Bay Cities BCD 3025
Original Release Date: March 15, 1992
Opened: ?? Closed: ?? Performances: ??
Studio with members of the original cast
Produced by Bruce Kimmel
Engineer: Phil Bulla
Assistant Engineer: Joe Rodgers
Co-Produced by Nick Redman
Executive Producers: Alain Silver, Robert
Wright and George Forrest
Associate Producer: Walter Willison
Music
and Lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright
based on themes by Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Pianists
Albin
Knopka and
Seth
Rudetsky
The cast and crew at the recording session of Anastasia Affaire (aka Anastasia: The Musical) (Bruce Kimmel is third from the right
Starring:
Judy
Kaye
Len
Cariou
Regina
Resnik
Steve
Barton
George
Lee Andrews
David
Green
Walter
Willison
Willi
BurkeMarcy
DeGonge
SONG LISTINGS:
1. Prelude and The Unfinished
Melody, performed by the Company, from the Prelude in C# Minor and Symphony
No. 2, Op. 27.
2. A Song from Somewhere, performed by Judy Kaye, Willi Burke, Marcy
DeGonge, from Symphony No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1.
3. I Can See Her Now, performed by Len Cariou, Walter Willison, George
Lee Andrews, David Green, from Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4.
4. Homeward, performed by Willi Burke, Judy Kaye, Company, from Prelude
in G Minor, Op. 23.
5. Born Aristocrat, performed by Len Cariou, Steve Barton, from Polka de
W.R.; Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 17.
6. Drawn to You, performed by Steve Barton, from Piano Concerto No. 1.
7. My Kind of Love, performed by Judy Kaye, Len Cariou ,
from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18.
8. Thanks To Her, performed by George Lee Andrews, David
Green, Walter Willison, from Dream, Op. 38, No. 5; Scherzo from String Quartet.
9. That Song, performed by Judy Kaye, Willi Burke, Marcy
DeGonge, from Melodie; Symphony No. 2.
10. Act One Finale, performed by Judy Kaye, Len Cariou,
Company, from Piano Concerto No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
11. Entr'acte, from Prelude in C# Minor.
12. Here Tonight, Tomorrow Where?, performed Len Cariou,
David Green, Walter Willison, George Lee Andrews, from Dance Hongroise, Op. 6,
No. 2.
13. The Anastasia Waltz, performed by Len Cariou, from Suite No. 2 for
Two Pianos, Op. 17.
14. Lost and Found, performed by Judy Kaye, Len Carious, Steve Barton,
from Piano Concerto No. 2.
15. Think Upon Something Beautiful, performed by Judy Kaye, Regina
Resnik, from Symphony No. 2.
16. Little Hands, performed by Regina Resnik, from Vocalise, Op. 334.
17. I Live Again, performed by Judy Kaye, from Floods of Spring, Op. 15,
No. 11.
18. If This Is Goodbye, performed by Judy Kaye, Len Cariou, from Piano
Concerto No. 2.
19. Think Upon Something Beautiful (Reprise) and Finale,
performed by Regina Resnik, Company, from Symphony No. 2.
Bruce
had this to say about the recording
It was the first original
show recording I produced. It was fun - difficult, but fun, and even then I was
ornery when the sound wasn't to my liking and the engineer (whoever it was) and
I had many words about it (it was a "live" to two track recording, which I could
not remix). I learned from that experience, and when I did my other two-piano
show recordings the pianos became a character, which they're not on The
Anastasia Affaire. Two pianos were used because it made the recording
financially possible, and they wanted this chamber version to be able to be
performed by amateur and stock companies.
Below is the reissue cover with yet another name change for the musical. It seemed to coincide with the release of the animated version of the story. Both musicals credit Guy Bolton's English adaptation of the play Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette. This release was augmented with additional Wright and Forrest songs and some of the Bruce's original tracks were changed as well by reissue producer Walter Willison who also appears on the recording.
Original Tracks Produced by Bruce Kimmel
Reissue and Additional Tracks Produced by Walter Willison
Original Cast Records
Original Release Date: March 31, 1998
For the record this show has been called: "Anya", "I, Anastasia", "The Anastasia Game", "The Anastasia Affaire", "Anastasia: The Musical"
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