BIBFRAME Work

Title

Highlights from Sweeney Todd

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Sweeney Todd

Type

• Music Audio
• Monograph

Contribution

• Jennings, Ken (performer)
• Romaguera, Joaquín (performer)
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 (performer)
• Sondheim, Stephen (contributor)
• Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987 (librettist)
• Gemignani, Paul (conductor)
• Lyndeck, Edmund (performer)
• Williams, Jack Eric (performer)
• Rice, Sarah (performer)
• Garber, Victor (performer)
• Louise, Merle (performer)
• Cariou, Len (performer)

Subject

• Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) (LCNAF)
• Musicals (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Revues (LCGFT)
• Drama (LCGFT)
• Excerpts (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: SDC 38889 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 782.81 S

Content

• performed music

Note

Original cast: Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise, Sarah Rice, Edmund Lyndeck, Jack Eric Williams, Ken Jennings, Joaquín Romaguera, vocals ; orchestra ; Paul Gemignani, musical director.

Supplementary content

• historical information
• libretto or text

Table of Contents

Prologue. Prelude ; The ballad of Sweeney Todd : Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd-- -- Act I. No place like London ; The barber and his wife ; The worst pies in London ; My friends ; The ballad of Sweeney Todd : Lift your razor high, Sweeney!-- ; Johanna ; The ballad of Sweeney Todd : Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned-- ; Wait ; Kiss me ; Ladies in their sensitivities ; Pretty women ; Epiphany ; A little priest -- Act II. God, that's good! ; Johanna ; By the sea ; Not while I'm around ; Final sequence : excerpt -- Epilogue. The ballad of Sweeney Todd : Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.

Authorized Access Point

Sondheim, Stephen. Highlights from Sweeney Todd

Capture

Recorded March 12-13, 1979 at RCA's Studio A.

Temporal coverage

1979

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:17:54.251145+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 18225192

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• Date: 2026-09-11
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• Description language: eng
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