Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1997-07-15
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Prologue
- Lost In The Darkness
- Facade
- Pursue The Truth
- Facade (Reprise 1)
- Emma's Reason
- I Must Go On
- Take Me As I Am
- Letting Go
- Facade (Reprise 2)
- No One Knows Who I Am
- Good 'N' Evil
- Now There Is No Choice
- This Is The Moment
- First Transformation
- Alive
- Your Work- And Nothing More
- Sympathy, Tenderness
- Someone Like You
- Alive (Reprise)
- Murder, Murder
- Once Upon A Dream
- Obsession
- In His Eyes
- Dangerous Game
- Facade (Reprise 3)
- The Way Back
- A New Life
- Confrontation
- Facade (Reprise 4)
- Finale
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Free Music Review: Apples and Oranges
Hit: 4 Stars
As an avid collector of original cast recordings, I have found that few studio casts project the spontaneity and excitement of those who have actually sung the roles on stage. I purchased this recording not even realizing that there was the earler concept album. Then, after reading a number of customer reviews expressing a preference for the latter, I decided to check it out for myself.
To me, first of all, it is a tossup. And, second, the two cannot really be compared, any more than apples and oranges. The 1994, to be sure, includes about twice as much music; but a good bit of it is recitative that does not really lend itself to vocalization. The 1997, however, seems to move the story along much better. Of course, there were some alterations to the story between 1994 and 1997.
I find Robert Cuccioli more convincing than Anthony Wardlow. The transitions between Jekyll and Hyde have greater contrast. Of course, having played the role on stage, these would likely come more easily.
In both cases, the printing of the text in white print on black background made it difficult to follow while listening.
If a listener is really gung-ho for this musical, I would recommend purchasing both recordings. If one is enough, I think the 1997 original cast is the better choice.
Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast) Poster
The one thing you can say about Frank Wildhorn is that he doesn't give up. Like The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde , based on R. L. Stevenson's classic depiction of a split personality run amok, went through several rewrites and casts--each show is a work-in-neverending-progress for Wildhorn. This recording immortalizes the show's classic Broadway cast: Robert Cuccioli as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Linda Eder as Lucy, and Christiane Noll as Emma. Appropriately for the show, Wildhorn's score is both tempestuously romantic and unabashedly ominous. While Cuccioli handles both parts with elan, Wildhorn saved his best songs for Lucy and Emma, confirming that he really is the contemporary master of the power ballad. --Elisabeth VincentelliPop Music CDs
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