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Amazon.com
Jay Records02.15.20001333
1CD65:20No Lyrics
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Reflections From Broadway
Solo
John Barrowman

Description / My Opinion
Amazon.com - Ordered 02/14/2000 - Shipped 03/29/2000 - Received 04/04/2000

The booklet contains 3 pages with mixed text and colour pictures, where after a short introduction and some credits, John Barrowman explains why each song was selected. There are 2 full page and 4 very small colour pictures of John with other people. The inside and the back of the jewel box also hold big colour pictures of John. I've found this recording to be rather representative of one kind of singing I like in musicals. John Barrowman has a pretty voice, which he handles quite nicely. Maybe he doesn't have as much power as Sean McDermott (see his recording 'My Broadway' and my comments), but he doesn't have that sometimes irritating false notes, and he sings with more natural and sensible way, with less added effects in the voice (sometimes maybe a little flat). The songs selection is intelligent, and I've discovered some songs I was not very familiar with and others I didn't know of at all (Dreamers, A Boy From Nowhere, ...). This is a pleasure in such solo recordings. In a few words, a very nice solo album.

Oh, and there is a hidden sequence at the end of the recording where John's mother sings.

Musical Numbers
14:09If I Can't Love Her
Beauty And The Beast
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
23:55Anyone Can Whistle
Anyone Can Whistle
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
34:11Why God Why?
Miss Saigon
Music: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil
Orchestrations by William D. Brohn.
43:28I'd Rather Be Sailing
A New Brain
Author: William Finn
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
53:44Whistle Down The Wind
Whistle Down The Wind
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman
Orchestrations by Anne Collis
62:58Dreamers
Jean Seberg
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Christopher Adler
Piano by Beverly Holt
73:38Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
The Lion King
Music: Elton John Lyrics: Tim Rice
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
85:04Red Red Rose
Red Red Rose
Music: Paul Alan Johnson Lyrics: Robert Burns
Orchestrations by David Maddux
92:08Good Thing Going
Merrily We Roll Along
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
103:32Easy To Love
Anything Goes
Author: Cole Porter
Orchestrations by Michael Gibson
114:34A Boy From Nowhere
Matador
Music: Michael Leander Lyrics: Chris Seago
Orchestrations by Chris Walker
124:02Tell My Father
The Civil War
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy
Orchestrations by Larry Moore
133:12Being Alive
Company
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Orchestrations by Martin Yates
143:24I Chose Right
Baby
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby,Jr.
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
153:29Try To Remember
The Fantasticks
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones
Orchestrations by Julian Stein
162:35Proud Of Your Boy
Aladdin
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Piano by Beverly Holt. Song cut from the movie soundtrack.
177:15Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Orchestrations by Martin Yates
Not While I'm Around
Hidden sequence
John Barrowman's Mother, John Barrowman
The Cast
Main Performer John Barrowman
Hidden Sequence Performer John Barrowman's Mother

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