I just got my Follies in Concert and OBC of Pacific Overtures CD's!

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 4:10pm

I'm Loving Team!

A few Questions, Pacific Overtures list Gedde Watanabe as a cast member. That's sixteen candels, Long Duck Dong right?

And What is this Stavisky Music on the Follies CD?

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 4:25pm

Yes - it is Long Duc Dong himself!

Stavisky was a 1974 Alain Resnais film that Sondheim scored. From comments on IMDB: "The exquisite score by Stephen Sondheim is on a par with a film that might be described as The Great Gatsby en français, in much the same way Joseph Losey's Monsieur Klein could be said to be a sort of Gallic "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"."

Updated On: 2/8/06 at 04:25 PM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 6:25pm

are you happy w/ the concert version? my library has the papermill revival, so i might give it a listen.

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 3:57pm

The concert is hard to beat, but you'll find supporters of just about any recording. The only one I dislike is the London Cast with Diana Rigg, etc.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 5:26pm

the Pacific Overtures original cast recording is sheer sondheim genius. it's amazing. Mako is truly a brilliant reciter

[BSoBW3]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 5:30pm

I LOVE the Papermill recording...even if my favorite song (Lucy & Jesse) was replaced. Happy they included it as a bonus track.

This is actually a prime example of lyrics hurting a song. Same-ish music - "Uptown-Downtown" not so much. "Lucy & Jesse" - GLEE!

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 2:15am

STAVISKY

A couple of unused songs from FOLLIES were recycled as part of the Stavisky score, including "Bring on the Gils", & "Who Could Be Blue."

Sign of the times: List on headphones to the introduction to "Losing My Mind" - just before Barbara Cook starts the vocal you'll hear someone's digital watch give an hourly chime! :)

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 9:12am

there are a few parts of the FOLLIES concert that don't work for me. i have to skip over any utterance of mandy patinkin's and carol's "i'm still here" just doesn't do it for me (this is my most favorite of all sondheim -- if i was forced to pick) i love the "rain on the roof" of betty and adolph and the young people's numbers are exquisitely sung. the video of the show is one of my great fasciniations and i have watched it many times.
ps. i can't even comment on barbara cook. you should see the reverance with which she is treated by people in the video. if anyone wants to know a funny stritch anecdote from someone who was there, you can PM me. : )

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 10:17am

I think every recording of "Follies" is worth owning, but in the concert it is Erie Mills and Licia Albanese's "One More Kiss" that always gets me. Erie soars like no one else at the end and it is just heartbreaking. The thunderous applause at the end of it is amazing as well because there is a beat skipped as if the audience cant breathe, and then it sounds like a wall of love erupts. In the video, you see how Erie (an opera singer) is really surprised by the reaction...great moment.
The Paper Mill recording of this song is also wonderful.