Description / My Opinion
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Footlight - Ordered 06/04/1999 - Received 06/15/1999 The booklet contains a tiny B&W picture of each performer and of Martin Yates, with a rather good biography for each, and a big color picture of the concert. What impressed me in this recording is Simon Bowman's rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar Gethsemane. Of the two other versions I had already heard (the original soundtrack and Jay's album), this song never seemed so powerful. Here it is. So much that I've listened at it tens of times and that I still do regularly. I hope one day I'm able to sing as Simon, and at least express so much feelings in just one song, like he does there. About the other songs, they are rather well performed. Of course, Hey Mr. Producer!'s Send In The Clowns has a quality that cannot be beaten, and Beauty And The Beast's If I can't Love Her from the Original Broadway Cast has also something which makes it difficult to compete with. The same for Anthem, the original recording is much wilder than this one, which is sweeter and more loving. But that's a matter taste, because this one is also nice here. As a conclusion, I nearly prefer all original renditions of the songs presented here, with the exception of Gethsemane, but they are all good alternatives to the originals.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 3:18 | Comedy Tonight A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Author: Stephen Sondheim | Company |
| 2 | 5:13 | I Dreamed A Dream Les Misérables Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil | Jacqui Scott |
| 3 | 3:27 | Anthem Chess Author: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice | Andrew Halliday |
| 4 | 5:34 | As If We Never Said Goodbye Sunset Boulevard Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Christopher Hampton | Kim Criswell |
| 5 | 3:51 | Starlight Express Starlight Express Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe | James Graeme |
| 6 | 2:42 | Company Company Author: Stephen Sondheim | Company |
| 7 | 4:59 | Send In The Clowns A Little Night Music Author: Stephen Sondheim | Deborah Myers |
| 8 | 4:30 | If I Can't Love Her The Beauty And The Beast Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice | James Graeme |
| 9 | 3:51 | As Long As He Needs Me Oliver! Author: Lionel Bart | Kim Criswell |
| 10 | 5:56 | Glitter And Be Gay Candide Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Richard Wilbur | Katrina Murphy |
| 11 | 2:57 | Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Christopher Hampton | Graham Bickley |
| 12 | 4:24 | Mister Snow Carousel Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein | Katrina Murphy |
| 13 | 5:53 | Gethsemane Jesus Christ Superstar Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice | Simon Bowman |
| 14 | 2:45 | The People's Song Les Misérables Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil | Company |