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Anastasia Barzee THE DIMMING OF THE DAY
On her sophisticated, sweeping
debut CD, 'The Dimming of the
Day,' acclaimed singer/actress
Anastasia Barzee reimagines
an eclectic range of Broadway,
pop and jazz-infused songs,
and showcases a diverse array
of her favorite contemporary
artists including Paul Simon,
Rufus Wainwright, Randy
Newman, Kate Bush, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more.
Of the album she says, "I wanted to sing songs
I have a real connection to. Songs that have moved me - made me think about loss, regret,
abandonment, and ultimately finding joy. Essentially, tell the story of
what love really is - with all its pain and promise. These are songs I could
not have truly understood in my twenties. I also wanted my album to be
musically interesting. I didn't want ordinary arrangements of songs we've all heard a million times. I wanted to look at the music fresh."
This album will be released on September 27, 2011 by Ghostlight Records.
Featuring the Tracks: 1. The Man with the Child in His Eyes (Kate Bush)
2. Summer Me, Winter Me (Bergman/Bergman/LeGrand)
3. Lilac Wine (James Shelton)
4. Dinner at Eight (Rufus Wainwright)
5. The Dimming of the Day - duet with Brian D'Arcy James (Richard Thomspon)
6. Company (Jones/Johnson)
7. American Tune (Paul Simon)
8. Nothing Like You've Ever Known (Black/Lloyd Webber)
9. Feels Like Home (Randy Newman)
10. Don't Go to Strangers (Kent/Mann/Evans)
11. All I Know (Jimmy Webb)
12. Terrible Things (April Smith)
13. April Moon (Robert Lee/Leon Ko) (bonus)
Produced by Matt Pierson
Arrangements by Gil Goldstein
Anastasia Barzee: vocals
Gil Goldstein: piano, Fender Rhodes, accordion, arranger
Larry Campbell: guitars
Larry Grenadier: bass
Kendrick Scott: drums
Bashiri Johnson: percussion
Lois Martin, Louise Schulman: violas
Jody Redhage, Maria Jeffers: celli
Steve Wilson: saxophone on 1, 2, 10
Greg Gisbert: trumpet on 12
Brian D'Arcy James: vocal on 5
Produced by Matt Pierson
Recorded by Meredith McCandless at Flux Studios, NYC
CD Booklet contains a liner note by Pulitzer, Oscar & Tony-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley.
Anastasia Barzee has starred on Broadway in numerous musicals and plays. They include: The Tony Award winning production of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 as Lady Mortimer opposite Kevin Kline, The Tony award winning Urinetown as Hope, Jekyll and Hyde as Emma, and Miss Saigon as the American wife Ellen. She created and starred as Josephine in the West End production of Napoleon directed by Francesca Zambello. Back Stateside, Anastasia created the role of Betty Haynes in the Musical WHITE CHRISTMAS directed by Walter Bobbie. Also with Bobbie directing, Anastasia played Lorna Moon in GOLDEN BOY for New York's City Center Encores series. For this portrayal, Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, "Ms Barzee has a pure-lined, heartfelt way with a song", and the Daily News critic Howard Kissel wrote, " Barzee is devastating, especially the way she catches every nuance of the haunting title song".
Among her many regional credits are The Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration production of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. Her performance of the wronged wife Beth, who sings NOT A DAY GOES BY won her rave reviews and she was asked to reprise a performance of the song for Lincoln Center's Sondheim Celebration Concert. She will also be singing at the Kennedy Center's re-union concert next Summer in D.C.
In television, Ms. Barzee has guest starred on numerous shows including: Law&Order SVU, White Collar, Law&Order, MOV Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury,Get A Life (as Chris Elliot's girlfriend), Herman's Head (as Herman's girlfriend) and more. She appeared in the 2010 Doug Liman feature FAIR GAME opposite Sean Penn.
She can be heard on original cast recordings of WHITE CHRISTMAS, NAPOLEON, and SUNSET BOULEVARD.
