Les Miz Revival Recording?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:43pm

Is there going to be a Revival Cast Recording of the new Les Miz revival?

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:43 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:44pm

I like how "RevivalCastRecording" is all one word.

And I bet 90% of the replies you get will be, "I hope so!" instead of a yes or no.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:48pm

I doubt it. There are already at least four English language recordings still in print...

I think this is really more a "return engagement" than a true revival. A lot of shows in the 60s/70s had return engagements a few years after they closed.

Perhaps if it is a huge smash hit with the cast getting superlatives, it will be recorded, but I think the average person attending the show would be fine with buying one of the existing recordings, so what would the incentive to record another - very expensive - album?

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:55pm

As much as I would love for this cast's work in LES MIZ to be recorded, I have a feeling that they won't.

I agree with Michael Bennett on this one- Maybe if it is a hit, it will be recorded. But I am perfectly content with my London Cast Recording.

[[e-mail]]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:09pm

Exactly, stick with London & Dreamcast. Buy Symphonic to say you own it, and generally, ignore the Broadway version.

Do we need a 5th recording? I think if it started to get sold people might just realize how much of a gimmick this whole "Les Miz" revival really is.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 7:26pm

The London cast is amazing. Shame about the hideous hideous orchestration stuffs. *cries at the memory* Never mind, I love the CSR enough and I have the Dreamcast for a change of pace. :) (Although it'd be nice to have a recording that *doesn't* have Michael Ball... just for a change of pace... XD)

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 7:31pm

If the cast gets trashed by the critics, there is an even less chance of a recording.

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 7:48pm

I'm not a big fan of this show and a new cast recording of Les Miserables is beyond unnecessary, but I would love to hear Daphne Rubin-Vega's recording of those songs (I'm not a Renthead but I am a big fan of her work), rumor has it her audition was so mind-blowing that other casting choices were immediately ruled out to give her the role.

[LovinGoodMusicals]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:15pm

Is the Dreamcast of Les Miz a cd? I have the DVD, but I wasn't aware if it was a CD or not. Updated On: 7/29/06 at 08:15 PM

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:17pm

There is a CD recording of the 10th year anniversary concert.

[LovinGoodMusicals]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:20pm

Oh sweet!
Thank you =]

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:49pm

As Fosca said, yes, there is a CD of the 10th Anniversary Concert and it's by far my favorite recording of the show.

A recording of the revival does seem unecessary, but I would love to be able to listen to Gary Beach as Thenardier.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 12:26am

I'd love to have Les Miz revival cast recording! :) Perhaps they can just make highlights CD if full two-CD (or three) is too much.

[musicman89]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 12:49am

With four English recordings still in print and still selling moderately well on the market, it is highly doubtful. If the show was a smash hit, then at most a highlights disc will be recorded. It would be much too expensive to record the entire score, or even two discs of the score just for a limited six-month engagement production such as this.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:17am

Well, look at Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!!! It has OBC, LA Cast, Canada Cast, Tour Cast, London Cast, and the revival cast recordings!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:21am

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:49am

I'm not saying they are similar but I am saying look at how many recordings Joseph has! Why can't Les Miz have that many or more?

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 12:50pm

Lizzie...you are so crafty

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:16pm

I should think so. Do you know why? Because they brought back a show that closed three years ago, and it will make tons of money. The would be stupid not to make a cast album.

And I for one will be pissed if they don't.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:46pm

Um Norm Lewis needs to be recorded.

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:52pm

I just got the les mis complete symphonic recording!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S AMAZING!!!!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:53pm

Yeah, in a "Most of us have never met and there is no chemistry" sorta way, if that's what you mean by amazing.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:53pm

I love the CSR best too. It's just a matter of personal opinion really. I love Kaho Shimada's Eponine, Debra Byrne's Fantine and Anthony Warlow's Enjolras more than Lea Salonga, Ruthie Henshall and Michael Maguire. Blasphemy? Perhaps. If it helps, I prefer Judy Kuhn's Cosette and Colm Wilkinson's Valjean. But as a whole, I'll take the CSR any day, thanks. Just as other people would favour other recordings. ^_^

[ohwillo]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 7:38pm

Why does everyone hate the broadway cast recording? Leo Burmester and Jennifer Butt are my favorite Thenardiers and I feel MaGuire, Ruffelle, and Kuhn are the best to their respective roles. I'm not a big fan of Terrance Mann or David Bryant but overall I think the good outweighs the bad.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:03pm

I wish they would. The cast recording sounds so dated. I would love to hear the new cast - hopefully I'll get to see them.