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Title: The Greatest Songs From The Musicals (3CD)

Label: Soho

Cat No:SOHOCD006
Format:CD

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The musical is a timeless thing and a moving feast, forever changing with public taste. What we think of today as a musical evolved from other theatrical forms back in the nineteenth century when Gilbert and Sullivan brought to the London stage a set of light-weight comic operas which found worldwide success equivalent to any Andrew Lloyd Webber show of today. They themselves were influenced by a number of things such as continental operettas, the burlesques of serious pieces, the popular songs of the music hall and topical ones of the pantomime. Add the important element of dance and the end product was soon to be the Musical.

Our collection picks up the story of the musical in the latter part of the last century when it had become an accepted theatrical form on both sides of the Atlantic. Both London’s West End and New York’s Broadway have introduced new musicals for over a century and with the advent of sound the cinema also discovered them. This collection brings all aspects together

Track Listing for The Greatest Songs From The Musicals (3CD)
CD1 - Broadway
01. Aquarius From Hair
02. If I Can’T Love Her From Beauty And The Beast
03. I Could Have Danced All Night From My Fair Lady
04. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? From The Lion King
05. What I Did For Love From A Chorus Line
06. This Is The Moment From Jekyll And Hyde
07. All That Jazz From Chicago
08. The Impossible Dream From Man Of La Mancha
09. America From West Side Story
10. Written In The Stars From Aida
11. Mame From Mame
12. Some Enchanted Evening From South Pacific
13. I Am What I Am From La Cage Aux Folles
14. One Song Glory From Rent

CD2 - West End
01. The Phantom Of The Opera From The Phantom Of The Opera
02. I Dreamed A Dream From Les Miserables
03. Bui Doi From Miss Saigon
04. As Long As She Needs Me From Oliver!
05. Time Warp From The Rocky Horror Show
06. Memory From Cats
07. Why God Why From Miss Saigon
08. I Know Him So Well From Chess
09. One Day More From Les Miserables
10. Peggy Sue From Buddy
11. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables From Les Miserables
12. Dancing Queen From Mama Mia!
13. All I Ask Of You From The Phantom Of The Opera
14. We Will Rock You From We Will Rock You

CD3 Hollywood
01. It’S A Grand Night For Singing From State Fair
02. If I Were A Rich Man From Fiddler On The Roof
03. I Talk To The Trees From Paint Your Wagon
04. Over The Rainbow From The Wizard Of Oz
05. Bless Your Beautiful Hide From Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
06. Grease From Grease
07. A Woman In Love From Guys And Dolls
08. Secret Love From Calamity Jane
09. Quintet From West Side Story
10. I Will Always Love You From The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
11. Money Money From Cabaret
12. If My Friends Could See Me Now From Sweet Charity
13. Thank Heaven For Little Girls From Gigi
14. Singin’ In The Rain From Singin’ In The Rain

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