Take Flight (2007 London Cast Recording)
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Composer: David ShireComposer: Richard Maltby Jr.
Performer: Sally Ann Triplett
Performer: Ian Bartholomew
Performer: Michael Jibson
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Music Label: P.S. Classics
Soundtracks:
- Take Flight
- Equilibrium
- Sky!
- Like You, Say
- Throw It to the Wind
- Solo/Sorry, Mr. Lindbergh
- Lady in That Aeroplane
- Lady Lindy
- What Are We Doing Here?
- Earthbound
- Before the Dawn
- Back of the Line
- Before the Dawn (reprise)
- The Funniest Thing
- (The Farther You Go) Around the World/Papua
- The Prize/The Landing
- Finale
Music reviews of Take Flight (2007 London Cast Recording)
Music Review: Very Well Done
Rating: 4 Stars
To be honest, I wasn't sure I'd like this show. Odd subject matter-- but I had some faith in the creators; Maltby & Shire for the great revue, "Closer than Ever" and Weidman for his work with Sondheim on 'historical' subject matter. And at least on disc I think it's largely successful. Flight takes on many aspects of the word. The subject and the characters reveal aspects that matter to the writers. So 'Take Flight' isn't strictly historically correct or strictly a narrative chronicle. The lyrics and lush orchestrations work well, and concentrating on the the 4 characters of the Wright Brs., Lindberg and Amelia Earhart (& 'minor' character of Amelia's husband George Putnam) makes sense. The darker aspects of the characters are only really hinted at (at least on disc): The Wrights' almost total lack of technical/aerodynamic expertise, Lindberg's aloofness (snobbism/shyness perhaps-- though he later was impressed with Hitler for example), & Earhart's own mysterious ambivalence about fame. Still though the themes and wonder of chance come across. Nice mix of kinds of music from almost contemporary classical to B'way pizzazz to fulsome melodic duets and ensembles. Everyone sings very well for the roles. Some may find it top heavy with 'historical' baggage; but especially I think if you like Sondheim's 'Pacific Overtures' or 'Assassins,' or Maltby/Shire as songwriters, you'll probably want to check out this album.
Description of Take Flight (2007 London Cast Recording)
TAKE FLIGHT, the new musical by award-winning songwriting duo Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire (Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever) and librettist John Weidman (Pacific Overtures, Assassins), soared in its 2007 world premiere at London?s Menier Chocolate Factory. Now it receives a first-class introduction to the world at large in this stunning new recording. TAKE FLIGHT weaves fact and fiction to tell the funny, moving and inspirational stories of the pioneers of aviation: the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. But this complex musical is not simply a history of flying; it also illuminates relationships, the cost of fame, and the human need to take risks. In TAKE FLIGHT, all-too-human aviators dare to dream the universal dream of soaring above it all. Listeners will, too, in this lush and melodic original cast recording.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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