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Anaïs Mitchell

Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

UPC: 644216939596

Format: LP (3 disc)

Release Date: Nov 29, 2019

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Alternative folk singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell originally presented her epic musical version of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a recording in 2010. The album featured Mitchell herself as Eurydice, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon as Orpheus, and Ani DiFranco as Persephone, among other role players and a band of over a dozen musicians. After being reworked by Mitchell with Broadway in mind, Hadestown ran off-Broadway in 2016, then in Edmonton and London before receiving its Broadway premiere in March of 2019. Marked by alternatively soulful and playful acoustic arrangements and rich harmony vocals, the over-two-hour cast album features performances by an ensemble led by singer/songwriter and actor Reeve Carney as Orpheus, Eva Noblezada (Miss Saigon) as Eurydice, Patrick Page (Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening) as Hades, and Amber Gray (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) as Persephone. Septuagenarian André De Shields won a Tony Award for his turn as Hermes in the production, which won eight Tonys in total, including Best Musical and Best Original Score of 2019. ~ Marcy Donelson

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Road to Hell
2 - Any Way the Wind Blows
3 - Come Home With Me
4 - Wedding Song
5 - Epic I
6 - Livin' It Up on Top
7 - All I've Ever Known ("In Spite of Herself...") (Intro)
8 - All I've Ever Known
9 - Way Down Hadestown
10 - Gathering Storm
11 - Epic II
12 - Chant
Disc 2:
1 - Hey, Little Songbird
2 - When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") (Intro)
3 - When the Chips are Down
4 - Gone, I'm Gone
5 - Wait for Me ("Hey, the Big Artiste...") (Intro)
6 - Wait for Me
7 - Why We Build the Wall
8 - Why We Build the Wall ("Behind Closed Doors...") (Outro)
9 - Our Lady of the Underground
10 - Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
11 - Flowers
12 - Come Home With Me (Reprise)
13 - Papers ("You're Not From Around Here, Son...") (Intro)
14 - Papers ("You're Not From Around Here, Son...") [Instrumental]
15 - Nothing Changes
Disc 3:
1 - If It's True
2 - How Long?
3 - Chant (Reprise)
4 - Epic III
5 - Epic III ("They Danced...") [Instrumental]
6 - Promises
7 - Word to the Wise
8 - His Kiss, the Riot
9 - Wait for Me ("If You Wanna Walk Out of Hell...") (Intro) (Reprise)
10 - Wait for Me (Reprise)
11 - Doubt Comes In
12 - Road to Hell (Reprise)
13 - We Raise Our Cups