Classical Broadway is a wonderful and fascinating journey into concert hall works by four of Broadway’s most tuneful composers. For Cy Coleman, we have New York Sketches, three delightful Gershwinesque preludes for piano. For John Kander we have his beautiful and moving settings of Three Poems by Lucile Adler. For Harvey Schmidt we have the delectable Monteargentario: Seven Dances for Solo Piano, and for Charles Strouse we have his marvelous String Quartet No. 1 and Sonata for Two Pianos. While not theater music, these selections are suffused with each of their musical sensibilities and melodic invention. The album is a must for any fan of these four amazing Broadway composers.

Classical Broadway was originally released on Bay Cities in 1992 and has been out of print for over twenty years now. At the time of the recording, all these pieces were world premiere recordings and they remain the only commercial recordings of these pieces. For this long overdue reissue we have done a new and fresh mastering.

Featuring soprano Carol Vaness, pianists Seth Rudetsky, Scot Woolley, Emily Witt, Warren Jones and Harvey Schmidt, and the Korngold Quartet. Produced by Bruce Kimmel, with liner notes by award-winning journalist Jon Burlingame. -KRITZERLAND CY COLEMAN
New York Sketches (Seth Rudetsky, piano<)br> 1. Morning
2. Afternoon
3. Evening

CHARLES STROUSE
String Quartet No. 1
4. Brightly and Jazzy
5. Moderately
6. Very Fast

The Korngold Quartet: Stacey Woolley, violin 1; Bing Wang, violin 2; Steven Rosen, viola; Daniel Culnan, cello
Sonata for Two Pianos

7. Largo un poco; allegro con brio
8. Largo ma non troppo
9. Scherzo
10. Andante maestoso e grazioso
Emily Witt, piano 1; Scot Woolley, piano 2

JOHN KANDER
Three Poems by Lucile Adler
11. Plaisir
12. You
13. The Last Day
Carol Vaness, soprano; Warren Jones, piano

HARVEY SCHMIDT
Monteargentario: Seven Dances for Solo Piano
14. Liberata
15. Speccabellezze
16. Conventaccio
17. Carpinia
18. Gianella
19. Terrarossa
20. Argentorola
Harvey Schmidt, piano