Les Miserables Original London CastLes Miserables Original London Cast
by: Various Artists List Price: $24.98 Amazon.com's Price: $22.99 You Save: $1.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Third Party New Price: $17.90 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0766927336225 Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack Label: Red Ink Manufacturer: Red Ink MPN: 73362 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Red Ink Release Date: June 01, 2004 Studio: Red Ink
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This recording captures the 1985 London cast that transformed an obscure French musical based on Victor Hugo's gargantuan novel of pre-Revolutionary France into a worldwide phenomenon throughout the late-'80s and '90s and became one of the best examples of the era's trend of blockbuster musical spectacles. Yes, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's score tends to recycle its themes, but the beautiful melodies and stirring anthems rarely fail to captivate and touch its audience. Colm Wilkinson is the heroic Valjean, Patti LuPone is the tragic Fantine, Michael Ball is the love-struck Marius, and Frances Ruffelle is the despondent Eponine, with Roger Allam (Javert), Alun Armstrong and Sue Jane Tanner (the Thénardiers), Rebecca Caine (older Cosette), and David Burt (Enjolras) filling out the excellent cast. Fans will want to take note that this recording includes some material that was revised when the show crossed the pond to Broadway--"Little People" was lost altogether, while the "Love Montage" was significantly rewritten. Les Misérables sounds especially vivid in its 1998 remastering, and a synopsis and full lyrics are included. --David Horiuchi Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - disappointingWow, some people are very detailed with their reviews. I will just give my overall impression. I thought the music was slower, and thus less emotional. The voices, although good, dont hold the same intensity as the broadway performances (actually ... Read More Rating:  - Poor recordingThis may be the original London cast; but the recording is poorly done. I went to answer the telephone twice, before I realised that the ringing was a cell phone recorded on disc two of this set. I would return it, but it just is not worth the effort. ... Read More Rating:  - Back to the sourceI agree with most of the reviews - the London staging is the very best of the English language versions of 'Les Miserables'. Forget the New York (Broadway) production, much too polished (sanitized ?). It pales in comparison. The American version benefits ... Read More Rating: - Les Miserables Original London CastBeautiful Music, Beautiful Voices. I have thouroughly enjoyed it. We saw the show when it came to Atlanta several years ago and it also was wonderful. NKG Rating: - A huge disappointmentWe have owned the Les Miserable music book for quite a while and play them on the piano ourselves. Some of those songs are so grand and emotional that I was looking for a great treat from the "Original London Cast". We also bought the Les Miz movie and loved ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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