Aspects Of Love - Original London Cast

Aspects of Love is one of my favourite Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. It is a thoroughly composed, tematic musical that is best seen on stage or listened to in one run. The tematic character of the music gives you a very good undestanding of what is actually happening in the story and on the stage - although it makes it less suitable for listening to in the background whilst doing something else.
It came at a point in Andre Lloyd Webbers career ...
...He wanted to make something more intimate, which he succeeded in doing with this show.
After this show Lloyd Webber wrote several shows which were less successfull, with rather boring music. His lates musical, The Woman in White, has been much more accalimed, and is also the musical I consider most in style with this one - a detailed, fascinatingly tematic score with a story that makes you interested in the characters and their lives.
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Aspects of Love is one of my favourite Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. It is a thoroughly composed, tematic musical that is best seen on stage or listened to in one run. The tematic character of the music gives you a very good undestanding of what is actually happening in the story and on the stage - although it makes it less suitable for listening to in the background whilst doing something else.
It came at a point in Andre Lloyd Webbers career when he was tired of the mega-musicals he'd recently produced. He wanted to make something more intimate, which he succeeded in doing with this show.
After this show Lloyd Webber wrote several shows which were less successfull, with rather boring music. His lates musical, The Woman in White, has been much more accalimed, and is also the musical I consider most in style with this one - a detailed, fascinatingly tematic score with a story that makes you interested in the characters and their lives.
The singers in this original London production are outstanding, making the score a really nice experience.

Main cast:
Rose Vilbert - Ann Crumb
Alex Dillingham - Michael Ball
George Dillingham - Kevin Colson
Guilietta Trapani - Kathleen Rowe McAllen
Marcel Richard - Paul Bentley

The tracks on the CD:

Disc: 1
1. Railway Station At Pau, 1961 :: Love Changes Everything
2. A Small Theater In Montpellier
3. A Cafe In Montpellier:: Parlez-Vous Francais?
4. The Railway Station
5. In A Train Compartment :: Seeing Is Believing
6. The House At Pau
7. An Art Exhibition In Paris
8. A Memory Of A Happy Moment
9. In Many Rooms In The House At Pau
10. On The Terrace
11. Outside The Bedroom
12. Up In The Pyrenees :: Chanson D'Enfance
13. The House At Pau
14. Fairground In Paris :: Everybody Loves A Hero
15. George's Flat In Paris
16. First Orchestral Interlude
17. She'd Be Far Better Off With You
18. Second Orchestral Interlude
19. Giulietta's Studio In Venice :: Stop, Wait, Please
20. A Registry Office
21. A Military Camp In Malaya

Disc: 2
1. Orchestral Introduciton To Act Two
2. A Theatre In Paris
3. Leading Lady
4. At The Stage Door
5. George's House At Pau
6. Other Pleasures
7. A Cafe In Venice
8. There Is More To Love
9. The Garden At Pau
10. Mermaid Song
11. Countryside Around The House, The (Third Orchestral Interlude)
12. The Garden At Pau
13. On The Terrace
14. The First Man You Remember
15. In The Vineyard At Pau
16. Up In The Pyrenees
17. George's Study At Pau
18. A Circus In Paris:: Journey Of A Lifetime
19. Outside The Circus :: Falling
20. Jenny's Bedroom In Paris
21. The Vineyards At Pau:: Hand Me The Wine And The Dice
22. A Hay Loft
23. On The Terrace
24. Anything But Lonely 

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