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Nonesuch04.13.199979530-2
1CD50:44Lyrics
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Myths And Hymns
Musical

Music by Adam Guettel
Lyrics by Adam Guettel

Description / My Opinion
Footlight Records - Ordered 04/02/99 - Received 04/24/99

Myths and Hymns premiered in a concert staging directed by Tina Landau produced by the New Lyric Festival in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1996. It was revised and retitled Saturn Returns: A Concert, directed by Tina Landau and produced by the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival in March 1998.

The booklet contains two pages of introduction by Alfred Uhry, one page by Adam Guettel. Note that the cover artwork is really wonderful (at least for me). For each song where it's necessary, there's a little synopsis sentence.

This recording has something magic. Between a John Adams and a sad Stephen Sondheim. I don't love it all, but mostly. I really don't like songs like Come To Jesus. It's not the time to talk about Jesus here. On the other hand, things like Pegasus or Icarus are so wonderful that I excuse this christian intromission. Performers are in my humble opinion, somewhere near "la crème de la crème". Lyrics are between very clever to simply dumb ("Come to Jesus"). A very good recording, though not really a musical, but a set of songs with no real link between them out of the mythological context (not for "Come to Jesus" though).

Musical Numbers
11:03Children Of The Heavenly KingTheresa McCarthy
21:26At The SoundingVivian Cherry, Darius de Haas, Jose Llana, Theresa McCarthy
33:31Saturn ReturnsAdam Guettel with Vivian Cherry, Darius de Haas, Annie Golden, Jose Llana, Theresa McCarthy, Bob Stillman
45:57IcarusAdam Guettel, Lawrence Clayton with Kristin Chenoweth, Lewis Cleale, Lynette DuPre, Brian d'Arcy James, Jessica Molaskey, Billy Porter
53:01Migratory VTheresa McCarthy
63:46PegasusBilly Porter, Lynette DuPre, Audra McDonald with Adam Guettel (guitar)
71:18LinkVivian Cherry, Darius de Haas, Annie Golden, Jose Llana, Theresa McCarthy, Bob Stillman
83:20Hero And LeanderAdam Guettel
92:10SisyphusMandy Patinkin with Kristin Chenoweth, Lewis Cleale, Lynette DuPre, Brian d'Arcy James, Jessica Molaskey, Billy Porter
106:28Come To JesusTheresa McCarthy, Adam Guettel
113:34How Can I Lose You?Annie Golden
123:25There's A ShoutVivian Cherry, Company
133:38Awaiting YouBilly Porter
141:36The Great HighwayTheresa McCarthy, Darius de Haas with Vivian Cherry, Annie Golden, Jose Llana, Bob Stillman
153:26There's A LandAdam Guettel with Vivian Cherry, Darius de Haas, Annie Golden, Jose Llana, Theresa McCarthy, Bob Stillman
163:03Saturn Returns (Reprise)Adam Guettel with Todd Ellison (piano)
The Cast
The Cast Vivian Cherry
Lawrence Clayton
Lynette DuPre
Annie Golden
Adam Guettel
Darius de Haas
Jose Llana
Theresa McCarthy
Audra McDonald
Mandy Patinkin
Billy Porter
Bob Stillman

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