According to the liner notes (by Sondheim's archivist, Peter Jones) the production simply ran out of money before several songs could be filmed. The shooting script called for "Liaisons", "Remember" (reworked as a montage), "In Praise of Women" and "The Miller's Son" to be included. "Liaisons" was only partially completed before the money was gone.
The notes also mention the dubbing process. Fredericka's songs were sung by Elaine Tomkinson, The men performed their own singing. Some of Lesley-Anne Down's singing was "sweetened" in places, as was Liz's. Jones mentions the sound editor painstakingly cut-and-pasting together snippets from Liz's many takes in order to create a passible performance. Even then it is said that a top-secret dubbing session was conducted afterward with a singer who was never to be named.
I've actually heard Liz's original, undubbed vocals and it's pretty obviously not her singing in most of the film.
The unused version of "Liaisons" has surfaced, but I've never run across the other cut songs, which would likely have been prerecorded prior to the film beginning shooting (and the money running out).
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