Les Miserables (The Complete Symphonic Recording) [ECD] - Original Cast

...is the comical character of Les Miserables, and bound to produce a few smiles when listening to this CD.

The story is seperated into the following tracks on the CD:
1. Prologue
2. Valjean's Soliloquy
3. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
4. Every Day
5. At The End Of The Day
6. Valjean's Confession
7. The Wedding Chorale / Beggars At The Feast
8. I Dreamed A Dream
10. ...
...Runaway Cart, The
13. Who Am I?
14. Fantine's Death
15. Confrontation, The
16. Castle On A Cloud
17. Master Of The House
18. The Bargain / The Watlz Of Treachery
19. Look Down
20. The Robbery / Javert's Intervention
21. Epilogue
22. Stars

Second Disc
1. Eponine's Errand
2. ABC Cafe (Red And Black)
3. Do You Hear The People Sing
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CD REVIEW:
This CD performance captures many emotions, and in the wonderful music composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg expresses the nature of the French Revolution very effectively.

Their are 2 CD's provided with this album. The tracks are thought provoking and musically complex.

The confrontation between Val Jean and Javert (Disc 1) brings melodic call and response between the two characters - a concept revisited throughout the performance.

Thenardier (Played by Barry James) is fantastic throughout - peforming Master of the House, and Beggar of the Feast. He is the comical character of Les Miserables, and bound to produce a few smiles when listening to this CD.

The story is seperated into the following tracks on the CD:
1. Prologue
2. Valjean's Soliloquy
3. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
4. Every Day
5. At The End Of The Day
6. Valjean's Confession
7. The Wedding Chorale / Beggars At The Feast
8. I Dreamed A Dream
10. Lovely Ladies
11. Fantine's Arrest
12. Runaway Cart, The
13. Who Am I?
14. Fantine's Death
15. Confrontation, The
16. Castle On A Cloud
17. Master Of The House
18. The Bargain / The Watlz Of Treachery
19. Look Down
20. The Robbery / Javert's Intervention
21. Epilogue
22. Stars

Second Disc
1. Eponine's Errand
2. ABC Cafe (Red And Black)
3. Do You Hear The People Sing
4. Rue Plumet / In My Life
5. Heart Full Love
6. Attack On Rue Plumet, The
7. One Day More!
8. At The Barricade
9. On My Own
10. Building The Barricade
11. Javert's Arrival
12. Little People
13. Little Fall Of Rain
14. Night Of Anguish
15. First Attack
16. Drink With Me
17. Bring Him Home
18. Dawn Of Anguish
19. The Second Attack / Death Of Gavroche
20. Final Battle, The
21. The Sewers / Dog Eats Dog
22. Javert's Suicide
23. Turning

BRIEF STORY:
The story Jean Val Jean and the French Revolution- a thief who stole a loaf of bread to feed his family. After years of imprisonment he has parole, which he breaks. Escaping the law he becomes the Mayor of a town and the owner of a factory. Fantine, one of his workers has a daughter who is looked in a different area of France. She is treated cruely and Jean Val Jean agrees with dying Fantine that he will free her from the oppression of her so called carers.

Fantine is looked after by Jean Val Jean and falls in love with a man called Marius. The baracade is established and Marius leaves Fantine to fight for justice. Jean Val Jean too fights and is discovered by Police officer Javert.

Loosing Val Jean once again, Javert commits suicide.

Marius and Fantine are married, Val Jean now an old man and a final scene sees Val Jean on his death bed. 

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