Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording

[CATSNYrevival]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#1

Posted: 5/28/26 at 12:22pm

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 maintaining the excitement and emotion of being on stage with the actors, right in the midst of the action. ... Hopefully audiences will enjoy Hearing The People Sing on this new cast album as much as we enjoyed making it.”

Track Listing:
1    Prologue / Look Down
2    Valjean's Soliloquy
3    At the End of the Day
4    I Dreamed a Dream
5    Lovely Ladies
6    Fantine's Arrest
7    The Runaway Cart
8    Who Am I?
9    Fantine's Death
10    The Confrontation
11    Castle On a Cloud
12    Master of the House
13    The Bargain
14    Paris / Look Down
15    The Robbery
16    Stars
17    Streets of Paris
18    ABC Café / Red & Black
19    Do You Hear the People Sing?
20    In My Life
21    A Heart Full of Love
22    The Attack on Rue Plumet
23    One Day More
24    Building the Barricade
25    On My Own
26    The Barricade
27    A Little Fall of Rain
28    She Is the First to Fall
29    The First Attack
30    Drink with Me
31    Bring Him Home
32    The Final Dawn
33    The Second Attack
34    The Final Battle
35    The Sewers / Dog Eats Dog
36    Javert's Soliloquy
37    Turning
38    Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
39    A Heart Full of Love (Reprise)
40    Valjean's Confession
41    The Wedding
42    Beggars at the Feast
43    Epilogue / Do You Hear the People Sing?

Updated On: 5/28/26 at 12:22 PM

[joevitus]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#2

Posted: 5/28/26 at 4:32pm

I have to chuckle at the shamlessnes of it: "the first complete album of... the contemporary production." Never stop milking it, Cameron. The Complete Symphonic Recording remains my favorite. 

[EvanstonDad]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#3

Posted: 5/28/26 at 4:43pm

I have to chuckle at the shamlessnes of it: "the first complete album of... the contemporary production." Never stop milking it, Cameron. The Complete Symphonic Recording remains my favorite. 

I laughed at that too. Sounds like he's justifying it by saying it's the first complete recording that captures the musical "as it is now staged all over the world." I haven't seen a production of Les Miz since the original Broadway tour. Has it changed that much? The track list looks almost identical to the complete symphonic recording.

 

[CATSNYrevival]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#4

Posted: 5/28/26 at 5:07pm

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 complete score of this current production is being made available.

[joevitus]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#5

Posted: 5/28/26 at 5:48pm

CATSNYrevival said: "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 recordedfor the 25th anniversary 2010 cast album, but even though it was recorded live they did not release the complete score.It was recordedagain in 2020 but that concert production was also not the complete score,so this new album will technicallybe the first time the complete score of this current production is being made available."

So the "first complete recording" of a version that's shorter than the previous version? Hysterical. 

[EvanstonDad]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#6

Posted: 5/29/26 at 10:09am

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.

[CATSNYrevival]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#7

Posted: 5/29/26 at 4:13pm

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 shouted that I wish were sung. The orchestrations are definitely thin, less than 20 I think, but they've been that way since 2006 or so. There are some moments of the newer orchestrations that I like and I will say I enjoyed hearing them a bit more clearly recorded in studio vs the two recent live cast albums. As far as the "All-Star" cast I would have preferred to get Lucie Jones as Fantine.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Cast Recording#8

Posted: 5/29/26 at 4:16pm

I've grown to appreciate the newer orchestrations, but the 10th Anniversary concert recording will still always be my MIZ of choice.