*sorry for English, but here I do not have the right to switch the keyboard* I am so glad for you! But you should tell me what you most beloved songs there are. And did you pay much attention to lyrics and the way they pronounce it (this Cockney sound of Lucy, and so on...) More for you to know: Lucy's part here is sung by LInda Eder, a great musical star - and the composer's wife))
You see, most of my musical affections go to German musicals - or German-language versions of English musicals. If you don't mind the language - for I myself listen to them in Hungarian, for example, - I would advise you quite a number. For instance, another Wildhorn's production, "Dracula" is great in German - but in the English recording the music (the arranging, I mean) is so poor... not all the singers nice... If you got interested, tell me, for the recording isn't on jukebox, I'll give you the link. Moreover, here I'm even making efforts to decipher and understand the libretto... if the sendspace links in my further entries are alive, I advise you to get these several songs. And further on German musicals... but better to leave that for later:)
I'm glad also that you like Wildhorn in general - I like him as well. However, I have to warn you that he rather often repeats himself - so don't be surprized when it seems to you that some tune rings a bell:) My second favourite musical of his is "Scarlet Pimpernel" - a availiable on jukebox.
If you haven't heard that before - then, for sure, you need "The Phantom of the Opera". But - Achtung, Achtung! - ONLY Original London Cast, for God's sake, not that terrible recording with Butler. On jukebox there are only highlights of it, but on infostore.org you can look for the complete version with this cast. Yeah, and Sarah Brightman there is (or, rather, was) Webber's wife))
And, last - but probably not least - "Les Miserables" are a great work. My advice: Original Broadway recording (in English) or Mogador Cast (if you'd like it in French). I also like Complete Symphonic, for in this version they didn't leave any piece of dialogue - but there they have serious problems with leading female voices... So probably what I've said above is better.
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I am so glad for you! But you should tell me what you most beloved songs there are. And did you pay much attention to lyrics and the way they pronounce it (this Cockney sound of Lucy, and so on...)
More for you to know: Lucy's part here is sung by LInda Eder, a great musical star - and the composer's wife))
You see, most of my musical affections go to German musicals - or German-language versions of English musicals. If you don't mind the language - for I myself listen to them in Hungarian, for example, - I would advise you quite a number. For instance, another Wildhorn's production, "Dracula" is great in German - but in the English recording the music (the arranging, I mean) is so poor... not all the singers nice... If you got interested, tell me, for the recording isn't on jukebox, I'll give you the link. Moreover, here I'm even making efforts to decipher and understand the libretto... if the sendspace links in my further entries are alive, I advise you to get these several songs. And further on German musicals... but better to leave that for later:)
I'm glad also that you like Wildhorn in general - I like him as well. However, I have to warn you that he rather often repeats himself - so don't be surprized when it seems to you that some tune rings a bell:) My second favourite musical of his is "Scarlet Pimpernel" - a availiable on jukebox.
If you haven't heard that before - then, for sure, you need "The Phantom of the Opera". But - Achtung, Achtung! - ONLY Original London Cast, for God's sake, not that terrible recording with Butler. On jukebox there are only highlights of it, but on infostore.org you can look for the complete version with this cast. Yeah, and Sarah Brightman there is (or, rather, was) Webber's wife))
And, last - but probably not least - "Les Miserables" are a great work. My advice: Original Broadway recording (in English) or Mogador Cast (if you'd like it in French). I also like Complete Symphonic, for in this version they didn't leave any piece of dialogue - but there they have serious problems with leading female voices... So probably what I've said above is better.