Hadestown West End Recording
Hadestown West End recording is on Amazon - Hadestown Live From London! It’s a live recording rather than studio, and it’s not the full show, which is pretty heartbreaking. Would love to know the reason why it’s only a selection of songs??
UK release date: 6 Dec 2024 (confirmed to be global!)
From the inside cover:
‘This album almost didn't happen
Between the original studio album, the live off-Broadway recording and the OBCR, Hadestown and its evolution was already well-documented; we weren't sure we needed another. But the London company, with its feast of nationalities, accents and jaw-dropping performances, seemed to beg for immortalisation and the hunger for it from audiences was clear.
The choice came to a head when two of our original West End case members, Grace Hodgett-Young (Eurydice) and Dónal Finn (Orpheus) announced their departure from the company at the end of August. We made an 11th hour decision to record a few shows live and then pick and choose the songs that most vividly represented this extraordinary company and era of Hadestown. There was some back-and-forth about how many shows to record, and whether or not Grace and Dónal's final performance should be among them. Emotions might be high, we thought. Was it more humane to let them savor their last show "off the record"? We went ahead and taped it. Todd (from our producer team), whose language is usually radio-friendly, texted me at intermission, describing the show as “f** king definitive.”
"They have mania level energy" He said of the entire cast, "but they're putting it straight into clarity and patience and pure emotion.” ’
Track listing:
Some big omissions here, quite tragically for me no ‘Doubt Comes In’, RIP panic-attack!Orpheus.
Really hoping there is some other information we are missing, because it’s a little heartbreaking to not have the whole show with this amazing cast preserved forever and for everyone that couldn’t make it to London.
