadway Cast

  248. Fanny - 1954 Original Broadway Cast

  249. Destry Rides Again - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  250. I Can Get It for You Wholesale - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

    251. Mark Sandrich Jr.

  251. Ben Franklin in Paris - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

    252. Raymond Scott

  252. Lute Song - 1946 Original Broadway Cast

    253. Harvey Schmidt

  253. The Fantasticks - 1959 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  254. The Fantasticks - 1993 Japan Tour Cast

  255. 110 in the Shade - 1963 Original Broadway Cast

  256. 110 in the Shade - 1997 JAY Masterworks Studio Cast

  257. I Do! I Do! - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  258. Celebration - 1969 Original Broadway Cast

  259. The Show Goes On - 1998 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  260. Roadside - 2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    261. Mark Schoenfeld

  261. Brooklyn - 2004 Original Broadway Cast

    262. Claude-Michel Schφnberg

  262. Les Misιrables - 1992 Manchester Cast

  263. Martin Guerre - 1996 Original London Cast

    264. Arthur Schwartz

  264. The Band Wagon - 2001 American Classics Concert Cast

  265. By the Beautiful Sea - 1954 Original Broadway Cast

  266. The Gay Life - 1961 Original Broadway Cast

  267. Jennie - 1963 Original Broadway Cast

    268. Stephen Schwartz

  268. Godspell - 1971 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  269. Pippin - 1972 Original Broadway Cast

  270. Wicked - 2003 Original Broadway Cast

    271. Marc Shaiman

  271. Hairspray - 2002 Original Broadway Cast

    272. Richard M. Sherman

  272. Mary Poppins - 1964 Film Soundtrack

  273. Over Here! - 1974 Original Broadway Cast

    274. David Shire

  274. Starting Here, Starting Now - 1977 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  275. Baby - 1983 Original Broadway Cast

  276. Closer Than Ever - 1989 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  277. Big - 1996 Original Broadway Cast

    278. Martin Silvestri

  278. Johnny Guitar - 2004 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    279. Lucy Simon

  279. The Secret Garden - 1991 Original Broadway Cast

  280. The Secret Garden - 1995 Australian Cast

    281. Charlie Smalls

  281. The Wiz - 1975 Original Broadway Cast

    282. Stephen Sondheim

  282. Saturday Night - 1997 Original London Cast

  283. Saturday Night - 2000 Off-Broadway Cast

  284. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

  285. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1966 Film Soundtrack

  286. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1996 Broadway Cast

  287. Anyone Can Whistle - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

  288. Anyone Can Whistle - 1995 Carnegie Hall Concert Cast

  289. Evening Primrose - 2001 Nonesuch Studio Cast

  290. Company - 1970 Original Broadway Cast

  291. Company - 1970 Original Broadway Cast w/Larry Kert

  292. Company - 1995 Broadway Cast

  293. Company - 1996 London Cast

  294. Follies - 1971 Original Broadway Cast

  295. Follies - 1985 NY Philharmonic Concert Cast

  296. Follies - 1987 London Cast

  297. A Little Night Music - 1973 Original Broadway Cast

  298. A Little Night Music - 1975 London Cast

  299. A Little Night Music - 1995 Royal National Theater Cast

  300. The Frogs - 2000 Library of Congress Concert Cast

  301. The Frogs - 2004 Broadway Cast

  302. Pacific Overtures - 1976 Original Broadway Cast

  303. Pacific Overtures - 2004 Broadway Cast

  304. Sweeney Todd - 1979 Original Broadway Cast

  305. Sweeney Todd - 2000 NY Philharmonic Concert Cast

  306. Marry Me a Little - 1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  307. Merrily We Roll Along - 1981 Original Broadway Cast

  308. Merrily We Roll Along - 1994 Off-Broadway Cast

  309. A Stephen Sondheim Evening - 1983 Off-Broadway Concert Cast

  310. Sunday in the Park With George - 1984 Original Broadway Cast

  311. Into the Woods - 1987 Original Broadway Cast

  312. Into the Woods - 1990 London Cast

  313. Into the Woods - 2002 Broadway Cast

  314. Assassins - 1990 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  315. Assassins - 2004 Broadway Cast

  316. Passion - 1994 Original Broadway Cast

  317. Bounce - 2003 Washington Cast

    318. George Stiles

  318. The 3 Musketeers - 2001 San Jose Cast

    319. Jeffrey Stock

  319. Triumph of Love - 1997 Original Broadway Cast

    320. Charles Strouse

  320. Bye Bye Birdie - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

  321. Bye Bye Birdie - 1995 TV Cast

  322. All American - 1962 Original Broadway Cast

  323. Golden Boy - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

  324. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

  325. Applause - 1970 Original Broadway Cast

  326. I and Albert - 1972 Original London Cast

  327. Annie - 1977 Original Broadway Cast

  328. Bring Back Birdie - 1981 Original Broadway Cast

  329. Nightengale - 1982 London Cast

  330. Rags - 1986 Original Broadway Cast

  331. Nick & Nora - 1991 Original Broadway Cast

  332. Annie Warbucks - 1993 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    333. Jule Styne

  333. Gypsy - 1959 Original Broadway Cast

  334. Gypsy - 1974 London Cast

  335. Gypsy - 1989 Broadway Cast

  336. Do Re Mi - 1961 Original Broadway Cast

  337. Funny Girl - 1964 Original Broadway Cast

  338. Darling of the Day - 1968 Original Broadway Cast

  339. Sugar - 1972 Original Broadway Cast

    340. Arthur Sullivan

  340. The Pirates of Penzance - 1981 Broadway Cast

    341. Jeanine Tesori

  341. Violet - 1997 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  342. Twelfth Night - 1998 Broadway Cast

    343. James Van Heusen

  343. Skyscraper - 1965 Original Broadway Cast

  344. Walking Happy - 1966 Original Broadway Cast

    345. Thomas "Fats" Waller

  345. Ain't Misbehavin' - 1978 Original Broadway Cast

  346. Ain't Misbehavin' - 1995 US Tour Cast

    347. Jeff Wayne

  347. The War of the Worlds - 1977 Concept Album

    348. Kurt Weill

  348. Lady in the Dark - 1997 Royal National Theater Cast

  349. One Touch of Venus - 1943 Original Broadway Cast

    350. Paul Williams

  350. The Muppet Movie - 1979 Film Soundtrack

    351. Meredith Willson

  351. The Music Man - 1957 Original Broadway Cast

  352. The Unsinkable Molly Brown - 1960 Original Broadway Cast

    353. Sandy Wilson

  353. The Boy Friend - 1954 Broadway Cast

  354. The Boy Friend - 1984 London Cast

  355. Divorce Me, Darling! - 1964 Original London Cast

  356. Divorce Me, Darling! - 1997 Chichester Festival Cast

    357. Jim Wise

  357. Dames at Sea - 1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast

    358. Judd Woldin

  358. Raisin - 1973 Original Broadway Cast

    359. Eric Woolfson

  359. Freudiana - 1990 Concept Album

    360. Robert Wright

  360. Kismet - 1953 Original Broadway Cast

  361. Kismet - 1965 Broadway Cast

  362. Grand Hotel - 1989 Original Broadway Cast

    363. David Yazbeck

  363. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 2005 Original Broadway Cast

    364. Maury Yeston

  364. Nine - 1982 Original Broadway Cast

  365. Phantom - 1991 Houston Cast

  366. Titanic - 1997 Original Broadway Cast

    367. various

  367. Shoestring Revue - 1955 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  368. Shoestring '57 - 1956 Original Off-Broadway Cast

  369. Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989 Original Broadway Cast

  370. Fosse - 1999 Original Broadway Cast

  371. All Shook Up - 2005 Original Broadway Cast


    372. Totals: I have 371 scores spread across 364 albums. Stephen Sondheim is by far the best represented with 36 entries. Runners up are Richard Rodgers, John Kander, George Gershwin and Charles Strouse. Sondheim's Follies was the first score represented thrice in my collection. I also have a few cast recordings on LP, cassette and CD-R, and I should really get around to cataloging them.

    My very first CD was West Side Story in 1991. I had participated in a few local productions of musicals (I was Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and I ran a spotlight for Superman) so naturally I kept as souveniers the tapes which had been handed out to help us learn the music. This segued to exploring the small collection of cast ablum LPs in the library. The PBS broadcast of Into the Woods was a lightning rod that introduced me to Sondheim, and sent me actively looking for more of his work - I introduced myself to much of his cannon by reading librettos in the library well before I heard their music. The exploration and collecting of recordings, scripts and scores escalated from there. Today, I consider myself a minor expert in the genre of musical theater.

    My taste in musicals runs the gamut. I am a fan of the younger generation of composers like Jeanine Tesori, Michael John LaChiusa and Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins was the best score of the 1990s in my opinion). And I adore the vintage sound of the Broadway orchestra circa the 1920s and '30s - give me more restorations of Gershwin, Kern and Rodgers & Hart.

    There is an astonishing plethora of material available out there, but a collector is seldom satisfied. I do seem to always be racing the tide of recordings lapsing out of print. And far too many interesting new musicals developed and produced in the non-profit arena or outside New York go unrecorded.

    When it comes to musical theater on CD, my brother is similarly afflicted. I'm working on a page for his collection, too.

    -- David L. Hobbs