Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton - The Scarlet Pimpernel (1991 Concept Cast)
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Artist: Frank Wildhorn, Nan KnightonEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1992-03-17
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
- Home Again
- Into The Fire
- They Seek Him Here
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- When I Look At You
- Marguerite Prelude
- Marguerite
- Madame Gullotine
- The Riddle
- Now When The Rain Falls
- Scarlet Interlude
- The Creation of Man
- Storybook
- You Are My Home
- I'll Forget You
- Our Seperate Ways
- There Never Was A Time
- The Pimpernel Fanfare
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Free Music Review: What became of Terrence V. Mann?
Hit: 1 Stars
This was my first musical adventure with the Scarlet Pimpernel - hadn't even heard any of the music prior to this year. The quality of the CD is excellent, the style of music (especially Marguerite's) unexpected - and the absence of Terrence Mann in the role of Chauvelin exceedingly disappointing. The actor who replaces him is perfect, just not the one I'd been hoping for. With CDs (including "The Scarlet Pimpernel: Encore") readily available - why aren't there any existing videos or DVDs of it available? As a Pimpernel novel/movie?now CD fan ever since high school
French classes, I'd like to see how a musical handled the action!
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Somewhat infamous for appearing on Broadway in numerous revisions without ever really clicking, Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton's Scarlet Pimpernel is represented in its earliest form in this 1991 concept album. The story, borrowed from the classic Baroness Orczy novel, follows Sir Percy Blakeney, an Englishman who uses his foppish image as a cover for his undercover adventures rescuing people from the guillotine during the French Revolution. He must, however, be careful around his new wife, the French actress Marguerite, whom he doesn't entirely trust. This is the first of three recordings of this score, and it's the most uneven, using its "concept album" status as an opportunity to rather awkwardly mix a variety of styles, from harpsichord-driven "period" pieces to power-pop ballads to a flamenco (?) number. Even with that caveat, it might be the most enjoyable of the three simply because of the presence of pop diva Linda Eder. Wildhorn's wife was along for the many stages of Jekyll & Hyde but sang Pimpernel only on this recording, and her tracks can stand alone as a pretty satisfying pop album: "Home Again," "When I Look at You," "Now When the Rain Falls," "I'll Forget You," "You Are My Home" (with Peabo Bryson), "The Riddle" and "Our Separate Ways" (both with Dave Clemmons), and "There Never Was a Time" (with Chuck Wagner). In addition, listening to Eder wrap her golden vocal cords around that favorite tune of cabaret singers, "Storybook," may itself be worth the price of the CD. --David HoriuchiPop Music CDs
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