Charles Hart - The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)
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Artist: Charles HartComposer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Conductor: Michael Reed
Performer: David Firth
Performer: John Savident
Performer: Michael Crawford
Performer: Rosemary Ashe
Performer: Sarah Brightman
Performer: Steve Barton
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-02-06
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prologue
- Overture
- Act One, Scene I: Think Of Me
- Act One, Scene 2: Angel Of Music
- Act One, Scene 3: Little Lotte.../The Mirror (Angel Of Music)
- Act One, Scene 4: The Phantom Of The Opera
- Act One, Scene 5: The Music Of The Night
- Act One, Scene 6: I Remember.../Stranger Than You Dreamt It...
- Act One, Scene 7: Magical Lasso...
- Act One, Scene 8: Notes.../Prima Donna
- Act One, Scene 9: Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh
- Act One, Scene 10: Why Have You Brought Me Here.../Raoul, I've Been There
- Act One, Scene 10: All I Ask Of You
- Act One, Scene 10: All I Ask Of You (Reprise)
- Entr'acte
- Act Two, Scene 1: Masquerade/Why So Silent...
- Act Two, Scene 3: Notes.../Twisted Every Way...
- Act Two, Scene 5: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- Act Two, Scene 5: Wandering Child.../Bravo, Monsieur
- Act Two, Scene 7: The Point Of No Return
- Act Two, Scene 8: Down Once More.../Track Down This Murderer
- The Phantom of the Opera/Act 2. Scene 5. Wandering Child/Bravo Monsieur - Lloyd Webber, Andre
- The Point of No Return
- Down Once More... / Track Down This Murderer...
Music reviews of The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)
Music Review: Sentimental value, but not timeless.
Rating: 4 Stars
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a show I like, but for the wrong reasons.
For many it's their first musical often because as a global hit there are productions around every corner. The result is a lot of people, including myself, being attached sentimentally to the show rather than for its artistic merit.
That's not to say it doesn't have its moments - despite very self-indulgent and over extended "Music of the Night" has become a standard. The reprise of "All I ask of you" with Michael Crawford's haunting falsetto can be moving and "The Point of no Return" can be a showstopper. "Poor Fool, he Makes me Laugh" is funny and "The Mirror" is a haunting revelation of the Phantom, but this revelation can become tiresome with the over repetition of the melody - unskillfully transposed to add some interest by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The title song also needs to be re-arranged into the 21st century as the synthesized drums have not aged well (there was some improvement in the 2004 film cast). In this particular recording Sarah Brightman can also be unintelligible at points.
Still, there is no denying the music is catchy and hard to dislike (except when it's repeated throughout the show many times). It's no "Fair Lady", but because of its few redeeming tracks, its very high quality recording, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman's definitive performance of their roles and its place in musical theatre history, the 1986 cast recording of "The Phantom Of the Opera" is a must buy for anyone who listens to music.
Description of The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)
What's left to be said about Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera a decade after its premiere? That it's maddeningly ubiquitous? A stitch-up of various themes shoplifted from the Italian operatic repertoire? A critic-proof crowd pleaser that's probably being staged somewhere in the world as you read this? A megahit that will likely outlive Titanic in the pop-culture pantheon, Phantom has largely redefined--for better or worse--the manner in which modern musicals are conceived, staged, and marketed. Its influence has reached far beyond the traditional confines of London and Broadway. A favorite example: an abridged version that was the centerpiece of Los Angeles's longest-running transvestite revue, replete with 14-inch chandeliers and a man-playing-a-woman-playing-a-man in the title role. --Jerry McCulleyGeneral CDs
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