Thomas Z. Shepard
Biography
Thomas Z. Shepard (born June 26, 1936) is an American record producer who is best known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, including the works of Stephen Sondheim. Shepard is also a composer, conductor, music arranger and pianist. He has won twelve Grammy Awards and produced the original cast recordings of many of the Sondheim musicals, including Sweeney Todd, Company and Sunday in the Park with George, among others. He also produced the original cast recordings of 1776, La Cage aux Folles, Chicago and 42nd Street, among over a hundred others. He has produced hundreds of classical music and popular music recordings.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Fiddler On The Roof (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1964
Annie (A New Musical)
1977
The Star Wars Trilogy (Star Wars / The Empire Strikes Back / Return Of The Jedi)
1990
The Sesame Street Book & Record
1970
La Cage Aux Folles (The Broadway Musical)
1983
Pictures At An Exhibition/A Night On Bald Mountain
1981
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Original Cast)
1979
Company (A Musical Comedy) (Original Cast Recording)
1970
Rhapsody In Blue (The 1925 Piano Roll)
1976
M*A*S*H (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1970
Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album
2006
Just For The Record...
1991
The Secret Garden - The Original Broadway Cast Album
1991
Turned-On Broadway
1982
Marry Me A Little (Original Cast Recording)
1981
Ravel: Bolero
1980
The King And I
1977
Side By Side By Sondheim
1976
A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Album)
1973
An Introduction To The World Of SQ Quadraphonic Sound
1973
Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 9
1973
No, No, Nanette (Original Cast Recording)
1971
Firebird Suite / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
1969
Cabaret
1967
Credited work
1,854 releases · 358 albums · active 1962–2025
- Production · 1,922
- Performance · 108
- Other credits · 70
- Engineering · 33
- Mastering · 18
Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Philharmonic Hall, New York · RCA Studio A · Manhattan Center
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Leonard Bernstein
- Boulez
- Richard Tucker (2)
- John Williams (4)
- Levine
- Schubert
- Stephen Sondheim