Joseph Thalken Discography of CDs

Joseph Thalken albums Although baritone Nathan Gunn is best known for his stirring work in the opera, his first solo album is anything but classical. Instead, JUST BEFORE SUNRISE is a collection of contemporary pop songs, featuring tunes by Tom Waits, Billy Joel, and Sting, alongside a standard or two. Although Gunn's rich, resonant voice seems slightly out of place in a pop context, the album, which is characterized by intimate, jazzy arrangements, ...

Joseph Thalken songs Liner Note Authors: Marc Routh; Richard Frankel; Steven Baruch; Tom Viertel; Jeffrey Richman; Van Dean; Andy Propst; Scott Wittman. Recording information: 54 Below, New York, NY. Directors: Joseph Thalken; Scott Wittman. Editors: Robert Sher; Adam Long. Photographers: Rahav Segev; Grace Rainer Long. Arranger: Joseph Thalken. Personnel: Joseph Thalken (vocals, piano); Larry Saltzman (guitar, banjo); Andy Stein (violin, saxophone); Antony Geralis (accordion, keyboards); Paul Pizzuti (drums, percussion). Audio Mixers: Robert Sher; Adam Long.

Joseph Thalken music CDs BERNADETTE PETERS LOVES RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Musical theater superstar Bernadette Peters is not new to the concept of albums devoted to a classic songwriter; her previous recording consisted almost entirely of Sondheim material. So while it's not a great shock that Peters should take on a disc full of Rodgers & Hammerstein songs, the way she approaches these ...

Joseph Thalken CD discography Personnel includes: Pamela Myers, Billy Barnes, Stephen Flaherty, Billy Goldenberg, Larry Grossman, Joseph Thalken, John Kander, Shelly Markham, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse.

Joseph Thalken albums Photographer: Andrew Southam. Translator: Jeremy Sams. Arrangers: Jeremy Sams; Joseph Thalken; Billy Loveday; Caroline Humphrey; Missak Takoushian; Michael Starobin; Jason Carr; John Owen Edwards . Personnel: Maria Friedman (vocals); Joseph Thalken (piano); Stephen Sondheim (piano). Recording information: Angel Studios; Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY; Metropolis; Olympic Studios, London, England; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Skratch Studios; WEstside Studios.

Joseph Thalken discography Broadway star Rebecca Luker has made two solo albums previous to this one. The contents of the first, Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter (1996), are self-explanatory, while Leaving Home (2004) combined covers of pop songs from her youth and newly written theater songs she had discovered. Greenwich Time mostly continues the second part of that last description; as Luker writes in her liner notes, "Over the years, I've ...

Joseph Thalken CD discography New York City in the postwar years was a place bristling with energy, at the peak of its role as the backdrop for limitless adventure. And in the realm of musical theater, nobody captured that spirit the way Leonard Bernstein did: passion, beauty, and the search for love form a constant thread through his work, and always the youthful roar of New York edges into the proceedings. Although his commitment to classical music would eventually overtake his other interests, Bernstein made a profound and lasting contribution to musical theater. While his involvement with the Broadway stage was to last--with minor exceptions--little more than a decade, ending with the unforgettable WEST SIDE STORY, the range and variety of music he brought forth is enormous. LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S NEW YORK features selections from each of his works for Broadway, starting ...