Tom Jones - Colette Collage (1994 Studio Cast)
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Canadian Music Store CD DetailsArtist: Tom JonesPerformer: Harvey Schmidt Edition: Music CD Format: Cast Recording CD Release Date: 1994-05-24 Music Label: Varese Sarabande Soundtracks:
Music reviews of Colette Collage (1994 Studio Cast)Music Review: It's not The Fantasticks, but then, what is?
What a score! Finally, a mature work from the team that wrote the longest running musical in world history. It's in Harvey Schmidt's distinctive style, with jagged melodies and piano/harp-based orchestrations, yet it still displays its own unique, moody flavor. Judy Kaye (THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, RAGTIME) is perfectly cast as the pensive yet finally optimistic Colette, Jason Graae (LUCKY STIFF) does justice to the show's best material as Colette's September romance Maurice, and the rest of the cast is uniformly wonderful. Schmidt and Jones have given this score a little bit of everything: a tone-setting opening ("Joy"), fascinating character songs ("La Vagabonde"), comedy numbers ("Decorate The Human Face"), powerful ballads ("Why Can't I Walk Through That Door"), love songs ("Be My Lady"), and even reveal a latent flair for pastiche ("Ooh-La-La"). Most importantly, though, this is a mature, well-thought out work. It is tightly constructed, and Jones commits none of the lyrical gaffs for the sake of a rhyme that marred his earlier work. COLETTE is far more thought-provoking and subtle than the inane 110 IN THE SHADE, the trite I DO! I DO! or the self-derivative CELEBRATION, and if it lacks the irrestible charm of THE FANTASTICKS, it has a sophistication in both attitude and presentation that the authors' early masterpiece sometimes misses. All in all, while the general public might get lost in this show's complex melodies and characters, this recording is a must for any musical theater afficianado.
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