Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim wrote music and lyrics that pushed the American musical into darker, more ambivalent territory. His songs move with intricate craft: sharp rhymes, restless harmony, and melodies that catch at regret, wit and longing.
From the lyric-only breakthroughs of West Side Story and Gypsy he moved to full scores that treat marriage, revenge, fairy-tale bargains and the wreckage of showbiz with equal seriousness. Company circles a single man among couples; Sweeney Todd turns Victorian horror into black comedy and piercing beauty; A Little Night Music waltzes through midsummer desire. Into the Woods, Follies, Merrily We Roll Along and Assassins keep testing what a musical can hold. Songs such as Send in the Clowns, Being Alive, Not While I'm Around and Losing My Mind travel far beyond the stage, carrying that same mix of sophistication and emotional bite into recital rooms and jazz sets.
Compositions by Stephen Sondheim appear on
Seasons of Love
A jazz trio, string orchestra and guest soloists join vocalists Gian Slater and Eddie Perfect. Graeme Lyall’s rich arrangements refresh Great American Songbook standards and other stage and screen favourites.
Songwriter
Tomorrow, just you wait and see
Pianist Tony Gould and vocalist Emma Gilmartin share a programme of standards and originals, shaped as first-take, spontaneously conceived duets. Favourites sit beside less familiar songs, all chosen for melodic beauty and meaning.
Just For The Record
Renowned jazz singer Linda Cable gathers moody ballads and up-tempo standards in a polished set that moves from cool and slinky to full swing.
Silver: Celebrating 25 Years
Pot-Pourri marks twenty-five years with Silver, a seventh album that mixes contemporary classics, Broadway, and opera into one sparkling programme.
Rhythm of Life
A delicious blend of highlights from Broadway shows, popular music theatre, traditional songs and operatic hits, sung with style by Melbourne vocal ensemble Pot-Pourri.