New PHANTOM Cast Recording (West End)

Looks like we are getting a new cast recording of the West End production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, featuring Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis. The article states a release date of June 1, 2022.

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to release new West End cast recording | London Theatre

While I am always excited for a new cast recording of this score, I do wish they had chosen the current Broadway cast for this. Ben Crawford's Phantom is incredible, and Emilie Kouatchou is a revelation. The Broadway production also continues to utilize the full orchestration. I do wonder if this will feature the new reduced orchestrations currently being used in the London production.

I read this is just going to be the title track. Which means they’re probably just pulling the click track which is played nightly. 

Very odd to drop a surprise cast album with no prior announcement and on a Wednesday instead of the usual Friday release for albums. I don’t see a pre-order link. If it does get released I’ll give it a listen.

Just listened to the "single" of the title song which is listed as a London 2022 Cast Recording (so not sure if it's a full recording or if this is it)

It sounds bizarre - over produced?  or some weird over-echo  or something.  Was impossible to really hear the vocals clear and decide whether I liked the leads or not 

This seems completely unwarranted. Why do we need an official recording of the title song by a duo who haven't exactly been lauded for their performances since the new show opened in London? I suppose Lucy St. Louis can claim a few fans, but has anyone really applauded Killian Donnelly as the Phantom? Ben Crawford is FAR more deserving of his own recording.

Updated On: 6/1/22 at 10:16 AM

I LOVE Killian's voice on the track. He sounds heavenly to me. Lucy sounds fine too but her final vocalization section sounded really strange to me for some reason, I can't seem to explain it. 

Is there actually a full album coming though?

Looking at this tweet, Andrew Llyod Webber and the Phantom people are making it seem like it is a "new recording of the cast", of a single of the title song.

https://twitter.com/OfficialALW/status/1531938778725634048

I mean there's thousands of versions of this song. While a bit confusing, it's a cast recording of the title track, (as per the Tweet wording) so they would definitely have to make this differentiation to stand out.