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Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Overview

Alternative folk singer/songwriter Anais Mitchell originally presented her epic musical version of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a recording in 2010. The album featured Mitchell herself as Eurydice, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon as Orpheus, and Ani DiFranco as Persephone, among other role players and a band of over a dozen musicians. After being reworked by Mitchell with Broadway in mind, Hadestown ran off-Broadway in 2016, then in Edmonton and London before receiving its Broadway premiere in March of 2019. Marked by alternatively soulful and playful acoustic arrangements and rich harmony vocals, the over-two-hour cast album features performances by an ensemble led by singer/songwriter and actor Reeve Carney as Orpheus, Eva Noblezada (Miss Saigon) as Eurydice, Patrick Page (Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening) as Hades, and Amber Gray (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) as Persephone. Septuagenarian Andre De Shields won a Tony Award for his turn as Hermes in the production, which won eight Tonys in total, including Best Musical and Best Original Score of 2019. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date: 11/29/2019
Label: Sing It Again Records
UPC: 0644216939596
Rank: 2320

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Road to Hell
  2. Any Way the Wind Blows
  3. Come Home With Me
  4. Wedding Song
  5. Epic I
  6. Livin' It Up on Top
  7. All I've Ever Known ("In Spite of Herself...") (Intro)
  8. All I've Ever Known
  9. Way Down Hadestown
  10. A Gathering Storm
  11. Epic II
  12. Chant

Disc 2

  1. Hey, Little Songbird
  2. When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") (Intro)
  3. When the Chips are Down
  4. Gone, I'm Gone
  5. Wait for Me ("Hey, the Big Artiste...") (Intro)
  6. Wait for Me
  7. Why We Build the Wall
  8. Why We Build the Wall ("Behind Closed Doors...") (Outro)
  9. Our Lady of the Underground
  10. Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
  11. Flowers
  12. Come Home With Me (Reprise)
  13. Papers ("You're Not From Around Here, Son...") (Intro)
  14. Papers ("You're Not From Around Here, Son...") [Instrumental]
  15. Nothing Changes

Disc 3

  1. If It's True
  2. How Long?
  3. Chant (Reprise)
  4. Epic III
  5. Epic III ("They Danced...") [Instrumental]
  6. Promises
  7. Word to the Wise
  8. His Kiss, the Riot
  9. Wait for Me ("If You Wanna Walk Out of Hell...") (Intro) (Reprise)
  10. Wait for Me (Reprise)
  11. Doubt Comes In
  12. Road to Hell (Reprise)
  13. We Raise Our Cups

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anais Mitchell   Primary Artist
Original Broadway Cast of Hadestown   Primary Artist
Andre De Shields   Primary Artist,Vocals
Reeve Carney   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ahmad   Primary Artist
Kay Trinidad   Primary Artist,Vocals
T. Oliver Reid   Primary Artist,Vocals
Amber Gray   Primary Artist,Vocals
Timothy Hughes   Primary Artist,Vocals
Patrick Page   Primary Artist,Vocals
Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eva Noblezada   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Krause   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jessie Shelton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Afra Hines   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ahmad Simmons   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jewelle Blackman   Primary Artist,Vocals
Khaila Wilcoxon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kimberly Marable   Primary Artist,Vocals
Malcolm Armwood   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dana Lyn   Violin
Ben Perowsky   Drums,Percussion
Marika Hughes   Cello
Brian Drye   Trombone,Glockenspiel
Michael Chorney   Guitar
Robinson Morse   Bass
Liam Robinson   Piano,Accordion
Cody Owen Stein   Director

Technical Credits

Craig Balsam   Executive Producer
David Lai   Editing,Producer,Coordination
Anais Mitchell   Composer,Producer
Todd Sickafoose   Mixing,Producer,Orchestral Arrangements
Alan Douches   Mastering
Isaiah Abolin   Recording
Michael Chorney   Orchestral Arrangements
Liam Robinson   Vocal Arrangement
Neal Shaw   Assistant Engineer
Tom Neff   Executive Producer
Hunter Arnold   Producer,Executive Producer
Tom Kirdahy   Executive Producer
Dale Franzen   Executive Producer
Mara Isaacs   Producer
Matt Soares   Assistant Engineer
Brandon Chevere   Assistant Engineer
Cynthia Meng   Assistant
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