Les Miserables Soundtrack Audio CD

Les Miserables Soundtrack Donny Osmond stars as Joseph in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Biblical Broadway extravaganza, shimmering with elaborately-staged production numbers and a score full of hits. This musical is a DVD starring Donnie Osmond, Maria Friedm an, Richard Attenborough, Robert Torti and Joan Collins. Ti m Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic family musical of a shepherd boy named Joseph, sold into slavery and destined b y God to rule the greatest nation of his time and save the ...

Les Miserables Soundtrack  

Les Miserables Soundtrack Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by Charles Hart. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recorded at EMI Studios & Audio International, London, England. Includes liner notes by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Principal cast: Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera); Sarah Brightman (Christine Daae); Steve Barton (Raoul); John Savident (Monsieur Firmin); David Firth (Monsieur Andre); Rosemary Ashe (Carlotta Giudicelli); Mary Millar (Madame Giry); John Aron (Ubaldo Piangi); Paul Arden Griffith (Monsieur Reyer); Barry Clark (auctioneer); David De Van (Porter/Marksman/Fop); Janet Devenish (Meg Giry); David Jackson (Monsieur Lefervre); Janos Kurucz (Joseph Buquet); James Patterson (Don Attilio/Passarino); Peter Bishop (Slave Master); Justin Church (Flunky/Stagehand); Mostyn Evans (Policeman); Sue Flannery, Janet Howd (Page); Andrew Golder (Porter/Fireman); Peggy Ann Jones (Wardrobe Mistress/Confidante); Maria Kesselman (Princess); Patricia Richards (Madame Firmin); Jill Washington (Inkeeper's Wife). Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber. 2cds:

Les Miserables Soundtrack In their transfers from stage to screen, Broadway musicals usually suffer from extensive cast changes and sometimes from major alterations in their scores. Rent, the rock-oriented update of La Vie Boheme with book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, was taken to film by director Chris Columbus with much of the cast and all of the score intact. The only caveat may be time; the show opened in 1996, the film in 2005, and that means, for instance, that when Roger (Adam Pascal) guesses that Mimi (Rosario Dawson) is 16 years old and she admits to being 19 in the song "Light My Candle," it's not quite believable. But that's a problem only onscreen, not on the soundtrack album. Arranger and album producer Rob Cavallo has been faithful to Larson's writing, so here the real question is how the new recording measures up to the original Broadway cast album. In his liner notes, Columbus makes a case for the new one by stating, "This time around, the songs were recorded over several months, with much time and care." He is referring to the tendency to record Broadway shows in a rush, shortly after opening, usually in a single day, in fact, with only as much care as can be achieved in that time. Of course, it's also true that a cast fresh from the theater has an immediacy that's hard to reproduce nearly a decade (and hundreds of performances) later. The veteran cast members do a good job here, with Pascal, Dawson, Anthony Rapp, and Idina Menzel in particular working hard to re-create the passion that infused their initial performances. Still, this version takes a close second to the first one. (One extra song has been added at the end, the excellent "Love Heals," which Larson wrote for an AIDS benefit, not for the show.) ~ William Ruhlmann Lyricist: Jonathan Larson. Personnel: Tim Davis , Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin , Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia , Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp , Rosario Dawson (vocals); Greg Curtis, Gregory Curtis (organ); Paul Bushnell (bass guitar); Wayne Wilcox, Aaron Lohr (vocals); Tim Pierce, Greg Suran (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Suzie Katayama (cello, accordion); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, organ, keyboards); Tim Weil (piano); Dorian Crozier (drums, percussion, programming). Audio Mixers: Doug McKean; Andrew Scheps. Liner Note Author: Chris Columbus. Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; El Dorado Studios; Ocean Way Recording; Right Track Recording; Skywalker Sound; Track record. Arrangers: Rob Cavallo; Tim Weil.

Les Miserables Soundtrack All music written by Jerry Herman. Personnel: Barbra Streisand (vocals). Audio Remasterers: Brian Risner; Nick Redman . Audio Remixer: Brian Risner. Liner Note Author: George C. Konder. Recording information: Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA (02/1968-07/1969). Photographer: George C. Konder. Unknown Contributor Role: Nick Redman . Principal cast includes: Barbra Streisand (Dolli Levi), Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Tommy Tune, Louis Armstrong.

Les Miserables Soundtrack Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg. Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. & Alain Boublil, adapted from original French lyrics by Alain Boublil. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's followup to Les Miserables is another sung-through operetta with a serious theme and a classic source: They have placed Madame Butterfly in the waning days of the Vietnam War. Jonathan Pryce stands out as a pimp named the Engineer in this London cast recording, and the score has the same rock feel as Schonberg's Les Miserables music. ~ William Ruhlmann 2 CD Set