Name: Nine [London Concert Cast Recording]
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Nine [London Concert Cast Recording]

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Album: Nine [London Concert Cast Recording]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nine: Act 1. Overture
2)	Nine: Act 1. Spa Music
3)	Nine: Act 1. Not Since Chaplin
4)	Nine: Act 1. Guido's Song
5)	Nine: Act 1. The Germans At The Spa
6)	Nine: Act 1. Reporter's Return
7)	Nine: Act 1. My Husband Makes Movies
8)	Nine: Act 1. A Call From The Vatican
9)	Nine: Act 1. Western Di Guido / The Bible / Documentary
10)	Nine: Act 1. Only With You
11)	Nine: Act 1. The Script
12)	Nine: Act 1. Folies Bergeres
13)	Nine: Act 1. Nine
14)	Nine: Act 1. Be Italian
15)	Nine: Act 1. The Bells Of St. Sebastian
1)	Nine: Act 2. Entr'acte
2)	Nine: Act 2. Unusual Way
3)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Contini Submits
4)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. The Grand Canal
5)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Every Girl In Venice
6)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Marcia Di Ragazzi
7)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Amor
8)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Guido Nervoso
9)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Only You
10)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Tarantella
11)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Opera Finale
12)	Nine: Act 2. Simple
13)	Nine: Act 2. Be On Your Own
14)	Nine: Act 2. Not Since Chaplin (Reprise)
15)	Nine: Act 2. I Can't Make This Movie
16)	Nine: Act 2. Waltz From Nine
17)	Nine: Act 2. Getting Tall
18)	Nine: Act 2. Reprises
19)	Nine: Act 2. Overture (Original Version)

Album: Nine [London Concert Cast Recording]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nine: Act 1. Overture
2)	Nine: Act 1. Spa Music
3)	Nine: Act 1. Not Since Chaplin
4)	Nine: Act 1. Guido's Song
5)	Nine: Act 1. The Germans At The Spa
6)	Nine: Act 1. Reporter's Return
7)	Nine: Act 1. My Husband Makes Movies
8)	Nine: Act 1. A Call From The Vatican
9)	Nine: Act 1. Western Di Guido / The Bible / Documentary
10)	Nine: Act 1. Only With You
11)	Nine: Act 1. The Script
12)	Nine: Act 1. Folies Bergeres
13)	Nine: Act 1. Nine
14)	Nine: Act 1. Be Italian
15)	Nine: Act 1. The Bells Of St. Sebastian
1)	Nine: Act 2. Entr'acte
2)	Nine: Act 2. Unusual Way
3)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Contini Submits
4)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. The Grand Canal
5)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Every Girl In Venice
6)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Marcia Di Ragazzi
7)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Amor
8)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Guido Nervoso
9)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Only You
10)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Tarantella
11)	Nine: Act 2. The Grand Canal. Opera Finale
12)	Nine: Act 2. Simple
13)	Nine: Act 2. Be On Your Own
14)	Nine: Act 2. Not Since Chaplin (Reprise)
15)	Nine: Act 2. I Can't Make This Movie
16)	Nine: Act 2. Waltz From Nine
17)	Nine: Act 2. Getting Tall
18)	Nine: Act 2. Reprises
19)	Nine: Act 2. Overture (Original Version)

Performer Notes

Principal cast includes: Jonathan Pryce, Meg Johnson, Ann Crumb, Becky Norman, Eileen Paige, Liliane Montevecchi, Anita Dobson, Fiona O'Neill, Danny Mertsoy, Ellen O'Grady, Elaine Paige, Nadia Strahan.
Recorded at CTS Studios, Wembley, London, England on June 10-12 & July 2, 1992.
All songs written by Maury Yeston.
Lyricist: Maury Yeston.
Adapter: Mario Fratti.
Liner Note Author: Andrew Macbean.
Recording information: CTS Studios, Wembley, London, England (1992-06-10_1992-06-12&1992-).
Photographers: Clive Barda; Adam Matalon.
Issued in the U.K. by TER/JAY as a two-CD "complete recording," this version of Maury Yeston's musical Nine is abbreviated into a one-disc "highlights" package for U.S. release. The show, successfully produced on Broadway in 1982, has yet to get a major West End production, but ten years on it was mounted as an AIDS benefit concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 7, 1992. Three days later, the cast, with Elaine Paige stepping in for an ailing performer, assembled in a studio and, over the next month, made this recording. The inclusion of Paige is an upgrade, of course, since she is a major West End star, but the casting only accentuates the all-star character of the performing lineup here, with above-the-title-type figures including Jonathan Pryce, in the starring role of conflicted film director Guido Contini, Ann Crumb (Aspects of Love) as Luisa Contini, his wife, and Liliane Montevecchi reprising her Broadway performance as Liliane La Fleur, Guido's producer. A London producer probably couldn't have made a profit paying a cast like this in a regular run, nor could such a run have included the massive chorus. Nine particularly lends itself to this kind of production, not only because writing choral parts is a Yeston specialty, but also because his sturdy, if referential score (seemingly drawing equally from Richard Rodgers' musicals, Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, and Nino Rota film scores) is in essence a series of showcase numbers for the various women -- wife, mistress, leading actress, producer, mother, etc. -- in Guido's life. The stars here make the most of their opportunities, notably Crumb in "My Husband Makes Movies" and "Be on Your Own," Paige in "Unusual Way," and, of course, Montevecchi in "Folies Bergere," along with Becky Norman as Guido's mistress lasciviously phoning him in what he says is "A Call from the Vatican," and Ellen O'Grady as the whore who initiated the young Guido in "Be Italian." Guido himself remains something of a bystander in his own musical, but Pryce gamely keeps time with all the women, after having made his mark with his big early number, "Guido's Song." This is not a better recording than the Original Broadway Cast album, but it is bigger, especially in the full-length version. ~ William Ruhlmann