Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg - Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast - Highlights)
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Artist: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel SchonbergEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1993-12-07
Music Label: Decca U.S.
Soundtracks:
- Overture - Orch
- The Heat Is On In Saigon - Jonathon Pryce/Bar Girls/Marines
- Why God Why? - Simon Bowman
- Sun And Moon - Lea Salonga/Simon Bowman
- The Last Night Of The World - Lea Salonga/Simon Bowman
- The Morning Of The Dragon - Vietnamese Soldiers
- I Still Believe - Lea Salonga/Claire Moore
- This Is The Hour - Jonathon Pryce/Lea Salonga/Keith Burns...
- If You Want To Die In Bed - Jonathon Pryce
- I'd Give My Life For You - Lea Salonga/Refugees
- Bui Doi - Peter Polycarpou/Chorus
- The Fall Of Saigon - Peter Polycarpou/Simon Bowman/Lea Salonga/Chorus
- Her Or Me - Claire moore
- The American Dream - Jonathon Pryce
Music reviews of Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast - Highlights)
Music Review: Good recording that would be better if it had more
Rating: 4 Stars
This is an excellent recording; however, I have a couple reservations about it. (1) Jonathan Pryce (the Engineer), though not that bad, is not as great as Kevin Gray on the Symphonic recording. (incidentally, Kevin Gray is the only singer I like better in the Symphonic recording) (2) There is not very much of the musical on this CD. Most of the songs I like are there, but due to its large gaps, and especially the lack of the finale, it doesn't pull me in emotionally and leave me in tears like the more complete version does.However, I think that Lea Salonga and Claire Moore make this recording. They are by far the best Kim and Ellen I have ever heard! Their duet in "I Still Believe" is phenomenal! Peter Polycarpou is also excellent as John, and Simon Bowman is great as Chris. If they could combine the Kim (Lea Salonga), Ellen (Claire Moore) and John (Peter Polycarpou) from this recording with the Engineer (Kevin Gray) from the Symphonic version, I think that would be ideal. I like both Chrises (Simon Bowman & Peter Cousens).
This is an excellent CD, but I'd recommend getting the more complete recording with this cast. Except for the Engineer, this cast is far superior to that of the Symphonic recording.
Description of Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast - Highlights)
14 track single disc 'highlights' soundtrack.The highlights version of the two-disc set of Miss Saigon's 1989 London cast gives you 58 minutes (out of the original 107) and most of the best moments of the score. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's setting of Madame Butterfly in the Vietnam War includes beautiful and passionate music, most notably the bawdy opener "The Heat Is on in Saigon," "Why God Why," the romantic duet "The Last Night of the World," the female duet "I Still Believe," the male chorus number "Bui-Doi," and the Engineer's mocking "The American Dream." Time constraints, though, forced the elimination of "The Movie in My Mind," the wedding ceremony ("Dju Vui Vai"), and the revealing "Now That I've Seen Her," as well as much of the music that carries the plot forward. Casual listeners, therefore, might be satisfied with these highlights, while those who want to relive the show will need the complete recording. The booklet includes production photos and full lyrics. --David Horiuchi
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