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I think Michael Ball will make a terrific Wonka. Shaiman and Wittman have written a few new songs since the Broadway production that have been incorporated into the various tours so it likely won’t be the same as the Broadway incarnation. I think the Broadway production itself was so poorly conceived and designed that it might have been difficult for people to evaluate the actual material.

C4b2a3b said: "5. Not sure what to make of the shortened "I'm theeeeir savior". It's pretty iconic to Rachael's version and was longer in the highlights album."I thought I was just imagining this and kept forgetting to go back and check the highlights album. So bizarre.

For what it’s worth the vinyl presentation does look really nice. I’m just not interested in spending 100 dollars for a vinyl.

Just meant if they’re trying to build hype it’s likely to get buried by all the Evita promo on social media. That’s all.

Bat Boy dropping their album the same day as the Evita album is a choice. I wonder which one will get more streams.

Sherie please.

I wonder what circumstances lead to this getting recorded and how we can get more flops recorded.

If you’re talking about Our Strange Duet, it’s not really a sequel. It’s The Phantom of the Opera retold from Christine’s perspective.

It’s not like the movie is some cinematic masterpiece. It’s just a fun 80s horror comedy. The score seems perfectly fine for this material to me.

Does the show have an overture or prelude they didn’t include on the album?

joevitus said: "The scene in the clip Brody sharedis so atrociously staged. I think it's actually rather difficult to stage The Sound of Music effectively, but the nuns bowing to each other is just...bizarre. As is trying to shove the movie moment into the middle of the stage version, where it doesn't work. Kinda miss the "Alpine music" that generally greets Maria's intrance before the intro verse, but that's the least of the problems here."I actually really enjoy the orchestration for the ti...

MysteriousLady said: "This will be one of the rare times I disagree with you. Modern DVDs look remarkable and with all the compression that goes on with streaming they can even be better than streaming in 4k (which isn't actually 4k by the time they compress it to hell)."This is assuming they were ever really 4k to begin with. Some 4k blu-rays are just upscales of 2k masters.

EvanstonDad said: "Have been giving this a listen this morning. Up through "Master of the House" and holy over-emoting Batman! I mean I know subtlety isn't the order of the day with "Les Miz" but my goodness I want to tell everyone to dial it down a notch. Plus the orchestrations sound so thin. Don't think this would ever replace any of my go-to recordings."I think the emoting is part of "maintaining the excitement and emotion of being on stage with the actors." There are moments that are sho...

This album and the current production is about 20 minutes shorter than the complete symphonic recording, reflecting the various cuts made over the years. It will also have the newer orchestrations. This production was recorded for the 25th anniversary 2010 cast album, but even though it was recorded live they did not release the complete score. It was recorded again in 2020 but that concert production was also not the complete score, so this new album will technically be the first time the co...

The new 40th anniversary cast recording of Les Misérables releases digitally tonight at midnight EST 5/29. Pre-save or pre-order the album here.Producer Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement “As Les Miz approache

So the full London album won’t be out in 2026 like previously teased?

Anyone listen to the album? Rachel sounds great. Anyone who knows better than me know if these are the original orchestrations or expanded? I can’t tell.

This will probably get the most plays from me of any new album this season, and I can confidently say that having not even seen or heard the new musicals this season that haven’t dropped albums yet. The only minor quibble from me is that I would have liked some dialogue in the beginning to help set the scene, and some dialogue at the end to tie things up, but it seems there was a conscious choice to record very little of the new book and just let the score shine and I can’t really argue with ...

Bless whoever conceived/wrote/orchestrated this new overture.

quizking101 said: "Why. Is. The Arbiter. Slowed. Down?Am I nuts for thinking the tempo was faster in the theatre? This version sounds a bit more sluggish as opposed to its usual punchiness. I compared it to my audio slime and I definitely perceive a difference"The length of the song, studio vs live, is practically identical on my end. I don't think it's slower.