MELISSA ERRICO — Sondheim in the City (2024) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

It was a Melissa Errico’s Sondheim In The City, a new tribute to Broadway’s greatest songwriter Stephen Sondheim, offers a swinging, outward-driven, kaleidoscopic street fair of New York scenes and moments – summoning back to life the poetic vision of a man who once confessed that his entire creative life had been spent in a twenty-block radius of Manhattan. From the wide-eyed newly-wed for whom a basement room with a quarter-inch view is all that she needs, to the cynical nouveau from New Rochelle who can’t choose between uptown and downtown for her bitter pleasures, Melissa’s silky and sensuous vocal style celebrates and embodies New York characters of all kinds. Sondheim In The City is Melissa singing New York as it was and will yet become, through the words and music of one of its most enduring poets. amazon.com
Tracklist :
1. Dawn (4:40)
2. Another Hundred People (3:23)
3. Opening Doors/What More Do I Need? (3:52)
4. Take Me to the World (3:26)
5. Can That Boy Foxtrot! (3:30)
6. Anyone Can Whistle (5:03)
7. Everybody Says Don't (2:47)
8. Good Thing Going (4:10)
9. Broadway Baby (3:28)
10. Uptown, Downtown (4:16)
11. It Wasn't Meant to Happen (3:54)
12. The Little Things You Do Together (2:57)
13. Sorry-Grateful (4:56)
14. Being Alive (4:27)
Credits :
Piano: Tedd Firth
Bass: David Finck
Drums: Lewis Nash
Guitar: Matt Munisteri
Acoustic Guitar: Rob Mathes
Trumpets: Tony Kadleck, Scott Wendholt (Solo on “Uptown, Downtown”), Bruce Harris (Solo on “Dawn” and “Another Hundred People”) Clarinet: Dan Block (Solo on “Can That Boy Foxtrot!”) Alto Sax & Clarinet: Aaron Heick Tenor Sax: David Mann Trombone: Mike Davis Baritone Sax & Bass Clarinet: Roger Rosenberg Percussion: Shawn Pelton Violins: Lisa Kim, Ann Kim, Henry Wang, Rui Du, Jeongmin Lee, Jeremias Sergiani-Velazquez, Annaliesa Place, Krzystof Kuznik, Tallie Brunfelt, Peter Bahng Violas: Becky Young, Conway Kuo, Will Frampton Cellos: Alan Stepansky, Michael Katz, Clarice Jensen
Concertmaster: Lisa Kim
Assistant Engineer: Matthew Soares
Musicians contracted by Sandra Park for Sandra Park Music
Strings and Horns Conducted by Rob Mathes