Pirate Queen Cast Recording?

[aces25]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 1:49pm

Is it happening?

[Popular]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 1:54pm

YEP
Hilarious video of the recording

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 2:25pm

Should be out beginning of June.
1 CD, not highlights, almost everything but some of the fight music.
Can't wait.


Updated On: 5/8/07 at 02:25 PM

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 2:31pm

Popular, I nearly crapped myself when I saw that video. Sooo funny.

[sarab]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 4:32pm

I love that video also! One of my favorites! I am looking very forward to seeing the show in three weeks, and I can't wait for the cast recording. They all look like they had a blast recording it according to Castcom!

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:18pm

CurtainPullDowner- On today's castcome, Alain Boublil said it WOULD be a highlights recording, because there's almost 2 hours of music in the show, but the cd is only going to be 75 minutes. I hope by "highlights" he meant what you said, but somehow I doubt it.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:25pm

Had it been better received, it probably would have been 2 CD's

This is probably the only alternative they had to no cast recording at all.

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 09:25 PM

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 9:30pm

i cant wait for the cast recording!

i hope they at least keep some of the dance music from the wedding and christening, because those parts are gorgeous!

cant wait to have so many of these songs recorded, like "ill be there" and "woman" and "a day beyond belclaire" (or whatever it is)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:18pm

I'm a bit disappointed that it's going to be a highlights recording -- the first original production to receive a highlights CD from this writing team, I believe, but I am glad that we are getting at least that and not nothing at all. Hopefully, with further work and incarnations of the show the full score will be preserved as a complete symphonic recording like Les Miz and Miss Saigon have gotten.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:19pm

By "Highlights" He may have meant not the entire score.
But I did hear from a cast member that all of the vocals we hear onstage were recorded.

What ends up on the CD we shall see.

I am so looking forward to hearing it.
Updated On: 5/15/07 at 11:19 PM

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:07am

I am sure if the show is successful enough they will manage to make a "Complete Symphonic Recording" to go along with the Les Mis and Miss Saigon ones. Not that it would help the thin orchestrations.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:36am

I'm excited for this. The show is doing...okay...gross wise. I hope it does well. And it may see more success in London, or somewhere else.

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:19am

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that there will never be a "complete symphonic recording" of Pirate Queen. There might someday be a complete recording, (perhaps in German or Japanese) but I don't think this show will ever be re-orchestrated for a large symphony orchestra.

Schonberg has frequently said that his vision for the PQ score was a small Celtic band, pipes, harp, Irish whistle augmented with electric guitar and synths. If PQ was reorchestrated for a full symphony it would sound exactly like Martin Guerre.

[amalou]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:04pm

Boo hiss boo! The video was removed. But we're really sure this cd is coming out? I got strung along last summer with the "release" of lestat and that never happened. Pirate Queen has such great music and I NEED it!

[Popular]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:13pm

You can still see the video if you check out day 83 of castcom. I don't know why that one was taken down.
castcom - scroll down to May 7th

[amalou]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:18pm

yay! thanks! :)

[My Strongest Suit]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:19pm

i'm with you amalou. i really wanted a lestat recording as well. i hope this comes through.