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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 approached its 40th record-breaking year in London last October, I felt it was the perfect time to record the first complete album of the contemporary production of this great musical as it is now staged all over the world. We wanted it to have the quality of a studio recording while maintain...

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.

I’m so glad they did this right and gave us a complete recording of the score as presented in this production instead of highlights to fit on one CD.

Is the album art really just going to be the production photo they’re using for the pre-save?

It would be interesting to see what Sher and LCT would do with the piece since every single production seems to be different. I’ve never seen two Show Boats use the same song stack. There’s always songs getting added, cut and shuffled around.

Dueling productions?

No release date for the album yet? Mmmkay

I don’t mind them using a different font than the more traditional Rocky Horror look, it’s just the warping that makes it look like 80s Microsoft Word. Maybe that’s what they were going for.

Maybe they’re just trying to keep all their bases covered with this title? Didn’t MTI have to change the contract a while back to specify which characters are black because a theatre performed Hairspray in blackface?

EvanstonDad said: "I'd love a complete recording of Flower Drum Song similar to what they've done recently with Oklahoma!, Carousel, and My Fair Lady."I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened yet.

To me it’s about intent. The show is called Gypsy because her name was Gypsy Rose Lee, not because anyone is intentionally trying to offend the Roma and Sinti people. It’s a period piece and at this time in history it was culturally acceptable to use that word. Changing it censors history. Absolutely include a note in the program about the usage of the word as they have done on their website, but I see no reason to change the title.