Description / My Opinion
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Amazon.com - Ordered 06/15/1999 - Shipped 06/10/1999 - Received 07/19/1999 The booklet contains a fair amount of nice colour pictures (23) (from very small to full page), including pictures took while he was performing on stage, and other pictures where he is with particular people. There is one full page introduction by Sean and he also wrote a half page credits. The back cover of the booklet holds a colour drawing of him in the same naïve style as the cover itself. How strange the feeling I have listening at this recording. Of course, Sean is a great actor, who's been singing in some of the most famous and popular musicals. What is clear on this recording is that he has a very powerful voice and a strong acting capability (heard in the emotion he puts in the songs), but to be honest, having heard at the recording, I don't think he's an excellent singer. He is a good singer, but he obviously misses notes at times, not important notes though, but transitional notes that are between two important words. On such a recording, it's easily heard, while during a live performance, both the acting capability and the stage sound can mask this, but here it's not the same situation. Also, when he reaches high & loud notes, I think I've heard some sound distortion but hey, it's *very* loud! Otherwise, the songs selection is rather good, with a few 'overheard' songs (Starlight Express for instance, and I can't bear it anymore - if I ever was able to bear it once) and some less often sung. But because of the singing problem I mentioned before, I wouldn't like to use this recording as a reference for performing the songs (from a general standpoint, as some songs are better rendered than others).
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 3:36 | Can You Feel the Love Tonight? The Lion King Author: John/Rice Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 2 | 4:09 | Why, God, Why? Miss Saigon Author: Schonberg/Boublil Orchestrations: John Cameron | |
| 3 | 2:36 | Being Alive Company Author: Sondheim Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick | |
| 4 | 2:33 | Something's Coming West Side Story Author: Bernstein/Sondheim Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Irvin Kostal and Sid Ramin | |
| 5 | 3:53 | Starlight Express Starlight Express Author: Webber/Stilgoe Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 6 | 3:23 | Loving You Passion Author: Sondheim Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 7 | 4:13 | The Last Night of the World Miss Saigon Author: Schonberg/Boublil Orchestrations: John Cameron | with Kim Criswell |
| 8 | 3:28 | What Would I Do? Falsettos Author: Finn Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 9 | 2:52 | Maria West Side Story Author: Bernstein/Sondheim Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Irvin Kostal and Sid Ramin | |
| 10 | 3:09 | This Is the Moment Jekyll And Hyde Author: Wildhorn/Bricusse Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 11 | 3:38 | Hey There The Pajama Game Author: Adler/Ross Orchestrations: Don Walker | |
| 12 | 2:42 | Love Can't Happen Grand Hotel Author: Yeston Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 13 | 2:16 | Alone at the Drive-In Grease Author: Jacobs/Casey Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 14 | 4:02 | Tell My Father The Civil War Author: Wildhorn/Murphy Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
| 15 | 2:26 | Good Thing Going Merrily We Roll Along Author: Sondheim Piano: Martin Yates | |
| 16 | 4:18 | One Song Glory Rent Author: Larson Orchestrations: Larry Moore | |
The Cast
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| | Main Performer | Sean McDermott |
| | Guest Performer | Kim Criswell |