Man of La Mancha: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (Original 1965 Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: beautiful music for a haunting story.....
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember reading excerpts from Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE, as a Spanish student, way back in junior high school. The saga of the madman fighting windmills and pursuing his illusions [and delusions] was very sad, but very romantic at the same time. When the musical adaptation, MAN OF LA MANCHA, was brought to the stage in 1965, Richard Kiley (as the title character, Don Quixote) absolutely transfixed the audience with his sensitively heartfelt portrayal of the tragic madman. The plight of Don Quixote, who travels on horseback, with his faithful companion, Sancho Panza (Irving Jacobson), and absolutely lovestruck by kitchen wench Aldonza (Joan Denier), is alternately pathetic and profound. Perhaps one of the best known (and most remade) songs in the repertoire from LA MANCHA, is "The Impossible Dream." Richard Kiley really make it his own, here, and after you hear his version, it's hard to listen to others' versions of it. It's just not the same. Though, this story is anything but joyful, the music will glide through your ears and carry you on a surrealistic journey through attempted triumph and (ultimately) tragedy.Free Music Review: AN INCOMPARABLE MUSICAL...GLORIOUS IN EVERY WAY!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the all time best musicals. The music and lyrics are yet to be rivaled by any other musical. There is not one bad track on the entire CD. The cast does an outstanding job. When one hears Richard Kiley sing, he does so with such feeling that he makes one weep. Whether it be "Man of La Mancha", "Dulcinea", or "The Impossible Dream", one cannot help but be moved. Juxtapose those songs to the despairing refrains of "It's All the Same" and "Aldonza" or to the light and whimsical "I Like Him" and "A Little Gossip", and it is no wonder to the discerning listener that the original Broadway show was a long running hit. Every song is terrific!Having been fortunate enough to have seen "Man of La Mancha" when it was first on Broadway, I can attest to the powerful effect that the music had on the audience. This is a wonderful recording that brings back memories. The original cast was magnificent, and this CD is a memorable recording of their triumph. No music collection should be without this CD. It is positively glorious!
Free Music Review: the best remastered finally!
Hit: 5 Stars
I used to listen to this soundtrack on LP when I was only ten years old, and would imagine myself on stage as Don Quixote and wowing the crowds. Well, I am a bit older now, but somehow that (impossible) dream endures. I bought this soundtrack on CD only a couple of years back, but was disappointed by the fact that there were no liner notes or photos from the original show. Finally, that mistake has been rectified.This is one of the best Broadway scores of all time, and it's remastering has been long overdue. I am thrilled to see it in its new remastered format with liner notes, and photographs, as well as a never before released track. (Thankfully, the one thing that has not changed is the Hirschfeld drawing) It's worth it just to hear Richard Kiley and Joan Diener once more. The music to this show is as rousing as that of Bizet's "Carmen". Of special note is how pains were taken to use flamenco inspired music that adds so much more than a generic show tune would have. Enjoy this CD, and see why it endures as one of the best musicals of all time.
Free Music Review: Remastered "MAN" is just GRAND!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I had not realized that this wonderful OBC album had been remastered, and "bumped" into it in a shop recently, sooooo, naturally "I had to have it!"
And, fabulous it IS! I just love it when grand old stuff gets the love and kind attention that it deserves, and the folks at Decca have done a great job with this. Clear and clean, crisp...wonderful! The voices even have a better edge to them.
This, certainly, is one of Broadway's greatest "moments"...for many reasons. Richard Kiley's greatest characterization...the "stringless" orchestra was "unheard of", but it WORKED! And, it was WONDERFUL!
Certainly, one of the most human, and enduring, tales to ever grace the boards of a Broadway stage..."Man of La Mancha" was a true "landmark", and, luckily for us, we (still) have this wonderful testament to it. NOW remastered and with additional material! It's a Keeper, for sure! You need to make another "spot" in your Desert Island Disc Collection...TRUST ME! Do Enjoy! ~operabruin
Free Music Review: A dark masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
This brilliant stage musical was a vibrant, brutal, confrontational, experimental piece of theatre when it first debuted in the middle of the turbulent 1960s, acknowledging the ceaseless brutality of the world, but suggesting that by living a courageous, engaged, aggressive life, we can stand up to the darkness we encounter. Today, in these times, it is a more important lesson for us all than ever before. In its original incarnation, "The Impossible Dream" (its real title is "The Quest") is a subtly drawn, carefully shaded anthem about living life out loud, about fighting hard even though we can never win -- NOT about being a mindless optimist, as many people present it today. Though the material is excellent, too many productions today (including the recent Broadway revival) fall into the trap of treating it as cute, as optimistic, instead of as a call to arms against the violence and hypocrisy we will never fully defeat.