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Les Misérables » Original Broadway Cast

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Show: Les Misérables (47)
Music: Claude-Michael Schönberg (67)
Lyrics: Alain Boublil (49), Herbert Kretzmer (18) -- English Lyrics, Jean-Marc Natel (8)
Book: Alain Boublil (49), Jean-Marc Natel (8)

Recording Details

Date: 1987
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Orchestrations: John Cameron (40)
Conductor: Robert Billig (15)
Producer: Alain Boublil (49), Brian Drutman (46), Martin McCallum (2), Claude-Michael Schönberg (67)
Liner Notes: Sheridan Morley (20)
Performer: Patrick Ahearn, Roger Allam (4), Alun Armstrong (7), Michael Ball (57), Cindy Benson (8), David Bryant (2), Keith Burns (9), Clive Carter (21), Ken Caswell (3), Jesse Corti (4), Anthony Crivello (8), Ann Crumb (12), Joanna Glushak (3), Susan Goodman, Randy Graff (15), Zoe Hart (2), Gary Huddlestone (2), Joseph Kolinski (12), Judy Kuhn (43), Norman Large (5), Marcus Lovett (4), Michael Maguire (17), Terrence Mann (15), Kevin Marcum (3), Jackie Marks (6), Jill Martin (9), Sally Mates (3), Aline Mowat (4), John B. Norman, Craig Pinder (4), Caroline Quentin (2), Sian Reeves (2), Frances Ruffelle (20), Marcie Shaw (2), Sue Jane Tanner, Ian Tucker (3), Colm Wilkinson (22), Dave Willetts (31)
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	Buy MP3 Album (or listen to Sound Clips) Format: CD Label: Decca 016998 Released: 2003-01-28 Barcode: 044001699825 Buy from: Notes: 1 disc highlights version Tracks: 1. Overture/Work Song 2. I Dreamed a Dream 3. Who Am I? 4. Castle on a Cloud 5. Master of the House 6. Stars 7. Do You Hear the People Sing? 8. A Heart Full of Love 9. One Day More 10. On My Own 11. A Little Fall of Rain 12. Drink with Me 13. Bring Him Home 14. Javert's Suicide 15. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables 16. Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast 17. Finale
	Format: 2-CD Label: Decca 24151 Released: 1990-10-25 Buy from: Added by: Tracks: DISC 1 Overture Work Song Valjean Arrested Valjean Forgiven What Have I Done? At the End of the Day I Dreamed a Dream Lovely Ladies Who Am I? Come to Me (Fantine's Death) Confrontation Castle on a Cloud Master of the House The Thenardier Waltz of Treachery Look Down Stars Red and Black Do You Hear the People Sing DISC 2 In My Life A Heart Full of Love Plumet Attack One Day More Upon These Stones (Building the Barricade) On My Own Upon These Stones (at the Barricade) Javert at the Barricade Little People The First Attack A Little Fall of Rain Drink with Me Bring Him Home Dog Eats Dog Javert's Suicide Turning Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Wedding Chorale Beggars at the Feast Finale
	Format: 2-LP Label: WEA 600145-1 Released: 1987 Added by: NotSinceCarrie Tracks: see above or below
	Format: 2-LP Label: Geffen GHS 24151 Released: 1987 Added by: frontrowcentre Tracks: see above or below
	Format: 2-CD Label: Geffen GEFD2 24151 Barcode: 075992415118 Buy from: Tracks: see above or below

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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48:
Amazon.com Editoral Review: While not overly generous at 55 minutes, the highlights album of the 1987 original Broadway cast recording of Les Miserables is intelligently selected and likely to prove satisfying to most fans. It includes the best-loved numbers of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's score, beautiful ballads ("Bring Him Home," "I Dreamed a Dream") and rousing anthems ("One Day More," "Do You Hear the People Sing?") alike, but eliminates some choral numbers ("Lovely Ladies"), redundancies ("Red and Black"), and connective tissue that propels the plot along ("Valjean Arrested," "Come to Me (Fantine's Death)"). Sure, a more perfect selection could have lasted longer than half of the two-disc set's 104 minutes by adding "At the End of the Day" and "In My Life," among others, but it's still a good representation on a convenient single disc. Of course, those who always want to re-create the theatrical experience will never be satisfied with a highlights album.

Re-creating their roles from the London production, Colm Wilkinson plays the heroic Valjean and Frances Ruffelle is the despondent Eponine. Randy Graff (Fantine), Terrence Mann (Javert), David Bryant (Marius), Judy Kuhn (Cosette), Michael Maguire (Enjolras), and Leo Burmester and Jennifer Butt (the Thénardiers) fill out the cast. --David Horiuchi > 3 Comments

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