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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 12:45:32 GMT
This week it's been The Matchgirls and The Most Happy Fella. It came as a surprise to me to realise that the former was written by Bill Owen of Last of the Summer Wine fame. It's a lovely little show.
Regarding the latter, Big "D" has turned out to be a rather unfortunate name for a musical number. ("Little A double L A S" is how it goes on.)
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 29, 2021 14:53:16 GMT
After seeing it's streaming next month, I'm listening to the Disenchanted soundtrack. It's catchy, but NSFW!
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Post by anita on Mar 29, 2021 15:04:07 GMT
Big
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Post by viserys on Mar 29, 2021 15:45:15 GMT
Still available from all good record shops. They're stood clutching each other behind a chain link fence. She's looking one way and he's looking t'other. I have that West Side Story album on vinyl  |
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Post by danb on Mar 29, 2021 18:44:48 GMT
New Evanescence album means nothing else will get a look in now for at least a fortnight.
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Post by FairyGodmother on May 11, 2021 10:41:09 GMT
I'm listening to the 1992 studio recording of the King and I with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley. Lea Salonga is on there too.
This popped up on my Youtube, so I found the album afterwards (Apple music is really good for soundtracks!). I can't believe I didn't know it existed. She sounds fantastic as Anna.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jul 6, 2021 14:37:58 GMT
Oh, Kay!
Randomly popped up on my Apple Music. Someone to Watch Over Me is the one that people will know, but there are a few nice ones and some fab piano playing.
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 6, 2021 16:15:55 GMT
Far From Heaven
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 6, 2021 20:35:48 GMT
I love the film and so listened to the cast recording a decent amount quite recently. Great opener and closer and a few gems in between but it feels like most of it needs to be heard in the context of the show to be fully enjoyed as there's not many individual songs that make for good listening without the rest of the narrative to back them up. |
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Post by crabtree on Jul 8, 2021 11:18:15 GMT
Ragtime is never far from my player.....such a masterpiece, and after Opera North's production last week, I'm going through my dozen or so copies of different recordings of Little Night Music.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2021 6:38:15 GMT
I've been in the letter C—Caroline or Change and Company—in anticipation of seeing both these shows before year's end in NYC.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 24, 2021 10:45:43 GMT
Bonnie & Clyde in preparation for the concert in January.
Some good songs there and the first time I have listened to the full recording.
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Post by danb on Feb 25, 2022 6:05:56 GMT
Sparked by a discussion that I can no longer find, I have been listening to ALW’s ‘Requiem’. What a magnificent piece it is. If I had his body of work it would be this I’d revive every couple of years in one off concerts etc. spine tingling.
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Post by shownut on Feb 25, 2022 11:08:51 GMT
I can't stop listening to A STRANGE LOOP. It has totally taken me by surprise and is an absolute winner. It has already won the Pulitzer (very rare for a musical that has yet to open on Broadway) and is the first musical awarded that prize written by a black author/composer. It opens on Broadway in April and I would imagine it will likely be the front-runner for the Tony. But this recommendation comes with a huge warning: This is not a show for the faint of heart. From a language/content perspective it makes "Book of Mormon" and "Jerry Springer The Opera" look like "Salad Days". Approach with caution but prepare to be addicted to some brilliant tunes with often hilarious lyrics. Website for the upcoming Broadway production is here: strangeloopmusical.com/ |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 25, 2022 11:19:31 GMT
Yay I love strange loop. Hopefully it will come over here soon. But I said that about the brilliant sounding Great Comet...
I also can't stop listening to the new Anyone can whistle recording with Dame Julia on
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 28, 2022 18:35:35 GMT
Today I've discovered Flying over sunset and my god it sounds amazing with lots of beautiful lush string and bits of woodwind and horn. Stunningly beautiful.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 18, 2022 7:19:30 GMT
The new Assassins sounds good. I can't wait to get to know it more over the next few days.
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Post by danb on Mar 18, 2022 7:54:58 GMT
I’ve just spent twenty minutes looking for my ‘Notre Dame de Paris’ CD, fancying an hour of overwrought balladry whilst I drive my lad back to uni. I shall enjoy it thoroughly.
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Post by viserys on Mar 18, 2022 8:03:56 GMT
I didn't know Frank Wildhorn had written a Notre Dame de Paris musical...
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Post by SuttonPeron on Mar 18, 2022 8:38:56 GMT
The Original Spanish Cast Recording of A Chorus Line has been released today. The score sounds better than ever. Would totally reccomend. found.ee/AChorusLineES |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Mar 18, 2022 8:55:47 GMT
The new Assassins sounds good. I can't wait to get to know it more over the next few days. I know this is on Spotify, but can't seem to find it on Apple Music. Anyone know if it is currently/or is going to be on there? ASSASSINS is one of my favourite Sondheim's. |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 18, 2022 8:59:29 GMT
The new Assassins sounds good. I can't wait to get to know it more over the next few days. I know this is on Spotify, but can't seem to find it on Apple Music. Anyone know if it is currently/or is going to be on there? ASSASSINS is one of my favourite Sondheim's. I also just looked on Apple and couldn't find it |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 18, 2022 9:32:52 GMT
I know this is on Spotify, but can't seem to find it on Apple Music. Anyone know if it is currently/or is going to be on there? ASSASSINS is one of my favourite Sondheim's. I also just looked on Apple and couldn't find it I know the cd comes out 18 march. Broadway records have produced it you could contact them about Apple If its any consolation I'm still waiting / hoping for Grindr the opera to come to Spotify |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Mar 18, 2022 9:57:38 GMT
The new Assassins sounds good. I can't wait to get to know it more over the next few days. I know this is on Spotify, but can't seem to find it on Apple Music. Anyone know if it is currently/or is going to be on there? ASSASSINS is one of my favourite Sondheim's. Apple Music seems to always be late with cast recordings, I remember the same with the new Caroline, or Change recording and I think Flying Over Sunset as well. Check back later today or tomorrow and it'll probably have updated. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Mar 18, 2022 10:17:03 GMT
And while I'm here, as for recordings I'm listening to, I don't think the new Assassins will be my go to because nothing will beat that original for me - I don't like Something Just Broke so that's a mark against any new recording, and I love the full November 22, 1963 sequence - so haunting - and having checked this new one it's only got the last couple minutes of it. And from what I've listened to, these voices just have so much less character to them, but I admit this is from a very cursory listen.
I have been listening to In The Green though, very interesting show. I'd watched some clips from it a while ago but didn't realise there was a cast recording until a few days ago. If you liked Islander for its use of a looping machine then check this out because it uses one to good effect. Lots of intricate harmonies and strange vocalisations. It's by Grace McLean, who people might know from Great Comet, and it's definitely got a similar avant garde kinda vibe. Favourite tracks if you want to get a feel for it first are I Am Hungry, Eve, and The Ripening.
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