Recordings

Information about every album and song that Brain d’Arcy James has officially recorded, with links to sources where you can listen.

Disclaimer: This site is not associated with Brain d’Arcy James or his representatives in any way.

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I’m linking out to these streaming services: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon Music. But almost everything is available on regular YouTube. All tracks and albums may not be available in your region. Links are primarily UK-based.

The listings below include broadway and off-broadway cast recordings, concept albums, workshops, guest appearances and anything that else has been officially released.

The Ballad of Keiko

2024

“Episode 5: At Sea, Keiko disappears in Icelandic waters, swimming east for four weeks. Unobserved, with no human contact. Since nobody knows what happened to Keiko during that mysterious time, we decided to recreate it — as a musical. From Keiko’s perspective, naturally.”

Impossible Dream

2024

On 23 August 2024 Aaron Lazar, recently diagnosed with ALS, released the album “Impossible Dream”.

Days of Wine and Roses

2023

A searing musical about a couple falling in love in 1950s New York and struggling against themselves and addiction to rebuild a family.

Into the Woods

2022

Into the Woods is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.

Centaurworld: S2

2021

Centaurworld follows a warhorse who is transported from her embattled world to a strange and colorful land inhabited by vibrant, singing centaurs of all species, shapes, and sizes.

Reflect

2021

Reflect is Tom Kitt’s debut studio album and features music from Kitt and lyrics from some of his most talented friends.

A Little More Alive

2020

In this folk-pop musical, two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home after their mother’s funeral.

The Other Josh Cohen

2018

Caught in a lifelong battle with bad luck, Josh Cohen arrives at his apartment where he discovers he’s being robbed of everything except a Neil Diamond CD.

Something Rotten!

2015

Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find success in the theatrical world as they compete with the wild popularity of their contemporary William Shakespeare.

James and the Giant Peach

2015

Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl about a young boy who escapes his conniving aunts via a magical giant peach and discovers adventure, friendship, and the true nature of family.

Hidden Treasures

2014

This spectacular 2-CD set features 53 demos and cut songs from 17 shows including Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, Fiorello!, The Apple Tree and more.

Giant

2013

Giant is a musical based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and the book by Sybille Pearson.

Over the Moon

2012

Broadway’s brightest stars, composers, and musicians are teaming up to create Over The Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project.

My Lifelong Love

2011

My Lifelong Love features thirteen of Georgia Stitt’s original songs performed by some of the entertainment industry’s most exciting singers.

The Dimming of the Day

2011

Step back from the hurly burly of modern life, pour a glass of dandelion wine, and abandon your heart and mind to this beguiling enchantress.

(Sorta) Love Songs

2010

A musical revue of the songs of Burkell and Loesel.

The Man Who Would Be King

2008

Set during the late 1800s, this action packed morality tale tells the story of two rogue soldiers who set out to find a remote society in the Hindu Kush.

Shrek The Musical

2008

Join Shrek and Donkey on their daring quest to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona.

Enchanted

2007

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Anna Karenina

2007

Anna Karenina is a 1992 musical with a book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Daniel Levine.

Late Nite Comic

2007

Late Night Comic is a stage musical, written by playwright (Allan Knee) and composer/lyricist (Brian Gari).

White Christmas

2006

White Christmas is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1954 film of the same name. The book is by David Ives and Paul Blake, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

Dream True

2006

Brian d’Arcy James, Jason Danieley, Kelli O’Hara, Jessica Molaskey, Jeff McCarthy and Victoria Clark star in the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina Landau’s Dream True, conducted by Ted Sperling.

Wearing Someone Else's Clothes

2005

The album offers a wide variety of styles and feels, and is produced by Jason Robert Brown’s longtime collaborator Jeffrey Lesser.

From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn

2004

“With the success Michigan Christmas was receiving on the radio, I was emboldened to record my first album using that song as the cornerstone of the project. I did my own treatments of various classics like White Christmas, as well as wrote two more original songs for the album: the title track From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn and Santa Claus is Coming Tonight.”

Brownstone

2003

Brownstone is a musical written by Josh Rubins (book and lyrics), Andrew Cadiff (book) and Peter Larson (music).

Maury Yeston Songbook

2003

Contemporary recording of Broadway artists singing their favourite Yeston songs.

Sweet Smell of Success

2002

The story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker who uses his connections to ruin his sister’s relationship with a man he deems inappropriate.

Stephen Sondheim Album

2001

There is nothing on earth that is more fun than to sit in a studio and hear wonderful singers interpreting the songs of one of the great theater composer/lyricists of our time.

Elegies For Angels, Punks & Raging Queens

2001

Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens features songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology.

Far From the Madding Crowd

2000

Written in 1999, Far from the Madding Crowd was a winner of the Global Search for New Musicals in the UK.

The Wild Party

2000

The Wild Party, based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem, follows Queenie, a vaudeville performer, and her volatile relationship with her lover, Burrs, a clown.

Myths and Hymns

1999

In his song cycle, Myths & Hymns, Guettel paints an emotional landscape of faith and yearning that embraces a boundless spectrum of ideology and spirituality.

Stephen Schwartz Album

1999

This all-new 1999 recording features a number of talented artists. The album is a consistently good 65-minute package of gems.

The Civil War

1999

The Civil War is a musical written by Gregory Boyd and Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and music by Wildhorn. The musical centers on the American Civil War, with the musical numbers portraying the war through Union, Confederate, and slave viewpoints.

Violet

1998

Violet tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed.

Little By Little / The Times

1998

The music of Brad Ross.

Kelly

1998

Kelly is a musical with a book and lyrics by Eddie Lawrence and music by Moose Charlap. It was inspired by Steve Brodie, who in 1886 claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived.

Titanic: A New Musical

1997

Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone. It is based on the story of the RMS Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.

Floyd Collins

1997

Floyd Collins is based on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925.

Carousel

1994

Carousel revolves Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs.