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Posted: 11/1/10 at 3:01pm
I just got my hands on the new Les Miserables cast recording celebrating 25 years of the show. I must say that out of the four that I previously owned prior to getting this one ( London cast recording, Broadway Cast recording, Complete Symphonic Recording, Paris revival album and the tenth anniversary concert) this is by far the best.
I will start out by saying that to me, it can replace the Complete symphonic recording as far as I am concerned, not only does Jones give off a better performance of Valjean than Gary Morris, but it's by far better sound quality. Furthermore, there is no sense of of lack of chemistry between the actors because unlike the CSR which was recorded in 3 different places, this album was recorded live during one the performances on tour.
There are some orchestration changes. A little hard for me to describe but not nearly as bad as the ones that were in place for the Broadway revival. All the line cuts and changes were the same as the Broadway revival. Upon listening I half expected to hear Ten Little Bullets rather then the reprise of Little People during Gavroche's death. All in all, it is a great addition to any theatre cast recording collection or for any Les Miserables fan. And, strangely enough, it was one of the first albums that i have ran into for awhile that was cheaper to buy as a CD rather then in a digital format. I just want to know if anyone else has listened to it and cares to share their thoughts.
I will start out by saying that to me, it can replace the Complete symphonic recording as far as I am concerned, not only does Jones give off a better performance of Valjean than Gary Morris, but it's by far better sound quality. Furthermore, there is no sense of of lack of chemistry between the actors because unlike the CSR which was recorded in 3 different places, this album was recorded live during one the performances on tour.
There are some orchestration changes. A little hard for me to describe but not nearly as bad as the ones that were in place for the Broadway revival. All the line cuts and changes were the same as the Broadway revival. Upon listening I half expected to hear Ten Little Bullets rather then the reprise of Little People during Gavroche's death. All in all, it is a great addition to any theatre cast recording collection or for any Les Miserables fan. And, strangely enough, it was one of the first albums that i have ran into for awhile that was cheaper to buy as a CD rather then in a digital format. I just want to know if anyone else has listened to it and cares to share their thoughts.
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