La Revolution Francaise

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Music Review: A natural evolution...
Rating: 4 Stars

Marie Antoinette's "Au Petit Matin" on the morning of her execution is touching in it's lullaby-esque style, while also having some of the raw emotion as in "Her or Me" in Miss Saigon. Likewise, the beautiful "Revolution" is a testament to the power of love in the most adverse of circumstances (being the Revolutionary Terror). The passionate ending of the two lovers re-united (there is, of course a love story - anyone suprised?) is tempered by the uncertainty of their fate. It can be assumed that they chose to die together, in their own form of revolution against the government.

On the history angle, there is an almost cynical representation of the revolution. The revolutionary priest Tallyrand is portrayed as a Gospell priest, and sings of the 'Civil Constitution of the Clergy' with a swung beat. And Napoleon's mistress (Madame sans-Gene) puts the 'Lovely Ladies' in Les Miserables to shame in her gutsy rendition of "C'est du beau linge, mon General"

I definitely recommend purchasing this product, and the French Concept recording of Les Miserables, if only to observe the evolution from dirty rock musical, to the passion and intricacies in Martin Guerre. A must have for Boublil-Schonberg fans! Also, it's great to hear Claude-Michel Schonberg as Louis XVI.

By the way - it's all in French. I don't speak French, but you pick up alot of the language along the way anyway. I would seriously give anything to see this in production again...

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