Pictured (front row, l-r): Dorothy Loudon, MADELINE KAHN, Bill Irwin, Glenn Close, Bernadette Peters, Stephen Sondheim, Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch, Patti LuPone, James Naughton, Betty Buckley, Karen Ziemba, Harolyn Blackwell.

Just what the name says: a celebration of Stephen Sondheim's music at Carnegie Hall, featuring an outstanding company of accomplished musical performers as Madeline. Madeline performs the VERY challenging "Getting Married Today" from "Company" and pulls it off without a hitch. Absolutely wonderful... and the rest of the show lives up to this standard of excellence as well, including Bernadette Peters' moving rendition of "Not a Day Goes By," Patti LuPone's "Being Alive," and Betty Buckley's "Children Will Listen" backed by the Harlem Boys Choir. This concert is available in three forms, the most complete being the 2-CD recording. There is also a highlights CD, condensed to a 61 minute running time. In addition to these audio recordings, a video of the concert was made to be shown as a part of the PBS Great Performances Series, later to be released on video and laserdisc. It runs 85 minutes. (Special thanks to Kelli for her invaluable assistance in completing my in-depth concert list.)

TRACK LISTING

THE COMPLETE RECORDING CD

Disc One

1. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd -- Jerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry

2. Evening Introduction -- Bill Irwin

3. Loveland/Getting Married Today -- Madeline Kahn, with Mark Jacoby, Jeanne Lehman; Ensemble

4. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs/Love, I Hear/Live Alone and Like It -- George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton

5. Someone is Waiting/Symphonic Sondheim:Barcelona -- Richard Muenz

6. Being Alive -- Patti LuPone

7. Good Thing Going -- The Tonics

8. Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy -- Dorothy Loudon

9. Our Time/Children Will Listen -- Boys Choir of Harlem; Betty Buckley

10. Anyone Can Whistle -- Billy Stritch

11. Water Under the Bridge -- Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch

12. Back in Business -- Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch; Ensemble

Disc Two

1. Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight

2. Sooner or Later -- Karen Ziemba

3. Pretty Lady -- Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry

4. Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Harolyn Blackwell

5. The Ballad of Booth -- Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber

6. Broadway Baby -- Daisy Eagan

7. I Never Do Anything Twice -- BETTY (Amy Ziff, Bitzi Ziff, Alyson Palmer)

8. With So Little to Be Sure Of -- Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page

9. Not a Day Goes By -- Bernadette Peters

10. Remember?/A Weekend in the Country -- Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker; Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry

11. Send in the Clowns -- Glenn Close

12. Old Friends -- Liza Minnelli

13. Sunday -- Bernadette Peters; Broadway Chorus

THE HIGHLIGHTS CD

1. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd -- Jerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry

2. Loveland/Getting Married Today -- Madeline Kahn, with Mark Jacoby, Jeanne Lehman; Ensemble

3. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs/Love, I Hear/Live Alone and Like It -- George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton

4. Being Alive -- Patti LuPone

5. Good Thing Going -- The Tonics

6. Our Time/Children Will Listen -- Boys Choir of Harlem; Betty Buckley

7. Back in Business -- Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch; Ensemble

8. Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Harolyn Blackwell

9. Broadway Baby -- Daisy Eagan

10. Not a Day Goes By -- Bernadette Peters

11. A Weekend in the Country -- Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry

12. Send in the Clowns -- Glenn Close

13. Sunday -- Bernadette Peters; Broadway Chorus

THE VIDEO

1. Introduction

2. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd -- Jerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry

3. Evening Introduction -- Bill Irwin

4. Loveland/Getting Married Today -- Madeline Kahn, with Mark Jacoby, Jeanne Lehman; Ensemble

5. Back in Business -- Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch; Ensemble

6. Good Thing Going -- The Tonics

7. Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy -- Dorothy Loudon

8. Our Time/Children Will Listen -- Boys Choir of Harlem; Betty Buckley

9. Being Alive -- Patti LuPone

10. Maestro -- Bill Irwin

11. Sooner or Later -- Karen Ziemba

12. The Ballad of Booth -- Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber

13. Broadway Baby -- Daisy Eagan

14. Not a Day Goes By -- Bernadette Peters

15. Green Finch and Linnet Bird -- Harolyn Blackwell

16. A Weekend in the Country -- Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry

17. Send in the Clowns -- Glenn Close

18. Old Friends -- Liza Minnelli

19. Sunday -- Bernadette Peters; Broadway Chorus