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Muisc & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Score conducted by David Caddick.

Principal cast includes: Richard Kind, Howard McGillin, Jane Powell, Gavin Creel, Herndon Lackey, Howard & Michelle Pawk.

Recorded live at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. Includes a book by John Weidman & liner notes by Frank Rich.

Composer/Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim.

Original Soundtrack: Howard McGillin, Jane Powell, Michele Pawk, Gavin Creel, Richard Kind, Herndon Lackey.

Personnel: Douglas Dubé, Zino Bogachek, Jessica Dan Fan, Xiaoyoung Chen, Richard L. Chang, Jennifer Rickard (violin); Uri Wassertzug, Philippe C. Chao, David Basch (viola); Timothy H. Butler (cello); Keith Daudelin, Walt Borys, Lee Lachman (woodwinds); Tim White, Chris Gekker (trumpet); Stan Wilkerson (trombone); Emil George, Kenneth Bell (horns); Kristin Blodgett (keyboards); Joseph Connell, Bill Richards (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Tom Lazarus.

Liner Note Authors: Frank Rich; Sean Patrick Flahaven.

Recording information: NPR Studios, Washington D.C (11/10/2003); The Enchanted Cottage, Los Angeles, CA (11/10/2003).

Director: Harold Prince.

Editor: Bart Migal.

Unknown Contributor Role: Allen Johnston.

The musical Bounce, with songs by Stephen Sondheim and a libretto by John Weidman (the two had previously collaborated on Pacific Overtures and Assassins), played for six weeks at the Goodman Theater in Chicago (June 30-August 10, 2003), followed by four weeks at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (October 21-November 16, 2003). These runs may have been considered tryouts for Broadway, but during the D.C. engagement, the producers announced that the show would not be going to New York. They blamed a lack of theater space, but observers noted the negative reviews Bounce had received. For most shows that close out of town, that would have been the end of that, but Sondheim is such a celebrated figure in the musical theater, one whose flops (Anyone Can Whistle, Merrily We Roll Along, both of which made it to Broadway) are nearly as legendary as his hits, that Nonesuch Records recorded the show with the original cast, its commercial failure notwithstanding. Sondheim fans, who may have followed Bounce's long, tortuous gestation (which included rewrites, title changes, re-casting, workshops, and lawsuits), will welcome the result, if only because the songs are characteristic of the composer. It may be unfair, given Sondheim's musical sophistication and nearly unequaled gift for lyrical wit and rhyme, to complain that the Bounce score contains just another bunch of typical Sondheim songs. But it's hard to listen to the album without thinking of earlier compositions. For example, "Addison's Trip" is reminiscent of "Opening Doors" from Merrily We Roll Along, while "You" recalls "Hello, Little Girl" from Into the Woods. But if there's nothing new here musically, that is less of a problem than the characters and plot. Bounce concerns a couple of real-life brothers, one a con man, the other a journeyman architect, following their ups and downs from Alaska to Florida over a period of 37 years (1896-1933), and even after their deaths. Sondheim has suggested that their jousting has the flavor of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road movies, but it's far more venomous than that -- when Wilson Mizner asks his brother if they're in heaven, Addison Mizner replies, "If guys like you go to Heaven, Willie, who has to go to Hell?" At the same time, the relationship between them and with their mother has distinctly incestuous overtones. Part of the problem, then, is one of mood. At times, the show is pitched as a light-hearted vaudeville, but at others it is deadly serious. At the end, however, the characters are not engaging, no matter how clever the lyrics they have to sing, and despite the efforts of an excellent cast led by television star Richard Kind, veteran film star Jane Powell, and stage performers Howard McGillin and Michele Pawk.

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List Price $20.96 (You save $5.37)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Soundtrack CDs, Cast Recordings, Musical
Label Nonesuch (USA)
Orig Year 2004
All Time Product Rank 17,326
CD Universe Part number 6719856
Catalog number 79830
Discs 1
Release Date May 04, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Tommy Krasker; Robert Hurwitz; Tommy Krasker; Robert Hurwitz
Engineer Tom Griep; Tom Lazarus
Recording Time 73 minutes
Bounce: A New Musical Soundtrack Songs


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1Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Overture
2Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Bounce
3Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Opportunity
4Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Gold!
5Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Gold!
6Bounce, musical play: Act 1. What's Your Rush?
7Bounce, musical play: Act 1. The Game
8Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Next To You
9Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Addison's Trip
10Bounce, musical play: Act 1. The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened
11Bounce, musical play: Act 1. I Love This Town
12Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Isn't He Something!
13Bounce, musical play: Act 1. Bounce
(with Howard McGillin, Richard Kind)
14Bounce, musical play: Act 2. The Game
15Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Talent
16Bounce, musical play: Act 2. You
17Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Addison's City
18Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Boca Raton
19Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Boca Raton Aftermath
20Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Get Out Of My Life
21Bounce, musical play: Act 2. Bounce
22Bounce, musical play: (Bonus Track) A Little House For Mama
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Average Rating: (3.7 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

4 stars All bounce, little bite
The music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim are leagues ahead of the competition in style, melody, intelligence and theatrical verve. He works with the best book writers, orchestrators, designers, directors and singer/actors in the business. "Bounce" is pure, competent, sing-a-long Sondheim with a book by the brash and sharp playwright John Weidman(Pacific Overtures, Assassins). The score might be a little complicated to the novice listener but to Sondheim fans its familiar and delightful territory where the story is told with melodic twists, turns and tangents that sometimes soar with two or three songs destined for the permanent Sondheim Song Book. Even with twenty or so songs, though, the score is too short and lacks ethereal orchestral passages that might have better impacted the story and carried the music to a little higher level. No new musical ground is covered in a score where the composer almost satirizes himself. Act two has a gaping hole in it with the absence of a big song. The cast and orchestra are superb in every talented detail. The CD package is poorly done with next to no information about the cast and no production photos. All in all, "Bounce" is high art bound to satisfy serious musical theatre listeners.
Submitted by johnk (Fairbanks, Alaska, USA) Verified Buyer
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4 stars Sondheim gets"Bounced"
It's Sondheim off an another trip. A shame there is no DVD of the performance. If it did not work on stage, it would be interesting to see why. Anyway, it deserves to be listened to, to hear the new direction he was headed in. Lyrics as usual tell you the story/character and the music, well it's good hearing the master at work again.
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3 stars Sondheim does it again!
This musical has not had the track record of Sondheims most successful shows, going through four almost complete version before this recording, but the music and lyrics are wonderful and are vintage Sondheim! The lyrics are witty and intelligent as well as being funny and heart-felt and the light-hearted and sometimes raucous, old-fashioned broadway style of the score harkens back to Sondheims music for "Merrily We Roll Along" and the movie "Dick Tracy." Like "Merrily" and "Anyone Can Whistle" there are some plot issues and dramaturgical things that make it difficult to follow on stage but this recording truly showcases the best of this show, the score. This is a must have for any Sondheim fan and I think that even if the show itself does not make it far the score (which, unfortunately may be one of Sondheim's last) will be remembered among Sondheim's best!
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