On The Record cast recording?

[erikspain]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 1:07am

has anyone got this cd? im considering buying it, and i wanted some opinions on it. thanks.

[LightMyCandle125]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 1:09am

yeah, i've definitely been interested in getting this too. gotta love disney and GOTTA love kaitlin hopkins.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 9:52am

I preordered it at the show and it hasn't come yet... i'm looking forward too it though...I think the show was good enough to have the cd! Ashley Brown was AMAZING..and I think I saw Kaitlin Hopkins too as a understudy then for Emily Skinner..and she was good..had a little pitch problems but still very good

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:27am

Yeah, I haven't got mine yet...but I noticed it has "A Change In Me", the new song added to Beauty and the Beast. Not sure were else you can find that song.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:29am

It's on Susan Egan's cd "So far..."

She wanted to sing it because she didn't get to sing it in the show..it's perty! lol

[timote316]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:30am

I don't think Kaitlin Hopkins was ever the understudy. I think she joined the cast when Emily left. I keep forgetting to snag my father's credit card to order it...

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:33am

YOU'RE right..!!
sorry..i saw Meredith Inglesby and I was being nice when i thought it was Kaitlin Hopkins cuz she's got a lot of fans..

Meredith had TONS of pitch problems...i was like ICK!!

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:35am

Stephanie ~ Does the song on Cd have the same orchestrations as it plays in the show?

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 10:38am

I've never got to see the show (me being the disney freak I am...probably similar cuz i'm singing it for an audtion and the song sounds the same...OH except the beginning intro..instead of the main theme sort of thing it does a repeat of different chords...lol check www.Susanegan.com there might be a clip (although not of the beginning)

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 11:01am

yeah it pretty much does. her whole c is so good and i am saddened by the fact that my cd has been stuck in my friend's cd player for a month! I'll probably never see it again! ::sniff::

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 11:44am

I have the recording. It is wonderful. The cast is wonderful, especially Ashley Brown. You obviously have to like Disney.

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 11:52am

Still awaiting delivery on the pre-order.

[timote316]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 12:03pm

Good to hear, BT11. I love Disney, so I'm looking forward to this

[ShineOn]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 12:11pm

So not fair Emily wasn't on the CD... it wasn't like she just did a run in one city and said au revoir... she was with it long enough to at least get archived in the damn thing.

~(A bitter) Daisy (...because she doesn't have a recording of Emily singing "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again?")

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 12:16pm

I agree. I enjoyed Emily's performance better.

[Razz77]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 1:36pm

The CD is definitely much better than the show -- you can 'fast forward' the CD -- and really the only highlights of the show in my opinion were Ashley Brown and Kaitlin Hopkins' voices and they certainly shine on the CD.

[erikspain]

Posted: 3/22/05 at 2:39pm

thanks for the advice guys. im a real disney freak and i have been looking for a collection of disney songs that dont feature raven or jessica simpson. this seems like a good one.

[Therese]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 7:00pm

Apologies for being so after-the-fact on this thread, but I recently got the CD ("On the Record") and have been enjoying it. I love the multi-lingual "Be Our Guest" - OK, I know the French and German, but I'm guessing the other two are Japanese and Swedish, right? Also love the big treatment given "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" - how many people even remember that song? And I really enjoy the use of the quartet, esp. on "Bella Notte" and "Bells of Notre Dame." I would think anyone who is a long-time fan of Disney movie music would find something here to enjoy.

[EVIE]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 7:28pm

I have the recording, and I love it, but then again I am also a Disney freak. My favorite parts are the Little Mermaid songs. Ashley Brown is so great. She'd make for a good Ariel too, I think.

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 8:10pm

Ashley Brown's "A Change in Me" is unbelievable. I like the CD way more than the show (not saying much), but I don't think Kaitlin sounds her best.

[Lome2]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 8:50pm

I also enjoyed the cast album... I just didn't like the Higitus Figitus-Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo-Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious- "Hakuna" arrangement, but in general is a great selection of Disney songs.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 11:14am

I got mine in the mail like a week ago now...and it's good...i think seeing it live was much better though..some of the songs turned out emotionless on the cd...which sucks but they sound pretty still

Ashley brown's a change in me is great..but it's faster than it's supposed to be and she makes words shorter instead of holding them out *quarter notes instead of two whole notes* but it is gorgeous!