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Product Description:
Debut album by one of Australia's most talented music theatre performers, recently seen as Georges Seurat in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday In The Park With George, in the Australian cast of the David Friedman revue, Listen To My Heart, and in the critically-acclaimed new Australian musical The Hatpin.
This fascinating debut CD includes songs from two new Australian musicals, The Hatpin and Metro Street, plus one song (I Was Here) from the new Flaherty and Ahrens' musical, The Glorious Ones, as well as songs by Stephen Sondheim, John Bucchino, David Friedman, Michel Legrand, Jim Morrison and Tim Finn.
Orchestra conducted by Luke Bryne.
Recorded at Trackdown Studios, Fox Studios, Sydney - March 2008
"You’ll find three Sondheim tracks on this disc from Australian, Parke, who’s no stranger to the works of Sondheim. Among his credits in Sydney is the role of George in SUNDAY IN THE PARK. He opens the disc with SUNDAY’S “introduction”, which leads into Steven Lutvak’s charming, Latin-infused “I Just Wanted You To Know”. This blend of musical theatre and pop continues throughout Parke’s 14-track disc, where Kurt Weill brushes up against Jim Morrisson, and a new generation of composers like David Friedman and John Bucchino, who themselves combine Broadway traditions with popular musical vernacular, are handsomely represented. Parke’s other Sondheim tracks from SUNDAY are carefully considered and emotionally delivered renditions of “Finishing the Hat” and “Lesson number 8.” Equally satisfying are the pop standard “Windmills of Your Mind” and “Pirate Jenny” from THE THREEPENNY OPERA. His forays into the world of contemporary musical theatre include, “I Was Here” from Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahren’ THE GLORIOUS ONES and Bucchino’s “Playbill”, a charmingly self-deprecating love story with an amusing Sondheim angle. Luke Byrne conducts effective arrangements from a variety of artists who beautifully support Parke’s smooth, and often intoxicating, vocals. The disc might be difficult to track down in the U.S., but it’s certainly worth the search." - The Sondheim Review (US)
"In the normal scheme of things, it might seem a long leap from Stephen Sondheim to Tim Finn but Tyran Parke’s silver voice flies easily between Sondheim’s “Finishing the Hat” (from brilliant musical, Sunday in the Park with George) and Finn’s plaintive “I hope I never” and on to Kurt Weil’s “Pirate Jenny”. His talent is undeniable." - Sydney Morning Herald
"This album has taught me one important lesson – no one does David Friedman better than Tyran Parke. This sexy performer is burning hot and has ruled the musical and theatre scene for many years, which is fairly obvious in his debut album. Standout tune is You’re Already There. It makes you fall in love with him with only one listen." - Sydney Star Observer
"I can say that the CD is thrilling. It is fun to see that Australia is finally being acknowledged internationally for its uniqueness in musical theatre, and I can't emphasize enough that Tyran Parke is one of the greatest exponents of the Australian musical theatre I've ever come across. His CD is heartfelt, unique, blending quite unexpected songs with traditional fare, although always with a personal flair. I would, for example, have loved to experience his Georges (from Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George): only from hearing the songs in the show that he has recorded, it is clear to me that his was truly an amazing performance." - Fredrik Fischer, OPERA, Sweden
Tracks:
1. Introduction / I Just Wanted You To Know (Stephen Sondheim/Steven Lutvak)
2. The Only Home I Know (Gary Geld/Peter Udell - Shenandoah)
3. Finishing The Hat (Stephen Sondheim - Sunday In The Park With George)
4. I Hope I Never (Tim Finn)
5. Pirate Jenny (Weill/Brecht - The Threepenny Opera)
6. You're Already There (David Friedman)
7. Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand)
8. One Shot At Today (Peter Rutherford/James Millar - cut from The Hatpin)
9. Catch Me (David Friedman)
10. People Are Strange (Jim Morrison)
11. Playbill (John Bucchino)
12. Lesson #8 (Stephen Sondheim - Sunday In The Park With George)
13. I Was Here (Flaherty/Ahrens - The Glorious Ones)
14. Just Say (Matthew Robinson - cut from Metro Street)
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Tyran Parke - Sunday In The Parke