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Jay Records02:06:20011353
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I And Albert
Musical
Original London Cast

Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
Book by Jay Allen

Description / My Opinion
CD-Now - Ordered 02.06.2001 - Shipped 02.09.2001 - Received 02.17.2001

Sets Designed by Luciana Arrighi, Costumes Designed by Alan Barrett, Lighting Designed by Robert Ornbo, Musical Director Gareth Davies, Orchestrations Gordon Langford, Sound by David Collison, Stills Photography Michael Childers, Assistant Director David Myles, Musical Staging by Brian MacDonald, Conducted for the Recording by Grant Hossack, Directed by John Schlesinger, Producers: Lewis M. Allen, Si Litvinoff, in association with Theatre Projects and Richard Lukins, by arrangement with Donald Albery.

I And Albert was recorded at PRT Studios, London on January 23, 30, 1981. The show opened at the Piccadilly Theatre, London on November 6, 1972.

The booklet contains two pages of text by Lee Adams about how that show came to life and a nearly three pages synopsis. There are 5 medium, 6 small and one big pictures of the performers, either on stage or not.

This is a pretty recording, and I find in the music a little part of the magic I found in Nightingale, but unfortunately, this is only at some moments, the score being more conventional according to me, and the vocal performances being also less interesting (it's not the same singing style) in this musical. The subject also is less attractive for me, as I'm more attracted by fairy tales than by more serious history (I'm not saying this one is always serious though, Just You And Me is quite funny!). This is a recording I'll have to listen carefully at again in the future because of some potential, but that deceived me because Nightingale had made me expect so much from a Strouse score.

Musical Numbers
14:14Vivat! Vivat Regina!People of England
It Has All BegunVictoria, Lehzen, People of England
23:20Leave It AloneLord Melbourne
33:05I've 'Eard The Bloody 'Indoos 'As It WorseCompany
42:39The Victoria And Albert WaltzOrchestra
53:36This Gentle LandAlbert
This Noble LandVictoria, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, The Cabinet, Chorale
63:55I And AlbertVictoria
73:27His Royal HighnessLord Palmerston, Lady Caro, the Foreign Office
83:17Enough!Victoria, Albert
VictoriaAlbert
96:06All GlassCompany
The Genius Of ManCompany
103:09Just You And MeVictoria, Albert, Royal Children
111:55Draw The BlindsVictoria, Ladies-in-Waiting
122:06The Widow At Windsor
Words of the poem by Rudyard Kipling are used.
Soldiers
132:27No One To Call Me VictoriaVictoria
143:15When You Speak With A LadyDisraeli
151:25Go It, Old Girl!Diamond Jubilee Crowd
162:11Finale: This Noble LandVictoria
The Cast
Victoria Polly James
Prince Albert Sven-Bertil Taube
Lord Melbourne Lewis Fiander
Disraeli Lewis Fiander
Lord Palmerston Aubrey Woods
Baroness Lehzen Gay Soper
Lady Caro Gay Soper
The People Of England, The Empire and Foreigners Chorus

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