Cabaret - London Cast

Advantages: One of the best musical scores ever; Joel Grey
Disadvantages: Not enough of the score...

...There are at least six professional recordings of Cabaret available, this being the recording from the 1972 film version featuring Joel Grey and Liza Minelli. It isn’t the best of the recordings available – that is a toss-up between the original Broadway album and the studio recording featuring Maria Friedman and Jonathan Pryce among others; nor is it the cheapest – the London revival cast recording with Wayne Sleep is a snip at five pounds. But it is probably the most readily available, and it is difficult to go too far wrong with Kander and Ebb’s fantastic score. The renditions of the songs here is absolutely fine, with authentic-sounding arrangements, which thankfully haven’t been beefed up due to Hollywood budgets. In the main, only the numbers sung on stage at the eponymous cabaret are included... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: great voices can imagine being there
Disadvantages: some songs are cut short

...This is my second fave musical. The story is so gripping full of tradgedy, romance and a bit of humor. The opening to the show is always my favourite part along with kims nightmare. On the cd the track 'Kims Nightmare' is not in full it starts from half way through and is cut short at the end also which is a little but dissapointing. The way that the sound of the helicopter starts everything off at the begining of the cd the way it does in show is great. Starting off quite then gradually getting louder sounds awsome surround sound. It makes me feel like I'm there. The voices of the cast are powerful and portrays alot of what the character is feeling at that given time which made it easier for me to imagine it when I listened to it. The voice of Lea Salonga is so beautiful. It's soft and innocent with a bit of power when needed for her... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Some Brilliant Tracks, Relaxing...
Disadvantages: Some Not So Great Tracks...

...---------------------------------------------------------- Omni Trio - Even Angels Cast Shadows ---------------------------------------------------------- It was around May this year when I found this album on iTunes. I had just been going through different phases of music genres, Rock, Hip-Hop,Pop,R&B, but I didn't take to them too much. I prefer more relaxing music, not classical but just more of a Drum and Bass type genre to give me that tingle up my spine like some music does... I began to get into Drum and Bass more as the music is just so much different to the other genres. There are hardly any lyrics and just some sweet sounds to listen to. I really took to Drum and Bass and that is when I started to look for Drum and Bass albums and songs from iTunes and stores... I couldn't find any in nearby shops or even when I... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful