Myths And Hymns (1998 Off-Broadway Cast, Originally Saturn Returns)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording
Published: 1999
CD Release Date: 1999-03-30
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Children Of The Heavenly King
- At The Sounding
- Saturn Returns
- Icarus
- Migratory V
- Pegasus
- Link
- Hero And Leander
- Sisyphus
- Come To Jesus
- How Can I Lose You?
- There's A Shout
- Awaiting You
- The Great Highway
- There's A Land
- Saturn Returns (reprise)
Music reviews of Myths And Hymns (1998 Off-Broadway Cast, Originally Saturn Returns)
Music Review: I love Adam Guettel
Rating: 5 Stars
This is an amazing work of emotional, passionate, and very creative music. Its facinating melodies are very complex and its themes are powerful. This is a masterpiece of artful composition, but it is not a CD for those with frivolous tastes. It is very beautiful and involved music so if you dwell on the music of Hairspray or Grease, this is definately not an item for you, but if you really appriciate the true purpose of music then I am confident that you'll fall in love with Guettel's work!
Description of Myths And Hymns (1998 Off-Broadway Cast, Originally Saturn Returns)
Until this disc, Adam Guettel was best known as the mastermind behind Floyd Collins, the gut-wrenching, boundary-breaking piece of musical theater that never gained the popularity it deserved. Myths & Hymns is another beast altogether, though just as interesting. Guettel has created a song cycle based loosely on Greek mythology and lyrics he discovered in an antique hymnal. These 15 songs are a combination of art song and show tune, but all are interesting. "Icarus" is funky jazz in which the composer duets with Lawrence Clayton. "There's a Land" is transformed from a traditional hymnal into an upbeat romp ? la "This Land Is Your Land." "At the Sounding" is an upbeat yet appropriate transition from the somber "Children of the Heavenly King." Joining Guettel on the vocal parts for these works are Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Theresa McCarthy, and a handful of other fine interpreters. Sublime and moving, Myths & Hymns is all about reflecting--to God, a lover, or oneself. And while Guettel's roots run deep into the Broadway tradition (he's the grandson of Richard Rodgers), he's thankfully not afraid of musical experimentation. A great, soulful disc. --Jason VerlindeTraditional Vocal Pop CDs
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