Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Choral Album

Title: The Choral Album Artist: Andrew Lloyd Webber Release Date: 9/23/2003 Label: Silva America Duration: 56:47 UPC: 738572603625 Genre: Soundtrack Styles: Show Tunes, Instrumental Pop, Cast Recordings, Musicals Moods: Dramatic, Literate, Poignant, Sentimental, Theatrical, Delicate, Elaborate, Gentle, Passionate, Searching, Soothing, Yearning, Earnest, Elegant, Lush, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Romantic, Springlike, Sweet, Warm, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Phantom of the Opera, musical~Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the
2. Phantom of the Opera, musical~Music of the Night [From Phantom of the O
3. Phantom of the Opera, musical~Wishing You Were Somehow Here [From Phant
4. Phantom of the Opera, musical~Think of Me [From Phantom of the Opera]
5. Phantom of the Opera, musical~All I Ask of You [From Phantom of the Ope
6. Evita, musical~Don't Cry for Me Argentina [From Evita]
7. Evita, musical~Another Suitcase in Another Hall [From Evita]
8. Cats, musical~Memory [From Cats]
9. Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, musical~Close Every Door [F
10. Tell Me on a Sunday, musical (original version)~Tell Me on a Sunday [Fr
11. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~I Don't Know How to Love Him [From Jesu
12. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra~Pie Jesu [From Requiem]
13. Aspects of Love, musical~Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love]
14. Starlight Express, musical~Next Time You Fall in Love [From Starlight E
15. Sunset Boulevard, musical~With One Look [From Sunset Boulevard]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Silva America 6036

No other editions were found for this album.

This album is what it says it is, a collection of recordings of songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals (plus "Pie Jesu" from his classical work Requiem) played in their original orchestrations by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and sung in newly created choral arrangements by the Crouch End Festival Chorus. Many of Lloyd Webber's most popular songs have been included, starting with five from Phantom of the Opera, and including selections from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, and Sunset Boulevard. Of course, as songs for the musical stage, these compositions were conceived for individual voices, and sometimes the massed voices singing them here lend the lyrics an odd tone. This is especially true, for example, of "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," the lament of a discarded mistress, which takes on a different coloration when dozens of women, rather than just one, are singing the main part. To get around this effect, soloists are included, drawn from both the musical theater and opera, with Lesley Garrett leading the way on "Wishing You Were Somehow Here," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Memory"; Sharon Campbell on "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"; Tito Beltrán on "Pie Jesu," and Mary Carewe on "With One Look." Now that Lloyd Webber is in the House of Lords, perhaps the time has come to begin treating him as more a light-classical composer rather than merely a writer of popular show music, or so this album would have us believe. It certainly has managed to make his music sound formal, but the music still works better on the Broadway and West End stages. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Stoner Release Coordinator David Temple Choir Master Gareth Williams Mixing, Associate Producer, Mastering James Fitzpatrick Formatting, Producer John Timperley Engineer Lesley Garrett Vocals Mary Carewe Vocals Mike Ross-Trevor Engineer Paul Bateman Choir Arrangement, Conductor Reynold da Silva Concept, Executive Producer Robin Stapleton Conductor Sean Mowle Design, Art Direction Sharon Campbell Vocals Tito Beltrán Vocals