Best Broadway Cast Recording of 2019?

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/9/19 at 9:50am

Poll: Best Broadway Cast Recording 2019

Pick in the poll linked above and/or elaborate in this thread.

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/9/19 at 6:04pm

Hadestown is far and ahead number 1 so far.

[hak5]

Posted: 12/9/19 at 6:28pm

no contest:

 

HADESTOWN

they recorded it to sound like a regular album and it's beautiful 

[AADA81]

Posted: 12/9/19 at 7:20pm

What a lackluster group to choose from: 5 jukebox musicals, 2 revivals and 3 new (to Broadway) musicals.  My personal fave is Oklahoma! but in terms of originality and artistic reach, it has to be Hadestown.

[tombomb31]

Posted: 12/9/19 at 7:29pm

I’ve never struggled listening to a recording more than I did with Hadestown. It’s just so, so bad.

[heyymikey]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 5:25am

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Updated On: 12/10/19 at 05:25 AM

[heyymikey]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 5:31am

Far and away Hadestown. It's my fave musical in years, and I feel the album genuinely captures the feeling of seeing it live, including:

-The intros to All I've Ever Known, When the Chips are Down and Wait For Me, and the outro to Why Do We Build the Wall?

-The sublime transition from Epic II into Chant

-The escalation within Chant in general 

-The way the Fates and the 3x Epics weave in and out to create narrative threads beyond the standard use of repeating melodies or motifs 

[hak5]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 9:33am

tombomb31 said: "I’ve never struggled listening to a recording more than I did with Hadestown. It’s just so, so bad."

?

can you please explain why you feel this way? .  I find the album flows beautifully

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 10:15am

So very clearly Hadestown. I'm still amazed at how well they were able to capture the power and energy of Amber Gray and I'm forever thankful we have the performances of Andre De Shields and Patrick Page preserved so well.

Those three voices are some of the most unique voices today and it cannot have been an easy feat to get them.

[tombomb31]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 10:34am

hak5 said: "tombomb31 said: "I’ve never struggled listening to a recording more than I did with Hadestown. It’s just so, so bad."

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can you please explain why you feel this way? . I find the album flows beautifully"

It took me several tries to get through it. It’s just the overall vibe. In general I don’t care for the jazzy sound that it has. I’m one of a few, I know. Maybe seeing the show live will change that. 

[SeanMartin2]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 12:01pm

Pity they dont have "none of the above" on the list. Sorry, but I just find all of these incredibly lackluster.

[ellbellthomps]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 1:39pm

Surprised no one has mentioned moulin rouge. 

It's a great album!

[IHeartNY2]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 2:28pm

ellbellthomps said: "Surprised no one has mentioned moulin rouge.

It's a great album!"

Not here. The earth revolves around Hadestown. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/10/19 at 3:52pm

I don't share all the Hadestown love.  I just thought the album, like the show, was dreary and I hated the way the director (I assume) chose for Reeve Carney to sing his sings.  

I think the Oklahoma cast recording is Tier 1 in every way.  I never thought that a recording of Oklahoma would be as completely sexy as this one, and much of that is due to the way Damon Daunno sang his sings. Every time, I hear those songs,I wonder how they decided that he would sing them the way he did.  I donotlike most country music, but I thought the way they introduced a strong country feel throughout the show and recording was brilliant.  

I feel a little like you-know-who, in that I really did not like most of the albums this year.  I would rather listen to Cher or Tina Turner than homages; I can only take so much Jagged Little Pill, and would still prefer the original; while there're a lot of gems in the KMK score, I don't like -- and never have -- any of the show-within-a-show numbers.  

I did really like the MR recording, even though it is a juke box musical, it doesn't feel like one to me...I think the recording does the show a great service...shows bowfin a mix-up album can be.

But, it is still Oklahoma all the way.

Of course, the worst IMO is Tootsie.