Pianoforte Opus 5: Broadway — Christopher Peacock

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With powerful and passionate melodies, music written for the Broadway stage has become some of the most popular music of all time. We are now delighted to offer this new collection by Christopher of songs from that street named Broadway.

“Without a song the day would never end; Without a song the road would never bend; When things go wrong a man ain’t got a friend . . . Without a song.”

These lyrics, written in 1929 by Youmans, Rose & Eliscu for the musical play “Great Day,” were just the beginning of the marriage of music and drama being presented in a group of New York City theaters sharing a street named Broadway.

With hundreds of “Broadway Musicals” being written since, the development of this musical form demanded that the successful shows be written by composers and lyricists who understood that the song must further develop and progress the drama. Despite this fact, many Broadway songs have proven over the years the ability to stand alone. I have recorded a few of my favorites on “Pianoforte Opus 1: Popular Requets,” and now I am delighted to offer more special songs from that street named Broadway.

– Christopher Peacock

1) ONE HAND, ONE HEART/SOMEWHERE (West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein (The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co. & Chappell Co.)

2) MEMORY (Cats) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Really Useful Group Ltd.)

3) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM (Jesus Christ Superstar) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Leeds Music Ltd.)

4) SUN & MOON/WHY GOD WHY (Miss Saigon) by Claude-Michel Schonberg (Alain Boublil Music Ltd.)

5) THINK OF ME (Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Really Useful Group Ltd.)

6) THE BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN (The Nervous Set) by Tommy Wolf (Frank Music Corp.)

7) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING (Aspects of Love) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (R & H Music Co.)

8) WITHOUT A SONG (Great Day) by Vincent Youmans (Miller Music Corp.)

9) EMBRACEABLE YOU/SUMMERTIME (Girl Crazy/Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin (Gershwin Publishing Co.)

10) DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (Evita) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita Music Ltd.)

11) WHERE IS LOVE (Oliver) by Lionel Bart (Tro-Hollis Music, Inc.)

12) WITH ONE LOOK (Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Famous Music Corp.)

Produced by Christopher Peacock

Recorded at Treehouse Studio, Orcas Island, WA

Performed on a Kawai G-3 Grand Piano

Piano Technician: Bill Wallis, Inter-Island Piano

Mixed by Reed Ruddy at Bad Animals, Seattle

Mastered by Hank Waring at Quad Teck Digital, Los Angeles, CA

Design by TMA Ted Mader Associates, Seattle, WA