Meredith Braun Releases New Album - 'When Love is Gone'
Meredith Braun Releases New Album 'When Love is Gone' on November 10th.
Since 1990, Auckland born Meredith Braun has been considered one of the West End's finest performers, originating and recording such roles as ‘Betty Schaeffer’ in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'Sunset Boulevard', ‘Lily’ in The RSC’s 'The Secret Garden' and playing the iconic roles of ‘Eponine’ in 'Les Misérables' and ‘Christine’ in 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
Stage Door Records are pleased to announce the release of West End performer Meredith Braun’s new solo album‘When Love Is Gone’ on November 10th, 2017 (available on CD / Download / Streaming).
Five years following the release of Meredith Braun's critically acclaimed debut album 'Someone Else's Story', Meredith returns with her new solo album, 'When Love Is Gone'. The title for the release comes from the Paul Williams song Meredith performed in the iconic film 'The Muppet Christmas Carol', which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Meredith's new 2017 recording of 'When Love Is Gone' marks the first time she has performed the song since recording the original version for the 1992 film soundtrack.
'When Love Is Gone'
takes the form of a narrative song cycle, based around both
specially selected material and original songs. The material
featured ranges from musical theatre to singer-songwriter
ballads, brought together by Meredith's own self-penned and
elegantly crafted musical arrangements. Written and recorded
between November 2016 and July 2017, the album highlights
Braun's musicality, not just as a performer but also as a
musician and writer as she embraces a wide range of musical
styles and genres across the recording. Meredith is
accompanied on the cello by her son, 13 year-old Tiger
Braun-White, a student at the Royal Academy of Music and
holder of both the Leverhulme and ABRSM scholarships.
Speaking about the new album, Meredith
commented:
"When Love Is Gone" encompasses all the
elements of music theatre that I love. 15 years ago I
performed a one-woman play with songs at the National
Theatre Studio - 'Cordelia'. It was written for me by the
award-winning playwright and lyricist Stephen Clark. I have
taken this concept of a narrative song cycle into "When Love
Is Gone". Primarily, it is the story of an 'Everywoman' who
is living through a painful and difficult relationship. The
narrative is driven by both the excerpts and the lyric but
the music and the arrangements expand and heighten the
experience and, I hope, elucidate the issues."
Songs featured include a heart-rending interpretation of Stephen Sondheim's 'With So Little To Be Sure Of', a rare and unique cover of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'There's Me' (from the original production of 'Starlight Express', arr. James McConnel) Barry Manilow's evocatively tragic composition 'Sandra' and the premiere studio recording ofAgnetha Fältskog's powerful and passionate solo ABBA song 'I'm Still Alive'. New material is represented by two compositions written by Meredith ('Hold Me' and 'Everything That's Me') and 'The Rules', a hauntingly dramatic original song written especially for the album by musical theatre writers Stephen Keeling and Shaun McKenna.
http://www.meredithbraun.co.uk For
more information on 'When Love Is Gone' visit: http://www.stagedoorrecords.com/stage9053.html
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information on Meredith visit:
TRACK
LISTING
1. REAL EMOTIONAL GIRL
(Randy Newman)
2. THERE'S ME (Andrew
Lloyd Webber / Richard Stilgoe) (from 'Starlight
Express')
3. THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT
SHOULD BE (Carly Simon / Jacob
Brackman)
4. WITH SO LITTLE TO BE SURE
OF (Stephen Sondheim) (from 'Anyone Can
Whistle')
5. THE RULES (Stephen Keeling
/ Shaun McKenna)
6. IF LOVE WERE ALL
(Noel Coward) (from 'Bitter Sweet')
7.
SANDRA (Barry Manilow / Enoch
Anderson)
8. HOLD ME (Meredith
Braun)
9. TRY TO REMEMBER / NO MORE (Tom
Jones / Harvey Schmidt / Stephen Sonhdeim) (from 'The
Fantasticks' / 'Into The Woods')
10. WHEN LOVE IS
GONE (Paul Williams) (from 'The Muppet Christmas
Carol')
11. EVERYTHING THAT'S ME
(Meredith Braun)
12. I'M STILL ALIVE
(Agnetha Fältskog / Björn Ulvaeus)
13. OLD
FRIEND (Nancy Ford / Gretchen Cryer) (from 'I'm
Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The
Road')
14. COME THE WILD, WILD WEATHER
(Noel Coward) (from 'Waiting In The
Wings')
ENDS