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Description / My Opinion
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Footlight - Ordered 01/12/2000 - Received 01/31/2000 Director: Sean Mathias This production opened at The Oliver Theatre, 26 September 1995. The booklet contains 2 big (one of which is a background for the text), 6 medium, and 1 small color pictures of the show. There is also a very small B&W picture of Jonathan Shalit (Impresario). There is a 4 pages interview with Stephen Sondheim by Michael Ratcliffe and a 3 pages synopsis of the production by Lyn Haill in a very small caracter size. Well well well, here's another recording of A Little Night Music, and I was very happy to get it, at least because this is a musical I really love, probably one of my 5 best. I've generally been deceived by some aspects of other performances than the Original Cast (only some aspects, though, like Henrik's Later rendition and some other details). So I was shivering in anticipation when I opened the jewel box and put the CD into the player. I directly jumped to Later and I was not deceived. Then I listened at the whole recording and I must say that it's really a very high quality recording. The sound is excellent, the performances are perfect, and it's A Little Night Music. I think this recording is very close to the Original Broadway Cast in spirit. It has a somehow more modern sound than the Original Cast, this is for now my prefered version of this musical.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 1:22 | Overture | Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson |
| 2 | 3:15 | Night Waltz | The Company |
| 3 | 3:13 | Now | Fredrik |
| 4 | 2:33 | Later | Henrik |
| 5 | 4:22 | Soon | Anne, Henrik, Fredrik |
| 6 | 5:54 | The Glamorous Life | Fredrika, Desirée, Madame Armfeldt, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen |
| 7 | 2:36 | Remember? | Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson |
| 8 | 4:43 | You Must Meet My Wife | Desirée, Fredrik |
| 9 | 5:39 | Liaisons | Madame Armfeldt |
| 10 | 4:36 | In Praise Of Women | Carl-Magnus |
| | | My Husband The Pig | Charlotte |
| 11 | 2:45 | Every Day A Little Death | Charlotte, Anne |
| 12 | 6:58 | A Weekend In The Country | The Company |
| 13 | 3:18 | The Sun Won't Set | Mrs. Anderssen, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson |
| 14 | 2:09 | Night Waltz II | Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Erlanson, Mr. Lindquist, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen |
| 15 | 4:04 | It Would Have Been Wonderful | Fredrik, Carl-Magnus |
| 16 | 1:25 | Perpetual Anticipation | Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen |
| 17 | 2:01 | Dinner Table | The Company |
| 18 | 4:26 | Send In The Clowns | Desirée |
| 19 | 4:11 | The Miller's Son | Petra |
| 20 | 3:13 | Send In The Clowns (Reprise) | Desirée, Fredrik |
| 21 | 1:17 | Last Waltz | The Orchestra |
The Cast
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| | Madame Armfeldt | Siân Phillips | | | Desirée Armfeldt | Judi Dench | | | Fredrika Armfeldt | Claire Cox | | | Fredrik Egerman | Laurence Guittard | | | Henrik Egerman | Brendan O'Hea | | | Anne Egerman | Joanna Riding | | | Petra | Issy Van Randwyck | | | Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm | Lambert Wilson | | | Countess Charlotte Malcolm | Patricia Hodge | | | Mr. Lindquist | Stephen Hanley | | | Mrs. Nordstrom | Ernestina Quarcoo | | | Mrs. Anderssen | Di Botcher | | | Mr. Erlanson | Tim Godwin | | | Mr. Erlanson | John Owen-Jones | | | Mrs. Segstrom | Morag McLaren | | | Frid | Paul Kynman | | | Malla | Kate Dyson | | | Bertrand | Timothy Armstrong-Taylor | | | Osa | Louise Breckon-Richards | | | Stig | Joe Maddison | | | Regina | Sylvia Griffin | | | Max | Thierry Harcourt |
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