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Ralph Chicorel
Great Expectations (1995 Concept Cast)
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (50) - Disc #1
1. Overture
2. Pip
3. You Bring Me a File
4. Where Have You Been Young Monkey?
5. Where Does the Fring Come From?
6. Rob the Pantry
7. You've Brought No One With Ya?
8. This Boy
9. Oh, Uh, Excuse Me
10. I Wish to Say Something
11. Now If That Boy Ain't Grateful
12. I Sometimes Have Sick Fancies
13. What Do You Think of Her?
14. Well?
15. On This Day of the Year
16. How Well You Look
17. You May Kiss Me
18. I Want to Be a Gentleman
19. Estella Was Always There
20. Great Expectations
21. Great Expectations (Reprise)
22. So You Go Tomorrow
23. Good Morning, Mr. Pip
24. Fight
25. Miss Havisham
26. Good Morning, Mr. Pip (Reprise)
27. My Dear Mr. Pip
28. In London
29. Remember
30. Pip, Do You Admire Her?
31. Estella and Bentley's Waltz
32. Estella and Pip's Waltz
33. The Polka
34. It Was Me!
35. Now, Pip, I Say Be Careful
36. I Have Found Out
37. Estella
38. Estella (Reprise)
39. I Heard by Chance
40. Some Weeks Passed
41. Suddenly
42. Now My Repugnance of Him...
43. The Sentence
44. Put the Case
45. Put the Case (Reprise)
46. Dear Boy
47. Old Chap
48. Biddy, You Have the Best Husband
49. Finale
50. Great Expectations

CD Details

All Artists: Ralph Chicorel
Title: Great Expectations (1995 Concept Cast)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Original Cast Record
Release Date: 10/19/1995
Album Type: Cast Recording
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 741117951020

CD Reviews

Is this really supposed to be musical theater?

Drew Graham | Provo, UT USA | 09/16/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I'm afraid it appears to me that the composer of the musical version of Great Expectations has no concept of creating mood with music, adaptation of a novel to the stage, or any kind of hit song (or even a ballad!). This CD is basically more than fifty songs, each less than two minutes in length, wherein the actors spew forth rhyme-less, tuneless, forgettable songs with equally putrid lyrics. These kind of interstitial songs usually appear in musicals, it's just that shows don't usually consist of ONLY these short, narrative-with-no-sense-of-musicality pieces. Actually, listening to some of the music left me just nonplussed and baffled. This is not what musical theater is supposed to be. If you're looking for a musical adaptation of a classic, look for Jekyll & Hyde, Aida, Jane Eyre, the slightly overplayed but still excellent (especially compared to Great Expectations) Les Miserables or even Rent! I gave this recording two stars for some good casting and a couple moments of actual music."