Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice - Chess
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Artist: Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim RicePerformer: Benny Andersson
Composer: Benny / Ulvaeus, Bjorn / Anderson, Stig Andersson
Conductor: Anders Eljas
Performer: Bj?rn Jason Lindh
Performer: Lasse Wellander
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Benny Andersson
Performer: Alan Byers
Performer: Barbara Dickson
Performer: Bj?rn Skifs
Performer: Denis Quilley
Performer: Elaine Paige
Performer: Leslie Fyson
Performer: Murray Head
Performer: Tommy Koerberg
Performer: Vernon Midgley
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1996-07-23
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Merano - The Ambrosia Singers/Anders Eljas/Murray Head
- The Russian And Molokov/ Where I Want To Be - The Ambrosia Singers/Anders Eljas/Tommy Korberg/Denis Quilley
- Opening Ceremony - The Ambrosia Singers/Anders Eljas/Bjorn Skifs
- Quartet (A Model Of Decorum And Tranquility) - Elaine Paige/Tommy Korberg/Denis Quilley/Bjorn Skifs
- The American And Florence/Nobody's Side - Elaine Paige/Murray Head
- Chess - LSO/Anders Eljas
- Mountian Duet - Elaine Paige/Tommy Korberg
- Florence Quits - Elaine Paige/Murray Head
- Embassy Lament - Tommy Korberg/The Ambrosia Singers/Anders Eljas
- Anthem - Tommy Korberg
- Bangkok
- One Night In Bangkok
- Heaven Help My Heart
- Argument
- I Know Him So Well
- The Deal (No Deal)
- Pity The Child
- Endgame
- Epilogue: You And I / The Story Of Chess
Free Music Notes for Chess
Free Music Review: Not a cheesy remake of Buena Sera, Mrs Campbell!
Hit: 5 Stars
Bjorn and Benny's clever and eclectic collaboration with Tim Rice on this 1984 score resulted in one of the best records ever made of a musical. It doesn't work as well on stage, and many attempts have been made to fix the inherent flaws in the book but musically it remains a highly listenable recording. Highlights are the stirring "Anthem", the dramatic "Nobody's Side" and just about everything else.
Chess Poster
Chess is a musical that sounds like it shouldn't work but instead succeeds surprisingly well. This is the original concept album that was recorded before the musical was staged in London. Chess is the story of a love triangle told against the backdrop of an international chess tournament during the height of the cold war. The composers are Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (the Bs in ABBA) and the lyrics are by Tim Rice, who supplied the words for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, as well as Disney's Aladdin (with Howard Ashman), The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. The six-member cast does a beautiful job with the songs, which are a combination of ballads, rock, and operatic choruses. Murray Head's version of "One Night in Bangkok" became a surprise hit in the mid-'80s and it still turns up on the turntables in dance clubs around the world. --Michael SimmonsBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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