Stephen Schwartz - Godspell (2001 National Touring Cast)
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Artist: Stephen SchwartzEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2001-01-09
Music Label: Drg
Soundtracks:
- Opening - Godspell
- Tower of Babble - Godspell
- Prepare Ye - Godspell
- Save the People - Godspell
- Day by Day - Godspell
- Learn Your Lessons Well
- Bless the Lord
- All for the Best
- All Good Gifts
- Light of the World
- Beautiful City
- Turn Back, O Man
- Alas for You
- By My Side
- We Beseech Thee
- Day by Day
- On the Willows
- Finale
Music reviews of Godspell (2001 National Touring Cast)
Music Review: WTH???
Rating: 1 Stars
Ok..first off, let me say I am jaded. I totally enjoy the movie soundtrack, and tolerate the broadway recording from the 70's (I actually think the Broadway production did a better job on Robin Lamont's "Day by Day"). Yes, I own both recordings and it ends at these two.
What were they thinking? They've ruined a classic; between the updated score, arrangements, and the voices being over-dramatic and filled with vibrato, the songs sound forced, and do not echo any of the fresh, happy, if not campy, sound of the original recordings.
Some things are classics and shouldn't be touched. Remember when they changed Coca Cola and introduced the New Coke? Ya; enough said.
Description of Godspell (2001 National Touring Cast)
Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair are often named as the two best "rock musicals," but Stephen Schwartz's Godspell--which opened off-Broadway in 1971 and on Broadway five years later--is, for many people, a sentimental favorite. The musical style involves consistently catchy pop and is inspirational without being preachy. Instead of presenting a linear narrative, the book is made up of a succession of vignettes illustrating biblical parables through a hippy prism--making it particularly easy to adapt and update. Directed by Schwartz's son Scott, this touring production (including new lyrics by Schwartz senior) is set in a hi-tech environment and incorporates references to video monitors and computers (which form an electronic crucifix). This revival is sometimes marred by weird arrangements (new orchestrations have been made by Alex Lacamoire)--as with the quasi drum & bass beat on "Tower of Babble" or the metallish guitar licks on "Save the People." Still, the performance presents an exuberantly youthful cast and is highly energetic. To hear an equally upbeat but less aggressive update of the show, you might want to check out the 2000 Off-Broadway cast recording. --Elisabeth VincentelliGeneral CDs
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