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Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( /ˈsɒnd.haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre. He is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater", his most famous works include (as composer and lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

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Company [2018 London Cast Recording] [2019]

SongDuration
Marry Me a Little4:55
Being Alive5:01

Follies [2018 National Theatre Cast Recording] [2019]

SongDuration
Don't Look at Me1:49
I'm Still Here6:03
Losing My Mind4:07

You'll See [2019]

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Anyone Can Whistle3:08

The Broadcast Archive [2018]

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Sooner or Later5:34

Bits n' Bobs [2016]

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Sooner or Later5:34

Oscar Peterson Trio Plays the Standards [2016]

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Maria4:53
Somewhere5:34

The Essential Stephen Sondheim [2016]

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America [From West Side Story]5:01
Tonight [From West Side Story]3:55
Comedy Tonight [From a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]6:31
I'm Still Here5:51
Losing My Mind4:17
Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]3:28
A Little Priest7:18
Sooner or Later [From Dick Tracy]4:24

Good Thing Going: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim [2015]

SongDuration
Anyone Can Whistle3:56
Marry Me a Little4:09
Send in the Clowns4:52

Classic Collaborations, Vol. 10 [2014]

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America [From "West Side Story"]4:32

Into the Woods [Original Soundtrack] [Deluxe Edition] [2014]

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Stay With Me3:15

Marry Me a Little [New Cast Recording] [2014]

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Marry Me a Little3:27

Passage of Time [2009]

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Being Alive [From Company]4:38

Music from the Films of Tim Burton [2008]

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Suite. Main Title3:19
Suite. A Little Priest2:44

Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far... [2008]

SongDuration
America4:35
Tonight3:55
Everything's Coming Up Roses3:11
Comedy Tonight5:02
Everybody Ought To Have a Maid3:08
Anyone Can Whistle3:40
Being Alive4:51
Losing My Mind4:17
I'm Still Here5:41
Send In the Clowns3:27
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd3:35
A Little Priest7:16
The Worst Pies In London2:49
Finishing the Hat3:25
Agony2:29
Theme [Instrumental][Version]4:51
Sooner or Later [#]3:21
Live Alone and Like It1:48
What Can You Lose? [#]2:10
More (End Credits) [#]4:10

Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far... [2008]

SongDuration
Anyone Can Whistle (from Anyone Can Whistle)3:40
Send in the Clowns (from the musical "A Little Night Music")3:28

Company [Cincinnati Playhouse Cast] [2007]

SongDuration
Getting Married Today4:04
Marry Me a Little3:53
Being Alive5:06

Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute [2007]

SongDuration
Hello, Little Girl2:40
Sooner or Later3:05
Anyone Can Whistle2:49
The Saturday Night Medley6:13
The Glamorous Life4:16
No More/Everybody's Got the Right6:50

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Highlights Edition) [2007]

SongDuration
Opening Title3:30
A Little Priest4:51

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007 Soundtrack] [2007]

SongDuration
Opening Title3:31
A Little Priest4:52

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Recording [2007]

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Something's Coming 

A Beautiful Friendship: Sliding Hammers Honoring Jay & Kai [2006]

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Being Alive4:50

Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller [2006]

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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd3:06
A Little Priest7:33

Sondheim Sings, Vol. 1: 1962-1972 [2005]

SongDuration
Multitudes of Amys [From Company]3:59
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid [From A Funny Thing Happened on the Way0:51
Don't Look at Me [From Follies]4:17
Losing My Mind [From Follies]1:51
Anyone Can Whistle [From Anyone Can Whistle]1:44
Marry Me a Little [From Company]3:00
Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]3:12

A Total Embrace: The Composer [2003]

SongDuration
"Tonight" [From West Side Story]3:55

Into the Woods [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] [2002]

SongDuration
Act I: Cinderella at the Grave1:41
Act I: Hello, Little Girl3:00
Act I: Stay with Me2:28
Act I: On the Steps of the Palace2:36
Act II: Agony (Reprise)2:13
Act II: Lament1:51
Act II: No More3:53
Act II: Finale - Children Will Listen5:08

Into the Woods [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] [2002]

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Stay with Me2:30

Send in the Clowns: The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim [2002]

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Finishing the Hat [From "Sunday in the Park With George"] 

There's No Business Like Show Business! [Highlights] [2001]

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Comedy Tonight [A Funny Thing Happen on the Way to the Forum]6:32

Percussion and Guitars [2000]

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Something's Coming2:35

Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings [1999]

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Anyone Can Whistle [From "Anyone Can Whistle"]3:42

Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century [1999]

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Anyone Can Whistle3:42

Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] [1997]

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A Little Priest7:11

A Gala Concert for Hal Prince [1996]

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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd 

Everything's Possible: Tim Seelig sings songs of Love and Empowerment [1995]

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Anyone Can Whistle (from Anyone Can Whistle)2:03

The Party's Over: Broadway Sings the Blues [1993]

SongDuration
Anyone Can Whistle (from Anyone Can Whistle)3:41

Smithsonian Collection of American Musical Theater, Vol. 4: Shows, Songs and Stars [1989]

SongDuration
Comedy Tonight5:00

Follies in Concert/Stavisky [1985]

SongDuration
I'm Still Here5:49

West Side Story [1985]

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Something's Coming2:35

West Side Story [Deutsche Grammophon Highlights] [1985]

SongDuration
Something's Coming2:36

Sunday in the Park with George [Original Cast Recording] [1984]

SongDuration
Act 1. Finishing the Hat3:21
Act 1. We Do Not Belong Together3:55

A Stephen Sondheim Evening [1983]

SongDuration
Being Alive4:33
Johanna1:55
Send In the Clowns3:19

Sondheim: Sweeney Todd [Original Cast Recording] [1979]

SongDuration
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Prelude)3:34

Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] [1979]

SongDuration
The Ballad Of Sweeny Todd: Sweeney Pondered And Sweeney Planned0:31
The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong0:40

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute [1973]

SongDuration
Anyone Can Whistle1:45

Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] [1964]

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Anyone Can Whistle (Demo Track) [#][*][Demo Version]1:43

West Side Story [Original Soundtrack Recording] [1961]

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Something's Coming2:32

West Side Story [Original Soundtrack] [1961]

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Somethings Coming 

Caminhos da Floresta

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Stay With Me2:37

Unknown Album

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Sooner or Later [Previously Unreleased Track]3:21
Don't Look at Me [From Follies]4:17
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd3:35
A Little Priest7:46
Johanna1:55
Send In The Clowns5:20
Being Alive4:33
Tonight3:55
Anyone Can Whistle6:22
Multitudes of Amys [From Company]3:59
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid [From A Funny Thing Happened on the Way]0:51
Marry Me a Little [From Company]3:00
Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]3:12
Pirelli's Miracle Elixir3:23
You Must Meet My Wife 
Later 
Sorry-Grateful6:14
No Place Like London7:22
Johanna (Act 2 Sequence) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]5:21
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:58
By the Sea [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:36
Epiphany [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:09
My Friends [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:51
Johanna (Reprise) [London 2012]5:56
Not While I'm Around [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:27
Not While I'm Around 
My Friends2:44
The Worst Pies in London2:38
Poor Thing3:36
Ah, Miss2:02
Green Finch and Linnet Bird2:47
No Place Like London [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:33
Johanna [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:05
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Finale) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:06
Poor Thing [Original Cast Recording] 
The Contest2:05
God, That's Good! [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]6:39
Kiss Me (Pt. 1) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]1:30
Pretty Women (Pt. 1)1:31
Wait [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:19
Pretty Women (Pt. 2)2:58
City on Fire! [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:06
Final Scene [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:05
Parlor Song [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]1:02
The Judge's Return [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]3:19
Searching [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]2:46
My Friends [Original Broadway Cast Recording] 
Ah, Miss [Original Broadway Cast Recording] 
Ladies in Their Sensitivities2:15
The Barber and His Wife (Reprise) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]1:46
By the Sea3:33
No Place Like London [London 2012] 
Pretty Women 
Pretty Women [2012 London] 
Ladies in Their Sensitivities [London 2012] 
Kiss Me (Pt. 2) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]1:44
Kiss Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]1:31
Kiss Me [London 2012] 
No Place Like London [Movie Version] 
God, That's Good! [London 2012]6:27
God, That's Good! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]6:27
Final Scene [2007 Soundtrack] 
Final Scene [London 2012] 
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]3:34
Wait [Original Broadway Cast Recording] 
It's A Hit! [Bonus Track]6:00
Not a Day Goes By [Bonus Track]3:42
The Barber and His Wife2:41
That Frank4:21
Old Friends (Part II) [1994 Off-Broadway]3:48
Our Time [1994 Off-Broadway]5:00
Opening Doors [1994 Off-Broadway]7:01
Bobby And Jackie And Jack [1994 Off-Broadway]4:35
Merrily We Roll Along [1994 Off-Broadway]4:13
Old Friends (Part 1) / Like It Was [1994 Off-Broadway]3:25
The Blob (Part II) [1994 Off-Broadway]2:00
Franklin Shepard, Inc. [1994 Off-Broadway]5:09
It's A Hit! [1994 Off-Broadway] 
Growing Up [1994 Off-Broadway]6:15
Growing Up (Part II) [1994 Off-Broadway]1:46
The Blob [1994 Off-Broadway]1:35
Act Two Opening1:48
Now You Know [1994 Off-Broadway]4:17
Not A Day Goes By (Part II) [1994 Off-Broadway]2:07
Old Friends 
Sixth Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]0:36
First Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]1:14
Good Thing Going [1994 Off-Broadway]2:31
Not A Day Goes By (Part I) [1994 Off-Broadway]1:46
Into The Woods (Prologue) [Movie Version]14:35
Into The Woods (Prologue) 
Second Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]0:52
Fourth Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]1:00
Hello, Little Girl [2002 Revival]3:01
Ever After [2002 Revival]2:28
Cinderella at the Grave [2002 Revival]1:40
Prologue: So Happy [2002 Revival]3:59
Seventh Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]1:16
Hello, Little Girl 
Company [2006 Broadway Cast Recording]4:37
Opening2:28
Being Alive [2006 Broadway Cast Recording]5:06
You Could Drive a Person Crazy [2006 Broadway Cast Recording]3:16
You have a good third husband, Joanne2:59
Side by Side by Side4:10
Sorry-Grateful [2006 Broadway Cast Recording]6:14
Fifth Transition [1994 Off-Broadway]0:44
The Day Off 
The Ladies Who Lunch [2006 Broadway Cast Recording]4:17
Poor Baby2:54
What did I just do?1:30
Barcelona3:28
Someone Is Waiting2:46
Sunday (Finale)4:13

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