The band's visit : original Broadway cast recording / music and lyrics by David Yazbek ; book by Itamar Moses ; based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 84518 | Ghostlight RecordsGHOL84518 | Ghostlight Records4518-02 | Ghostlight RecordsPublisher: New York, NY : Ghostlight : Sh-K-Boom Records, [2018]Copyright date: ℗2018Description: 1 audio disc : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- 9786317210226
- 6317210225
- Producers, Dean Sharenow, David Yazbeck ; music director and additional arrangements, Andrea Grody ; orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A stylistic outlier not only upon its arrival on Broadway in late 2017 but for several decades prior, The Band's Visit incorporates traditional Egyptian, Arab, and Jewish music into a score that also pays respect to a certain amount of contemporary show-tune convention. Its music and lyrics were written by David Yazbek, already known as composer/lyricist for Broadway hits including The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. With a book by Itamar Moses based on a 2007 Egyptian film, The Band's Visit is about an Egyptian band (the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra) that gets stranded for a day in a one-café Israeli town on their way to a gig in the more cosmopolitan Petah Tikva. Improvisational instrumental performances are among the show's musical numbers, including its overture, which transports listeners to the Middle East and introduces the virtuosic playing style of the band. Its instrumentation includes oud, guitar, cello, woodwinds, and regional percussion instruments. (Yazbek himself is of Jewish-Italian and Arab-Lebanese descent). The original Broadway cast includes the Tony winner for Best Actress in a Musical, Katrina Lenk, as town resident Dina, Best Featured Actor winner Ari'el Stachel as Haled, and Tony Shalhoub as Tewfiq. The album's song highlights include "Waiting," a wistful cast number by the Israeli characters essentially about waiting for something to happen, and the lyrical "Omar Sharif," which has Lenk recalling her childhood exposures to Arab pop culture with nostalgic affection. Later, Etai Benson's Papi delivers "Papi Hears the Ocean," in one of the show's lighter comedic moments. In the absence of a genuine show-stopper, the closing ballad "Answer Me" by Adam Kantor's Telephone Guy and the cast will be a moment that lingers for many. The Band's Visit was nominated for 11 Tony Awards in all, and won ten, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. ~ Marcy Donelson
Musical.
Title from disc label.
Katrina Lenk, Dina ; Tony Shalhoub, Tewfiq ; John Cariani, Itzik ; Ari'el Stachel, Haled ; George Abud, Camal ; Etai Benson, Papi ; Adam Kantor, Telephone Guy ; Andrew Polk, Avrum ; Bill Army, Zelger ; Rachel Prather, Julia ; Jonathan Raviv, Sammy ; Sharone Sayegh, Anna ; Kristen Sieh, Iris ; Alok Tewari, Simon ; with instrumental accompaniment.
Producers, Dean Sharenow, David Yazbeck ; music director and additional arrangements, Andrea Grody ; orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi.
Recorded 2017 November 12-13 at Vibromonk and Stell Cut Audio, Brooklyn, NY.
Compact disc.
Notes, synopsis, and song lyrics (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portraits) inserted in container.
Overture -- Waiting -- Welcome to nowhere -- It is what it is -- The beat of your heart -- Soraya -- Omar Sharif -- Haj-Butrus -- Papi hears the ocean -- Haled's song about love -- The park -- Itgara'a -- Something different -- Itzik's lullaby -- Something different (reprise) -- Answer me -- The concert -- Afifi (bonus track).
With a cast that includes Katrina Lenk and Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub, this musical has become one of the most acclaimed new Broadway productions of 2017. It includes music from three-time Tony Award nominee David Yazbeck.