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Les Miserables Symphonic Recording REVIEW

Advantages: Emotive, expressive story based in France during the Revolution
Disadvantages: None

...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 ...
...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 ...

johnny12345 21.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Les Miserables (The Complete Symphonic Recording) [ECD] - Original Cast

I feel pretty

Advantages: A wonderful twist on an old classic
Disadvantages: There are none

...songs of the hit musical, West Side Story, which was actually set in New York in 1957. Some things never change. The four creators of West Side Story, wanted to use an old story, Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, to be exact, and recreate it, into something new. The composer, Leonard Bernstein, along with lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, playwright, Arthur Laurents and choreographer and director, Jerome Robbins, did just that, and with such brilliance ...
...to the original recording of West Side Story. It is a tribute to the man who was Leonard Bernstein himself. His friends called him LB or The Mo, short for maestro. He was a musical genius. He was America's first televised music teacher, through shows like Young People's Concerts, which I remember watching as a young child. He was a conductor, lecturer, author, poet, rock music lover and supporter and a political activist. Leonard Bernstein's dream ...

Lgair 17.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of West Side Story (The Songs Of West Side Story) - Various Artists

That's a spicy meatball!

Advantages: Great fun show, suitable for all the family, all your favourite Abba songs
Disadvantages: SOOOOOO cheesy!

...in the London cast of Mamma Mia!, and was to go back South for the start of her run in March. Once again, the group disbanded, but this time, one of us had realised her dreams. The only problem was the show. Another friend of ours had been in the chorus a little while before, and from the people who had seen it, we had not heard good things - the production values weren't great, the performances were the same, and the choreography and direction ...
...of the Abba tribute) - Mamma Mia! had become part of the bedrock of the West End, playing to rave reviews and packed audiences, with bookings months in advance. From her rehearsals, Hayley confirmed that this wasn't going to be anywhere close to as bad as had been feared - in fact, she was very optimistic. A year has been and gone since then. All my friends had been to see the show, but, being in my provincial Northern outpost, I was yet to have ...

spacemonkey 08.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Mamma Mia - Musical Based On The Songs Of Abba

Urinetown: The Musical...

Advantages: An Innovitave new idea for a musical
Disadvantages: It's kind of the same all the way through

I saw this CD in my library and just had to get it out. I had no idea what it would be about but I just loved the title. Here's a quick idea of what its about: It's set in a fictional society where it's illegal to just go to the toilet. One has to use the official toilets. Only the official toilets are owned by a capatalist monopoly, which overcharges for the use of the toilets and there are severe penalties for anyone found to be doing their buisness ...
...himself to start a revolution to bring down this evil regime. Complications ensue when he falls in love with the daughter of the man that owns the toilet company. So there you have it. It's was a great idea. Very orrigional. Unfortunatly, from the CD you don't seem to be able to get any sub plot. After a while it felt like different songs telling the same story. It didn't really go anywhere or develop. The songs themselves weren't bad. A few catchy ...

chris.coxon 07.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Urinetown - Original Broadway Cast

High Fives all round!

Advantages: good mix, energetic, fun
Disadvantages: /

When I was a bit younger, I used to watch Australian kids show Hi 5 on Milkshake every morning religiously before school. It is a programme aimed at pre-school and primary school children, teaching them various things through the methods of song and dance. Naturally, there are five presenters, all of which are Australian. Okay so the education side is a bit young fo rme, but I do find the music very entertaining on the show! Now I do not have the ...
...I did buy one of their several albums. This one was Hi 5 Hits. This album is very attractive, a very colourful cover with little cartoon images of the band: Nathan Foley, Charley Delaney, Tim Harding, Kellie Crawford (then Hoggart), and Kathleen de Leon. It is very bright and draws your attention in for sure! Looking on the back I noticed there were a total of twenty one songs. I will let you discover the wonders of them all yourself, but to give ...

Amy69 13.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hi-5 Hits - Hi-5