A Charming Early Sondheim Score
I really enjoy this CD. The lyrics are interesting; my friends and I make inside references to them quite frequently. The songs are solidly written, as are all of Sondheim's songs, and this recording will most certainly help in tracing the progression of Sondheim's development as a lyricist/composer through the years. The plot of this show has many themes that appear in later Sondheim shows (it is thematically to be similar to Company in its treatment of marriage) This would be a good introduction to Sondheim's music, as it is more "approachable" than later Sondheim.