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Original Cast03.23.1995OC9221
1CD44:38No Lyrics
[TRACKS][CAST]

Flowers For Algernon
Musical
Original London Cast (1979)

Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by David Rogers
Book by David Rogers

Based on the novel by Daniel Keyes

Description / My Opinion
Amazon.com - Ordered 09.05.2000 - Shipped 09.17.2000 - Received 09.28.2000

Directed by Peter Coe, Sound Designed by Philip Clifford, Musical Director Alexander Faris, Musical Arrangements by Philip J. Lang, Producer Michael White, in association with Isobel Robins Konecky.

The booklet contains a two pages complete synopsis and the back cover holds two small black and white pictures of the show (I guess).

I was really wondering what this recording could sound like: I read the novel a few years ago, and it's one of the best I did read. Very simple but also very efficient. I had also heard at Michael Crawford as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera, so I had already something in my mind when I opened my CD player to put this recording in it. Well, the sound is so bad that it's quite difficult to cleverly make my mind about it. I'd say this about the recording (I can't say about the show): it could have been better. It probably couldn't have made a great recording but at least something acceptable.In Charles Strouse music, I feel a little of the style that made me love Nightingale so much, that love for telling stories with his music. But unfortunately the whole thing is hardly worth the price I'm afraid. Performances are not very well emphasised but my feeling is that they're not very good. In fact, this recording sounds like an amateur demo recording more than a professional cast recording. As there are no particular liner notes on that matter I couldn't figure out more on why and how this recording occurred that could explain the bad sound. It's also possible that this was such a disaster that they had to record it quickly or whatever... Anyway, this is a rather mysterious and amusing recording for me. A complete cast list is also missing unfortunately.

Musical Numbers
13:48His Name Is Charlie Gordon
21:34I Got A Friend
32:39Some Bright Morning
43:07Our Boy Charlie
52:41Hey Look At Me!
65:24Reading
72:19No Surprises
83:04Midnight Riding
91:28Dream Safe With Me
101:04I Can't Tell You
113:08Now
122:51Charlie And Algernon
132:14The Maze
143:00Whatever Time There Is
152:08Charlie
164:07I Really Loved You
The Cast
Main Actors Michael Crawford
Cheryl Kennedy

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