Among other early recordings, Chenoweth participated in a studio cast recording of "The Most Happy Fella" in 1992. She was also in the cast recordings of "A New Brain" (1998) and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (1999) and a studio cast recording of "110 in the Shade" (1999). In 2000, she was featured on the album "Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino". The next year, with Mandy Patinkin, she was featured on the album titled "Kidults". Also in 2001, she released her debut solo album "Let Yourself Go", which was a collection of standards from the musicals of the 1930s. One of the tracks featured a duet with Jason Alexander. In , Chenoweth performed songs from the album in concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series. Ben Rimalower, in "Playbill", praised the album as "a joyous affair". The same year, she appeared as Fanny Brice in the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of the musical "Funny Girl" in New York City. In 2003 in London, she performed a solo concert as part of the "Divas at the Donmar" series for director Sam Mendes. Later that year, she sang Glinda in the cast recording of "Wicked" and the soundtrack recording of Disney's "The Music Man". Rimalower wrote that Chenoweth "sparkles" on the album. In 2004, she released her second album "As I Am", which was a Christian music album containing various spiritual songs. The album peaked at number 31 on the U.S. Christian Albums Chart. The same year, Chenoweth gave a concert at Carnegie Hall.