Name: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Choral Album
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The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Album: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Choral Album
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Phantom of the Opera - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
2)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Music of the Night - (from "Phantom of The Opera")
3)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Wishing You Were Somehow Here - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
4)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Think of Me - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
5)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: All I Ask of You - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
6)	Evita, musical: Don't Cry for Me Argentina - (from "Evita")
7)	Evita, musical: Another Suitcase in Another Hall - (from "Evita")
8)	Cats, musical: Memory - (from "Cats")
9)	Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, musical: Close Every Door - (from "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")
10)	Tell Me on a Sunday, musical (original version): Tell Me on a Sunday - (from "Song & Dance")
11)	Jesus Christ Superstar, musical: I Don't Know How to Love Him - (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
12)	Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Pie Jesu - (from "Requiem")
13)	Aspects of Love, musical: Love Changes Everything - (from "Aspects Of Love")
14)	Starlight Express, musical: Next Time You Fall in Love - (from "Starlight Express")
15)	Sunset Boulevard, musical: With One Look - (from "Sunset Boulevard")

Album: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Choral Album
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Phantom of the Opera - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
2)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Music of the Night - (from "Phantom of The Opera")
3)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Wishing You Were Somehow Here - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
4)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: Think of Me - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
5)	Phantom of the Opera, musical: All I Ask of You - (from "Phantom Of The Opera")
6)	Evita, musical: Don't Cry for Me Argentina - (from "Evita")
7)	Evita, musical: Another Suitcase in Another Hall - (from "Evita")
8)	Cats, musical: Memory - (from "Cats")
9)	Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, musical: Close Every Door - (from "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")
10)	Tell Me on a Sunday, musical (original version): Tell Me on a Sunday - (from "Song & Dance")
11)	Jesus Christ Superstar, musical: I Don't Know How to Love Him - (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
12)	Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Pie Jesu - (from "Requiem")
13)	Aspects of Love, musical: Love Changes Everything - (from "Aspects Of Love")
14)	Starlight Express, musical: Next Time You Fall in Love - (from "Starlight Express")
15)	Sunset Boulevard, musical: With One Look - (from "Sunset Boulevard")

Performer Notes

Full performer name: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Crouch End Festival Chorus.
Personnel includes: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Paul Bateman (conductor); Lesley Garrett, Tito Beltran, Sharon Campbell, Mary Carewe (vocals).
Personnel: Sharon Campbell, Tito Beltr n, Mary Carewe , Lesley Garrett (vocals).
Audio Mixer: Gareth Williams.
Recording information: Smecky Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
This album is what it says it is, a collection of recordings of songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals (plus "Pie Jesu" from his classical work Requiem) played in their original orchestrations by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and sung in newly created choral arrangements by the Crouch End Festival Chorus. Many of Lloyd Webber's most popular songs have been included, starting with five from Phantom of the Opera, and including selections from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, and Sunset Boulevard. Of course, as songs for the musical stage, these compositions were conceived for individual voices, and sometimes the massed voices singing them here lend the lyrics an odd tone. This is especially true, for example, of "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," the lament of a discarded mistress, which takes on a different coloration when dozens of women, rather than just one, are singing the main part. To get around this effect, soloists are included, drawn from both the musical theater and opera, with Lesley Garrett leading the way on "Wishing You Were Somehow Here," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Memory"; Sharon Campbell on "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"; Tito Beltr n on "Pie Jesu," and Mary Carewe on "With One Look." Now that Lloyd Webber is in the House of Lords, perhaps the time has come to begin treating him as more a light-classical composer rather than merely a writer of popular show music, or so this album would have us believe. It certainly has managed to make his music sound formal, but the music still works better on the Broadway and West End stages. ~ William Ruhlmann