Relationships

orchestrator:Jonathan Tunick
lyricist and composer:Stephen Sondheim
part of:Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (order: 1)
is the basis for:The Demon Barber
quotes music from:Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1979-03-12 – 1979-03-13The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd…Len Cariou, Company3:34
1992-06-10Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (live, 1992-06-10: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)instrumental, live and medleyJerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry7:30
1996-03-08 – 1996-03-10The Ballad of Sweeney ToddliveStephen Sondheim4:30
2000-05Preludelive and partialStephen Sondheim0:46
2000-05The Ballad of Sweeney Toddlive and partialGeorge Hearn, Company3:06
2001-07-13 – 2001-07-15Sweeney Todd RhapsodymedleyGay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles15:32
Constantly Risking Absurdity: Opening Title from “Sweeney Todd” / Phrygian Gates / Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor / Serenada Schizophrana / I Will Wait for You from “Parapluies de Cherbourg” / Dance MovementsmedleyBlue Devils11:44
InkmedleyBlue Devils11:19
Opening TitleinstrumentalStephen Sondheim3:31
The Ballad Of Sweeney ToddcoverDee Snider?:??