ASPECTS OF LOVE - remastered CD

So I just got the "remastered" CD of Aspects of Love, which is the fourth copy of Aspects of Love I've purchased. I bought the cassette tapes back in 1990, the CD I purchased in 1991 (when I got a CD player) - replaced the CD in 1995 - the other ones got scratched and now the remastered/remixed Aspects I got from Amazon.

Wow - what a difference in the sound quality! It sounds so much clearer, the orchestrations definitely stand out better and sound richer and fuller. I've never purchased a replacement copy of something that wasn't broken or scratched, but Aspects being one of my all time favorites (another underappreciated ALW score and under-recorded!) I thought I'd splurge. Very glad I did.

There's a few bonuses that a true Aspects fan will appreciate - the cut lines to "Parlezvous Francias" have been restored and there's a few minor orchestral moments not on the original recording that have been added to the remastered version.

Still wish they had added the new ending to "Anything But Lonely" when Rose repeats the final line with a high note ending, but I guess we can't all get what we want!

Jim
Jim

Aspects is one of my favorite shows of all time! I've been waiting to hear if the remastered version was worth the buy. *sigh* at least it's pay day today. :)

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Feathah

I got mine from Amazon.com - it came in about a week. Just make sure you get the remastered one (listed as an Import) - because the original is still available

I saw Aspects on Broadway and on Tour - I enjoyed it thoroughly both times, but liked the tour better - just very simple storytelling there.

What's the difference with DDD or AAD?

I LOVE this show. I do wish they included the newer version of "Anything but Lonely" but that wasn't incorporated until Sarah Brightman entered the shows run.

I saw the Robin Phillips production at the Kennedy Center and enjoyed it immensely. Linda Balgord was a marvelous Rose. Here's a picture of the set.

hellskitchenguy - I think they changed the Anything but lonely before then. I remembered seeing Aspects on Broadway with ann crumb and she hit the high note. In fact, I have a recording that has three songs from Aspects (some promo thing they were circulating) and it has Ann Crumb singing the high note with full orchestrations - so SOMEONE has it recorded somewhere...

I would love to hear that. I love Ann Crumb's voice on the cast recording. Unfortunately, even though I saw Aspects 4 times on Bway, I saw Ann's understudy Elinore O'Connell 3x and Sarah Brightman 1x. Ann was always out whenever I went!

I LOVE that book! Aspects of Love is a show that I can honestly say changed my life. I though that sounds very dramatic but it's the show that gave me my love of theater. I was obsessed from that moment on. I saw it as a kid. I listened to the cast recording non-stop, mailed away for the libretto and memorized every word. The performance I saw was comprised almost entirely of understudies but I didn't care. I'll never forget it.

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Jo
Yes I did see that Tony Awards production. I have a copy. It is a great piece. Very clever I thought.

Ann Crumb CD:
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Were there ever any other cast recordings of ASPECTS?

Or an instrumental version of the musical score?


Jo

well it hasn't left my cd player since I got it a week ago... a nice way to deal with the departure of Woman in White.

Be curious to hear what you think of it!

The additional musical pieces are few - maybe an additional minute or so of orchestral music that only the most avid of fans (and listeners of the original release) will notice --

- the whole "Parlezvous Francais"
- a little piece of music after George dies in the hallway

The sound quality to me is much cleaner, sharper. The orchestrations sound fuller to me and it just sounds balanced out better. I noticed it pretty quickly and did a side by side comparison and then really noticed an improvement. Hard to believe what a difference actually.

Only wish they had one with the revisions, but I suppose I'm a broken record on the subject (wanting the samething for Woman in White) - its just bizarre to me that Jekyll and Hyde is now on it's fourth english language recording and these two ALW's have only had one recording.