Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition
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Composer: Stephen SchwartzConductor: Brian May.
Conductor: Phil Ramone.
Performer: Idina Menzel
Performer: LeAnn Rimes
Performer: Delta Goodrem
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- No One Mourns The Wicked
- Dear Old Shiz
- The Wizard And I
- What Is This Feeling?
- Something Bad
- Dancing Through Life
- Popular
- I'm Not That Girl
- One Short Day
- A Sentimental Man
- Defying Gravity
- Thank Goodness
- Wonderful
- I'm Not That Girl
- As Long As You're Mine
- No Good Deed
- March Of The Witch Hunters
- For Good
- Finale "Wicked"
- For Good
- I'm Not That Girl
- Making Good
- Solang ich dich hab
- Gutes tun
- Dancing Through Life
- Popular
- Defying Gravity [Dance Mix]
Free Music Notes for Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition
Free Music Review: Maybe the driver saw Green and thought it meant Go.
Hit: 5 Stars
I downloaded the new songs from iTunes since I already own the album and didn't want to have two copies. Also with the iPod I never really look at CD booklets anymore. I'll be talking about the new songs on Disc 2
1. "For Good" is a beautifully redone here with LeeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem. I've never heard of the latter singer but she sings very nice. I could hear this song on Adult Contemporary stations around the country. This version does not stray much from the original Broadway version.
2. "I'm Not That Girl" is sung by Kerry Ellis. This version is more "rocky" with a guitar and drum heard throughout. An extra line at the end of the song "I'm gonna pray that maybe someday I'll be that girl" I'm not sure how I feel about that. I suppose as a stand alone track it works, but in the musical, Elphaba does not believe her and Fiyero could be together at that point.
3. "Making Good" by Stephanie J Block the original Elphaba before she was let go and replaced by Idina, and then later rehired. This song is an early version of "The Wizard and I" (One of My Favs) in fact the last verse is almost exactly like "The Wizard and I." It's simply Stephanie and the piano. It's a great song and nice to hear what it originally came out as.
4. Tracks 4-7 are in other languanges, the music is exactly the same as the original cast CD
8. "Defying Gravity" is a remix is taken from a Maxi CD Single released by Idina Menzel, it's available here at Amazon (1 radio mix and 5 remixes!). The remix is nice, but Idina's vocals were re-recorded and in my opinion don't have as much oomph as the Broadway musical vocal. Also it does NOT feature the adorable Kristin. But if you want to dance this track is very danceable.
Can't wait til they make a movie of this wonderful Musical. I saw it in Chicago August 2006 and liked it so much I got a part-time job at the theater just so I could see it over and over and over again. For me Kristy Cates, Kristoffer Cusick and Stacie Morgan Lewis are THE cast of Wicked.
Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition Poster
A COLLECTOR S MUST HAVE!The 5th Anniversary Special Edition (complete with rare photographs and a special WICKED history timeline) contains two CDs and two companion booklets. CD1 is the Grammy award winning original cast recording. CD2 features 8 NEVER BEFORE HEARD bonus tracks, including newly recorded pop duet by superstars LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem; pop recording by WICKED star Kerry Ellis arranged and produced by Queen's Brian May; A rare song cut from the initial backers "workshop" of WICKED, performed by original workshop actress Stephanie Block and composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz on the piano; tracks from the German and Japanese language productions of the show. Companion booklet includes wonderful photos and new essay by Stephen Schwartz.
One of the most common complaints about musicals is that the books are flimsy pretexts from which to hang numbers. Wicked runs into the opposite problem: it has a great plot, but too often the songs just get in the way. Based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, Wicked tells us what happened between Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy showed up in Oz. And the show is lucky to boast a pair of ace leading women in the main roles. As Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth delivers a sensational star turn, displaying a crystal-pure voice and sharp comic timing; Idina Menzel lends her powerful pipes to the tricky role of Elphaba. Unfortunately, you wish they had better material to work with. Stephen Schwartz's pop score is often dragged down by overly synthetic orchestrations and sentimental lyrics (think Chicken Soup for the Witch). Still, at its best Wicked is a seductive slice of popular entertainment that could well give a younger audience a lasting taste for musical theater. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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