Follies

[mrbarnaby]

That is some wonderful news!

[shady23]

Do these "experts" ever stop arguing with other about their exclusives?!

[Deleted]

It's out, am listening to it now!

On Spotify, it's under: Follies (2018 National Theatre Cast Recording)

[zak97]

Skipped straight to Janie Dee - Could I Leave You

[Being Alive]

It’s an absolutely wonderful recording. Getting a studio recording of Phillip Quast singing Too Many Mornings is sort of all I need in life. But they’re all belters. Well done NT.

[alece10]

Great news. Anyone know how much it is on i tunes as I'm at work with no access to it.

[david]

Jan 18, 2019 7:05:07 GMT alece10 said:

Great news. Anyone know how much it is on i tunes as I'm at work with no access to it.

£13.99 on iTunes.

[juicy_but_terribly_drab]

A little disappointed about all the cuts from instrumental bits of songs especially Who's That Woman just because it's a little jarring when I've listened to other forms of the songs so many times but I'm glad to have a recording with this cast in any form at least.

[distantcousin]

Jan 17, 2019 21:26:01 GMT No. said:

This is all VERY sudden. How am I gonna schedule my first listen so last minute??

This is the modern way now - an album just DROPS unexpectedly.

NT keeping up with the times...

[Deleted]

Jan 18, 2019 7:07:40 GMT david said:

Jan 18, 2019 7:05:07 GMT alece10 said:

Great news. Anyone know how much it is on i tunes as I'm at work with no access to it.

£13.99 on iTunes.

 Spotify stream it is then.

[frankubelik]

This was poor live in the Theatre and the recording simply highlights the vocal weaknesses of the female performers. Good luck to all who listen.......

[callum]

Jan 18, 2019 7:28:29 GMT juicy_but_terribly_drab said:

A little disappointed about all the cuts from instrumental bits of songs especially Who's That Woman just because it's a little jarring when I've listened to other forms of the songs so many times but I'm glad to have a recording with this cast in any form at least.

Absolutely! The crescendo of the song is ruined because it doesn’t have the lead-up

[distantcousin]

I'm going to the "Making Of Follies" event on Tues 19 March., 10 - 4.
(On me own, cos it's a working day for many)

Looking forward it it!!

[Deleted]

Jan 18, 2019 8:59:54 GMT frankubelik said:

This was poor live in the Theatre and the recording simply highlights the vocal weaknesses of the female performers. Good luck to all who listen.......

I found it glorious and imagine it is being remounted because so many others did as well.

[Deleted]

I actually have a fair bit of it a listen last night. The Orchestra sounds amazing, and comes off better here than in the theatre in my opinion. Could I Leave You and I'm Still Here are clear highlights for me though, which wouldn't surprise anybody as they were the highlights of the live production for me too.

[ali973]

Is this a soundtrack to the live video recording, a live recording from another performance or a studio recording?

[Deleted]

Jan 18, 2019 12:57:04 GMT ali973 said:

Is this a soundtrack to the live video recording, a live recording from another performance or a studio recording?

It's a Studio Recording.

[alece10]

Just downloaded it from I tunes. Says 1hr 20 mins so i presume this is an abridged version as the show was about 2 hours if I remember.

[Deleted]

Am I the only kinda disappointed with this recording? Really wish they hadn’t cut so much of it

[juicy_but_terribly_drab]

Jan 18, 2019 16:59:25 GMT @allthingsstagey said:

Am I the only kinda disappointed with this recording? Really wish they hadn’t cut so much of it

I'd say overall I'm disappointed. I really wanted this to be the definitive recording since so much of the original is cut, the original London recording has different songs, the Broadway revival is good for being so complete but I'm not a huge fan of Bernadette Peters in that even though I normally love her. I have the pro-shot of this version to listen to thankfully but the sound mixing on that is off in places (especially Who's that Woman and the end of Broadway Baby) so I was hoping this would fix that problem but so many instrumental parts of songs are cut down so I guess I'm just gonna have to stick with the pro-shot.

[Deleted]

Jan 18, 2019 16:59:25 GMT @allthingsstagey said:

Am I the only kinda disappointed with this recording? Really wish they hadn’t cut so much of it

Not disappointed but some bits are a bit weird. This isn't my favourite Sondheim score but another vote for I'm Still Here as one of the best of the recording (and a personal favourite) but the mix towards the end gets a bit strange. You can hear where Tracey backs off from the mic with the bigger notes and the studio room comes through, I'm surprised that made it through the mix, I guess it's a case of best take vs sound best.

[Deleted]

I had a quick browse through some of my favourite songs.

I feel I saw a different show. It sounds very poor.

I was really looking forward to Janie Dee but I'll be back to my Jan Maxwell recording.

[sf]

Jan 18, 2019 16:52:28 GMT alece10 said:

Just downloaded it from I tunes. Says 1hr 20 mins so i presume this is an abridged version as the show was about 2 hours if I remember.

It's abridged, though nowhere near as abridged as the OBC. They've snipped out some dance music and some passages where the orchestra vamps underneath dialogue between verses of a song, presumably so they can get the total length down to what will fit on a single CD.

[Deleted]

One thing that stuck out to me with Tracie's number, they've slowed it down a fair bit it seems. I had that scene from her entrance to her exit in that scene, with the dialogue before on my tablet when it was put on YouTube, and it was only five minutes long, the whole scene, her here it is just over six minutes, just the song.

[alece10]

As I am off to see Follies in a few weeks time I thought I'd have a look at the new cast. It looks like quite a few new names from last time but my biggest joy was seeing that Harry Hepple is in the new cast. Oh joy!