Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
#1Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Posted: 6/2/07 at 10:14pm?
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#2re: Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Posted: 6/2/07 at 10:19pm
I believe the only NINE recording that contains the entire score (or most of it anyways) is the London Concert cast recording with Jonathan Pryce and Elaine Paige.
The double-disc OBCR is pretty complete though and has a cast that is hard to match.
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#2re: Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Posted: 6/2/07 at 10:24pm
"I believe the only NINE recording that contains the entire score (or most of it anyways) is the London Concert cast recording with Jonathan Pryce and Elaine Paige."
Be careful if you search for this recording. There's a highlights release (1 cd) and a 2 cd release. Obviously the 2 cd release has more of the score and it is the most complete recording of NINE.
#3re: Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Posted: 6/3/07 at 12:27amSimple answer is no...neither the original nor the revival is the complete score. However, if you purchase both of them, you could almost cut and paste the entire thing..... The biggest differences are that you get "Germans at the Spa" with the original, and you get different parts of "Grand Canal" with each recording.
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#4re: Does Either NINE Recording Contain the Entire Score?
Posted: 6/3/07 at 8:19pm
I never got that--in the liner notes for the awesome 2 CD Nine (the original release seems embarassing in c0omparison) they mention how they recorded it very differently than usual--in two full takes just staging the full show--hence wbhy so much was out there that wasn't on the first release. So why isn't the whole show there? I guess they performed it with SOME cuts despite what they say...
(Isn't it a shame that this wasn't done for shows, like Follies where we coudl then get a better CD release)
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