Musical Concept Albums- Page 2

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/18/15 at 3:25pm

Gee... it didn't seem hard for me.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 11:45am

My favorite is:
"Notre-Dame de Paris" with Noa as Esmeralda.

Some others:
"Bonnie & Clyde" with Linda Eder.
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" has a nice concept album with all star cast.
"Blackbeard" by Rob Gardner
"Tale of Two Cities" by Jill Santoriello
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" with Linda Eder

I think Frank Wildhorn make concept albums of all his shows before they are performed.


Updated On: 1/19/15 at 11:45 AM

[AbbeaJ]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 12:20pm

These ones are my personal favourites.

"Bluebird" by Gareth Peter Dicks
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Frank Wildhorn
"My Land's Shore" by Robert Gould & Christopher J. Orton
"Life's A Circus" by Anthony Costanzo
"Notre Dame de Paris" - by Luc Plamondon, Will Jennings and Richard Cocciante - 2000 London Studio Cast
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Jill Santoriello
"Dracula" by Frank Wildhorn
"The In-Between" by Laura Tisdall
"Jekyll and Hyde" by Frank Wildhorn (Resurrection Album)
"Kristina" by Benny and Bjorn (Carnegie Hall)
"Rudolf" by Frank Wildhorn

[thommg]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 1:54pm

From Wikipedia: The Survival of St. Joan is a rock opera by Smoke Rise (Gary Ruffin, Hank Ruffin, Stan Ruffin, and Randy Bugg—music composed by Hank and Gary) from an original concept and libretto by off-broadway playwright and screenwriter James Lineberger.

[Enjolras15]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 10:53pm

The Celebrity cast album of songs from Whistle Down The Wind came out after the London Cast album.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jekyll & Hyde - the original in 1990 and the expanded in 1994

[Enjolras15]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 10:55pm

As far as I know there has never been a Broadway cast album of Phantom of the Opera. there has been a Canadian cast album though.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/20/15 at 6:48am

The Celebrity cast album of songs from Whistle Down The Wind came out after the London Cast album.

The dates I have suggest 1998 for the celebrity album, and September 1999 for the OLC.

[Eurotrash]

Posted: 1/20/15 at 8:22am

Despite some hair-raising lyrical clunkers ("the undertow, that won't let go") Wildhorn's Count of Monte Cristo is particularly good as it features some of the best voices in the European musical theatre with big orchestra. I often feel he doesn't pick voices that suit his material. Is there an official Rudolf recording, I don't think so.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/20/15 at 8:29am

There's definitely a DVD out there, but I'm not turning up a recording.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/20/15 at 8:30am

I stand corrected. A CD exists, albeit not a studio-recorded one.

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 12:48am

Enjolras15 writes:
As far as I know there has never been a Broadway cast album of Phantom of the Opera. there has been a Canadian cast album though.

That's what I thought, too, especially because the 2-cd "fat album" uses the British words for MOTN (Music shall surround you, instead of caress). However, there is a second 2-CD album with the same cover, using the concept (Highlight) album's words in "Think of Me" (You're not a bit the gawkish girl that once you were. She may not remember me, but I remember here). The supporting cast is different on the two "fat albums" but Michael Crawford (not Colm Wilkinson) plays the Phantom, and the rest of the big three are the same, as well. I happen to have the Canadian album, too, and know the difference. I'm wondering if one of the "fat albums" is a bootleg, but I can't figure it out until all my possessions (including albums) wind up on the same coast.