A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Composer: Stephen
Sondheim
Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim
Opened: February 25, 1973, Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.; April
15,1975, Adelphi Theatre, London
Performances: 601 (N.Y.C.); 406 (London)
Note: Only numbers not found on the CD reissue of the original Broadway cast album are noted below.
Bang! (cut):
1. Marry Me A Little, RCA
Victor (S) ABL1-4159 (Craig Lucas and Suzanne Henry with musical
direction by E. Martin Perry) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor
7142-2-RG]
2. Stephen Sondheim, CD/Satchmo Jazz Records SJR CD 00032J
(Orquestra De Cambra Teatre Lliure conducted by Lluis Vidal)
3. Putting It Together, CD/RCA Victor 09026-61729-2 (Michael
Rupert and Rachel York with orchestra conducted by Scott
Frankel)
4. Marry Me A Little, CD/Ghostlight 8-4474 (Jason Tam and Lauren
Molina with musical direction by John Bell)
Bows:
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD (orchestra directed by Manuel
Gas)
Dinner Table (scene) (same music as
"Night Waltz II"):
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/Tring001 (Company with music direction by Paddy Cunneen)
Every Day A Little Death (reprise):
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD (Xavier Fernandez, Muntsa Rius,
Ana Feu, Alberto Demestres, and Teresa de la Torre with musical
direction by Manuel Gas)
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Nonesuch 523488-2 (Marissa
McGowan and Betsy Morgan with orchestra conducted by Tom
Murray)
The Glamorous Life (aka "The Letter
Song") (unused; later used for the film version):
1. A Little Night Music,
Columbia (S) 35333 (Elaine Tomkinson with orchestra conducted by
Jonathan Tunick) [reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883
72393 2]
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Tring001 (Claire Cox with music
direction by Paddy Cunneen) (combined with stage version)
3. Sondheim, CD/Book Of The Month Club 11-7517 (Betsy Josyln
with theater orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
4. What Can You Lose: Myrra Malmberg Sings Sondheim, CD/Ericsson
AD CD 1 (Myrra Malmberg with Peter Nordahl, piano)
5. Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute, CD/Kritzerland KR
20010-8 (Kelly Ground with musical direction by Daniel Lockert)
6. Sondheim At The Movies, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5805,
(Cassidy Ladden with musical direction by Tom Fay)
7. A Little Night Music, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5819 (Terry
Trotter, piano)
8. Go Back Home, CD/Nonesuch 517766-2 (Audra MacDonald with
musical direction by Andy Einhorn)
9. By Side By Side By Side By Side By Sondheim, CD/Kritzerland
KR 20012-8 (Lisa Vroman with musical direction by Gerald
Sternbach)
French Waltz (unused; based on a
portion of "French Waltz" from an unproduced musical version
of RING AROUND THE MOON):
1. Backer's Audition
(Stephen Sondheim, piano)
Love Takes Time (same music as "Night
Waltz" with new lyrics written for the film version):
1. A Little Night Music,
Columbia (S) 35333 (Company with orchestra conducted by Jonathan
Tunick) [reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72393 2]
2. Putting It Together, CD/RCA Victor 09026-61729-2 (Julie
Andrews, Stephen Collins, Michael Rupert, Rachel York, and
Christopher Durang with orchestra conducted by Scott Frankel)
My Husband The Pig (unused; middle
portion reused in "Every Day A Little Death"):
1. Backer's Audition
(Stephen Sondheim, piano and voice)
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Tring001 (Patricia Hodge with music
direction by Paddy Cunneen)
3. It's Oh So Issy, CD/Dress Circle IVR-CD-1 (Issy Van Randwyck
with Stuart Pedlar, piano)
4. Putting It Together, CD/RCA Victor 09026-61729-2 (Julie
Andrews with orchestra conducted by Scott Frankel)
Not Quite Night (aka "Crickets")
(unused):
1. Composer Demo (Stephen
Sondheim, piano and voice) [reissued on Stephen Sondheim: The
Story So Far…, CD/Sony Masterworks Broadway 82796-94255-2]
Now (original version) (unused):
1. Backer's Audition
(Stephen Sondheim, piano and voice)
Numbers (aka "Numbers, Questions,
Time") (unused):
1. Backer's Audition
(Stephen Sondheim, piano and voice)
Send In The Clowns (reprise):
1. A Little Night Music, RCA Red Seal LRL1-5090 (Jean Simmons
and Joss Ackland with orchestra conducted by Ray Cook)
[reissued as CD/RCA Victor 5090-2-RG]
2. A Little Nigh Music, Columbia JS
35333 (Elizabeth Taylor and
Len Cariou with orchestra
conducted by Paul Gemignani)
[reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72393 2]
3. A Little Night Music, CD/Tring001 (Judi Dench and
Laurence Guittard with music direction by Paddy Cunneen)
4. A Little Night Music, CD/JAY CDJAY1241 (Sian Phillips and Eric
Flynn with orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
5. A Little Night Music, CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD
(Vicky Pena and Constantino Romero
and with musical direction by Manuel Gas)
6. A Little Night Music, CD/Nonesuch 523488-2 (Catherine
Zeta-Jones and Alexander Hanson with
orchestra conducted by Tom Murray)
Silly People (cut):
1. Backer's Audition
(Stephen Sondheim, piano and voice) [reissued on Stephen
Sondheim: The Story So Far…, CD/Sony Masterworks Broadway
82796-94255-2]
2. Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, Warner Bros. (S) 2WS-2705
(George Lee Andrews with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
[reissued as as CD/RCA 60515-2-RC]
3. Marry Me A Little, RCA Victor (S) ABL1-4159 (Craig Lucas with
musical direction by E. Martin Perry) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor
7142-2-RG]
4. Musicals, CD/EMI CDC 7 49792 2 (Lambert Wilson with the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by John
McGlinn)
5. Take Me To The World: Take Me To The World, CD/Et'cetera KTC
1185 (Marc Heller with Alfred Heller, piano, and Martin Ormandy,
violoncello)
6. New York, New York! A Broadway Extravaganza, CD/ProArte CDD
594 (New York City Gay Men's Chorus with orchestra conducted by
Gary Miller)
7. Stephen Sondheim, CD/Satchmo Jazz Records SJR CD 00032J
(Orquestra De Cambra Teatre Lliure conducted by Lluis Vidal)
8. Warm Spring Night, CD/PS Classics 527 (Philip Chaffin with
orchestra conducted by Kevin Stites)
9. Taking My Turn, CD/Susan Eichhorn Young (Susan Eichhorn
Young)
10. Marry Me A Little, CD/Ghostlight 8-4474 (Jason Tam with
musical direction by John Bell)
11. Singing Sondheim: Songs By Stephen Sondheim, CD/Emanar
TCM-EM101 (Aaron Morishita with musical direction by Jon Delfin)
Soon (reprise):
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD (Muntsa Rius with musical
direction by Manuel Gas)
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Nonesuch 523488-2 (Betsy Morgan with
orchestra conducted by Tom Murray)
Two Fairy Tales (cut; music retained as
"Piano Practice" music):
1. Composer's Demo
(Stephen Sondheim, piano and voice)
2. Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, Warner Bros. (S) 2WS-2705 (Mark
Lambert and Victory Mallory with orchestra conducted by Paul
Gemignani) [reissued as CD/RCA 60515-2-RC]
3. Marry Me A Little, RCA Victor (S) ABL1-4159 (Craig Lucas and
Suzanne Henry with musical direction by E. Martin Perry)
[reissued as CD/RCA Victor 7142-2-RG]
A Weekend In The Country (reprise):
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD (Xavier Fernandez, Muntsa Rius,
Ana Feu, Alberto Demestres, and Teresa de la Torre with musical
direction by Manuel Gas)
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Nonesuch 523488-2 (Marissa McGowan
and Betsy Morgan with orchestra condcuted by Tom Murray)
You Must Meet My Wife (reprise):
1. A Little Night Music,
CD/K Industria Cultural K026CD (Alberto Demestres with musical
direction by Manuel Gas)
2. A Little Night Music, CD/Nonesuch 523488-2 (Stephen R. Buntrock, Jayne Paterson,
Marissa McGowan, Kevin
David Thomas, and Betsy Morgan with orchestra condcuted by Tom
Murray)
Unrecorded Material:
Women Were Born To
Wait (unused; early version of "In Praise Of Women")