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#1

Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:32pm

I've tried searching but I cannot find very much information on the Chess Concert. I know there is no audio recording of this but I've seen clips from it and I was wondering if this was only shown one time, or if there was a version availible for sale?

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#2

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:37pm

one time only

Attend the tale of Bovine Boy His party threads we all enjoy But does he have Mad Cow Disease? He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!! With cocoa!?! And lemonade!?! The heifer-mad poster of Broadway (World)

#3

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:38pm

That blows. Thank you Harris

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#4

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:05pm

Sorry, one more question.

Which recording do you prefer? London, Swedish or OBC?

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#5

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:06pm

It wasn't even shown one time. It was videotaped by the Actors' Fund for archival purposes. I heard that a copy was given to every performer; the footage eventually leaked into the trading world.

I believe that a cast album was actually recorded, but wasn't released due to issues with Groban's record label.

WHAT a pity.

#6

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:07pm

Yes it would definately be my first choice to buy if it were an option

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#7

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:08pm

There are a lot of clips though, and that makes me happy.

"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

#8

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:09pm

Which recording do you prefer? London, Swedish or OBC?

None of them, really. There is actually no London album, although the concept album has much of the same cast and same songs. While I like the London version of the show and most of the cast, the concept album itself seems very cold and too 80s. Yes, Chess is a total 80s musical, but the concept album is a bit too much for me.

I don't like the OBC's stripped down instrumentations, although Judy Kuhn is probably my favorite Florence. The rest of the OBC performers are generally mediocre, though.

I haven't heard the Swedish recording because, frankly, I'm not interested in listening to Chess in another language. I've heard various great things about it, though, if that's your thing.

Your best bet - as far as legally recorded albums go - is the Danish recording.

#9

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:11pm

I haven't even run across a Danish recording...time to search.

Actress-The clips make me happy too

Edit

I agree about the London Cast. From the previews I've heard it does seem pretty cold.

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

Updated On: 9/1/06 at 10:11 PM

#10

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:12pm

I'm actually happy listening to the OBC, but I've never seen the show, dont have many opinions on different versions, and think that the music comes across well on the OBC.

"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

#11

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:18pm

please elaine page is amazing on the london one.

Attend the tale of Bovine Boy His party threads we all enjoy But does he have Mad Cow Disease? He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!! With cocoa!?! And lemonade!?! The heifer-mad poster of Broadway (World)

#12

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:18pm

Just to clarify, it's not the London cast that I feel is cold, it's the production on the concept album. Elaine Paige and Tommy Korberg are amazing.

I'm actually happy listening to the OBC, but I've never seen the show, dont have many opinions on different versions, and think that the music comes across well on the OBC.

In comparison to the other versions, the music is quite stripped down, and the performances seem bland to me. Check some of the other versions out when you have a chance.

#13

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:19pm

That note she holds on Nobody's Side...wow.

Is it sad that my favorite version of Anthem isn't by a man? I love Linda Eder's more than any other.

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#14

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:20pm

I definitely plan on it. I just recently got into Chess and I love it right now. The London one will probably be my next purchase.

"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

#15

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:25pm

I'm in a Chess phase right now. I have the OBC, but I'm obsessed with listening to clips of the Concert. Talk about an all-star cast. I really love the music in this show.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

#16

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:26pm

Heh. That was me last December/January.

#17

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:34pm

I love Chess! I love the London cast so much. Elaine Page is so amazing. She has a fabulous voice.

And.....SCENE!

#18

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:34pm

I haven't heard the Swedish or Concert casts. (Isn't there a commercially available concert as well - not the Josh Groban one? I thought I saw it on Amazon.)

From what I've heard, the Danish is my favorite - but it's a pain to find.

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#19

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:36pm

Michael Ball has the most incredible rendition of ANTHEM, from his mid 90's tv series, sung against the background of a Welsh male choir. Fantastic last notes!

On the same TV series, he sang a duet of YOU AND I ( also from CHESS) with Elaine Paige ( which they reprised this year in their concert in Bath, England)

Michael did record ANTHEM as part of his album " The Musicals".

I do prefer the fuller concept album with Elaine and Tommy Korberg. Sometimes I forget that the musical score was composed by the ABBA team, with Tim Rice's lyrics.

#20

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:40pm

Elaine Paige and Tommy Körberg are my favorite Florence and Anatoly, but the orchestrations on the concept album are so '80s that it's sort of difficult to listen to. I second the Danish tour album as the best legal recording of the show... I like the orchestrations, and it's the closest version to the original London production.

#21

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:42pm

Does anyone have a synopsis to go along with the songs?

#22

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:44pm

I found one a few days ago. Lemme look.

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#23

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:45pm

All of the versions are different, so it would really depend on which you were listening to.

#24

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:46pm

Voila

"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...." -Wonderwaiter

#25

re: Chess

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:49pm

Just FYI, the 2003 benefit was a London/Broadway hybrid version, although probably more Broadway than London.

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