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One of Stephen Sondheim’s most distinctive musicals in collaboration with director Harold Prince, this often-overlooked masterpiece deftly imagines – from the Japanese point of view – the fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking culture clash of the first modern contact between Imperial Japan and the West.
Winner of two Tony Awards® and Grammy®- nominated for Best Cast Show Album
"The lyrics are totally Western and – as is the custom with Mr. Sondheim – devilish, wittily and delightfully clever. Mr. Sondheim is the most remarkable man in the Broadway musical today – and here he shows it victoriously.” – Clive Barnes,
The New York Times
One of Stephen Sondheim’s most distinctive musicals in collaboration with director Harold Prince, this often-overlooked masterpiece deftly imagines – from the Japanese point of view – the fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking culture clash of the first modern contact between Imperial Japan and the West.
Winner of two Tony Awards® and Grammy®- nominated for Best Cast Show Album
"The lyrics are totally Western and – as is the custom with Mr. Sondheim – devilish, wittily and delightfully clever. Mr. Sondheim is the most remarkable man in the Broadway musical today – and here he shows it victoriously.” – Clive Barnes,
The New York Times
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Works on This Recording
1.
Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim
Performer:
Yuki Shimoda (Voice),
Isao Sato (Voice),
Ernest Harada (Voice),
Alvin Ing (Voice),
Mako (Voice),
Mark Hsu Syers (Voice),
Freda Foh Shen (Voice),
Sab Shimono (Voice),
James Dybas (Voice)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Original Broadway Cast Orchestra
Sound Samples
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea (from "Pacific Overtures")
There is No Other Way (from "Pacific Overtures")
Four Black Dragons (from "Pacific Overtures")
Chrysanthemum Tea (From "Pacific Overtures")
Poems (from "Pacific Overtures")
Welcome to Kanagawa (from "Pacific Overtures")
Someone in a Tree (from "Pacific Overtures")
Please Hello (from "Pacific Overtures")
A Bowler Hat (from "Pacific Overtures")
Pretty Lady (from "Pacific Overtures")
Next (from "Pacific Overtures")
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