By Andrew Ku
05 Jan 2010

Here is a survey of upcoming and recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway-related recordings).

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Million Dollar Quartet

• Release: TBA
  
• Producers: Chuck Mead with Hank Neuberger
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by various (Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley), book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
  
• Performers: Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Levi Kreis and Rob Lyons.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD features the original Chicago company.

• Release: early 2010
  
• Label: Sh-K-Boom
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum.
  
• Performers: Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles and Anneliese van der Pol.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Aug. 21.

• Release: Dec. 8, 2009 (iTunes release), Feb. 2, 2010 (CD release)
  
• Label: Time Life
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman.
  
• Performers: Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording is produced by Robert Sher and producing associate Brandon Wardell.

• Release: Feb. 2, 2010
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music Burton Lane, lyrics by Yip Harburg.
  
• Performers: Jim Norton, Kate Baldwin, Cheyenne Jackson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Chuck Cooper and the 2009 Broadway revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Dec. 7.

• Release: March 2010
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater.
  
• Performers: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Joseph Millson and Liz Robertson.
  
• Miscellaneous: Dress Circle is currently accepting pre-orders for the recordings, which are priced £9.99 (two-CD set) and £14.99 (two CDs and one DVD). For more information visit www.dresscircle.co.uk.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music by David Bryan and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.
  
• Performers: Chad Kimball, Montego Glover, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, Cass Morgan, Derrick Baskin and Tony nominee Michael McGrath and the 2009 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Nov. 16.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Hugh Wheeler.
  
• Performers: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury, Alexander Hanson and the 2009 Broadway revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Jan. 4, 2010.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello (plus one song by lyricist Santoriello and composer Frank Wildhorn)
  
• Performers: James Barbour, Natalie Toro, Brandi Burkhardt and others participating in the June 2009 staging at Theater Royal, Brighton, England.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD accompanies the PBS broadcast and DVD of the concert event.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music by Bob Johnston and lyrics by Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser.
  
• Performers: Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley.
  
• Miscellaneous: Based on the 2008 York Theatre Company production, the CD was recorded Jan. 2.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Wendy Kesselman.
  
• Performers: Austin Pendleton, Elon Rutberg, Julie Craig and Scott Robertson.
  
• Miscellaneous: Based on the 2008 Off-Broadway production, the CD was recorded May 25.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe.
  
• Performers: Charissa Armon, Michael Mahler, Jonathan Rayson and Emily Thompson.
  
• Miscellaneous: The cast recording is based on the Chicago-premiere staging at the Greenhouse Theatre.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Lance Horne.
  
• Performers: Cast of the Cap Cod Repertory Theatre production.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Sept. 26.

• Release: TBA
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
  
• Performers: Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.

• Release: TBA
  
• Producer: T-Bone Burnett
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by John Mellencamp, book by Stephen King
  
• Performers: Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Roseanne Cash, Will Daily, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Joe Frazier, Stephen King and Glenn Morshower.

Broadway Boys - PS Classics - 2009
Melora Hardin - All the Way to Mars - Feb. 9, 2010
Jane Krakowski - March 23, 2010

No Recording Announced:

Bye Bye Birdie
Ordinary Days
Fela!
Ragtime

Other Recordings:

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Nine (2009 film soundtrack)

• Release: Dec. 22
  
• Label: Geffen
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
  
• Performers: Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Fergie, and Judi Dench.

• Release: Nov. 24
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire
  
• Performers: Steven Booth, Andrew Call, Adam Halpin and Jesse JP Johnson.

• Release: Nov. 24
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
  
• Performers: 2008 original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: This remastered recording includes the song "Being a Geek" and a new version of "Opportunity." The second CD includes 11 karaoke tracks.

• Release: Nov. 3
  
• Label: Razor & Tie
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Gregg Coffin.
  
• Performers: Heather Ayers, John Bolton and Jeff Gurner.
• Miscellaneous: The original cast members of the 2005 Minetta Lane Theatre production recorded the album Jan. 9-10.

• Release: Nov. 3
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Scott Brown and Anthony King.
  
• Performers: Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos.

• Release: Oct. 27
  
• Writers: Hem with verse by William Shakespeare.
  
• Performers: The cast of the 2009 Shakespeare in the Park production, including Anne Hathaway, Raúl Esparza, Audra McDonald, David Pittu and Jon Patrick Walker.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording includes bonus material, including instrumental and vocal passages cut from the production.

• Release: Oct. 20
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: Con Conrad and Gus Kahn.
  
• Performers: Sally Wilfert, Malcolm Gets, Jim Stanek, Kate Baldwin, Andréa Burns, Danny Burstein, Philip Chaffin, Victoria Clark, Christopher Fitzgerald and Rebecca Luker.
  
• Miscellaneous: This is a studio recording of the 1926 musical comedy.

• Release: July 21
  
• Label: Dolly Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stew.
  
• Performers: Stew.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording features incidental music for the Shakespeare on the Sound 2009 production, with several stand-alone songs featuring vocals by Stew.

• Release: July 14
  
• Label: Dolly Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Dolly Parton.
  
• Performers: Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty and the 2009 original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording is produced by Stephen Oremus and Dolly Parton.

• Release: July 14
  
• Label: Original Cast Records
  
• Writers: Various.
  
• Performers: Scott Coulter, Annie Golden, Adam Grupper, Lisa Howard, Lorinda Lisitza, Bill Nolte, Jack Noseworthy, Brad Oscar and Shayna Steele.

• Release: June 30
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
  
• Performers: Michael Cerveris and Alexander Gemignani and the original Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Feb. 23.

• Release: June 16
  
• Label: Reprise
  
• Writers: music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and lyrics of Tim Rice
  
• Performers: Idina Menzel, Josh Groban and Adam Pascal.
  
• Miscellaneous: The London Concert recording will be released as a single CD, a double CD set and a DVD.

• Release: June 2
  
• Label: Sony Masterworks
  
• Writers: music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
  
• Performers: Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram and the 2009 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: Spanish translations of "I Feel Pretty" and "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" are by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

• Release: June 2 (digitally), July 7 (CD release)
  
• Label: New Line Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by various.
  
• Performers: Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, James Carpinello and the original Broadway cast.

• Release: June 2
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Neil Bartram.
  
• Performers: Will Chase and Malcolm Gets.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded March 13.

• Release: May 26 (iTunes release); June 23 (CD release)
  
• Label: Ghostlight Records
  
• Writers: music by Galt MacDermot and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
  
• Performers: Will Swenson, Gavin Creel and the 2009 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording includes the curtain-call reprises of the musical's title song and "Let the Sun Shine In."

• Release: May 5
  
• Label: Time Life
  
• Writers: music by David Bryan, lyrics by Joe DiPietro.
  
• Performers: Nancy Opel, Sara Chase, Nick Cordero, Demond Green and Matt Saldivar.

• Release: April 7 (online release); May 12 (CD release)
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Brian Yorkey.
  
• Performers: Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat and Louis Hobson.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded in February and was released as a double CD.

• Release: March 31 (online and iTunes release); April 21 (CD release)
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda (Groovelily)
  
• Performers: Milburn, Vigoda and Gene Lewin.

• Release: March 24
  
• Label: Decca Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire.
  
• Performers: Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Daniel Breaker and the 2008 original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded in January.

• Release: Feb. 3
  
• Label: Hybrid Recordings
  
• Writers: Various.
  
• Performer: Liza Minnelli.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Jan. 8.

• Release: Feb. 3
  
• Label: Sony Masterworks Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
  
• Performers: Audra McDonald, Nathan Gunn, Patrick Wilson, Marni Nixon, Judy Kuhn, Liz Callaway, Laura Benanti and Norbert Leo Butz.
  
• Miscellaneous: This complete recording of Allegro features the 50-piece Istropolis Philharmonic Orchestra.

• Release: Jan. 11
  
• Label: DRG
  
• Writers: Lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini.
  
• Performers: Christina Bianco, James Donegan, Gina Kreiezmar and Michael West.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Jan. 8.

Hair (2009 vinyl release) - Sh-K-Boom - Nov. 24
New York City Christmas - Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records - Nov. 17
Dan Zanes and Friends: 76 Trombones - Nov. 17
Marcy and Zina: The Album - Yellow Sound - Nov. 3
Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein: The Power of Two - Harbinger Records - Nov. 3
Brent Barrett: Christmas Mornings - Kritzerland - Nov
Cry For Us All (reissue) - Kritzerland - Nov.
Carols for a Cure 11 - Rock-It Science Records - Oct. 24
Liz Callaway: Passage of Time - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Kate Baldwin: Let's See What Happens - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Rebecca Luker: Greenwich Time - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Chita Rivera: And Now I Swing - Yellow Sound - Oct. 13
Sean McDermott: You're Not Alone - Oct
Annalene Beechey: Close Your Eyes - SimG Records - Oct. 5
Barbra Streisand: Love Is the Answer - Columbia - Sept. 29
Steve Barton: Only For a While - Stage Door Records - Sept. 27
Elaine Paige: Celebrating a Life on Stage - Sept. 21
Twiggy: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance - Stage Door Records - Sept. 14
Listen: Songs by Our Time Theatre Company - Sh-K-Boom - June 23
House of Flowers (1968 Off-Broadway revival) - Kritzerland - June
DisinHAIRited (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Hazel Flagg (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Jimmy (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Let It Ride! (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
New Faces of 1952 (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
New Faces of 1956 (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
The Threepenny Opera (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Joe Traina: Ten by Eleven
As Time Goes By: The Best of Andrea Marcovicci
Ute Lemper: Between Today and Tomorrow - May 5
Stephanie J. Block: This Place I Know - PS Classics - June 2
Malcolm Gets: The Journey Home - June 2
Gypsy: 50th Anniversary Edition - Masterworks Broadway - May 5
The King and I (1964) - Masterworks Broadway
Flower Drum Song (1958) - Masterworks Broadway
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook - Masterworks Broadway
Elaine Paige Live: Celebrating a Life on Stage
Illya Darling (remastered) - Kritzerland - May
Steven Pasquale: Somethin' Like Love - PS Classics - April 21
Cortés Alexander: Swell - March 16