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The Great American Musical, July 26, 2001 This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) "Carousel" is the great American musical. There's just no denying it. Nothing that came before and nothing that has come since can hold a candle to this show. It is Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece and it is America's masterpiece. Although I can't say much that Arne Andersen and Tommy Peter haven't already said in their reviews, I'll sure try!I was fortunate enough to see this phenomenal production of "Carousel" at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End in January of 1994 and no theatre-going experience has been so powerful or memorable. Although Michael Hayden had already left the production to open the show on Broadway, the rest of the cast was the same as is heard here. Personally, I have no qualm with Meg Johnson's rendition of either "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" or "You'll Never Walk Alone." In her defense, I can assure you that her voice rang with more purity on stage than it does on this recording.
While I am... Read more
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful Young Leads a Revelation in Superb revival of classic., August 19, 1998 By This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) If this London revival of CAROUSEL had only had the brilliant stage and set designs and the enthusiasm of the young cast, it would have been a stunner but it is a revelation in for the first time casting a YOUNG Billy and a YOUNG Julie. For the first time the plot makes sense - these are abused and confused youngsters grappling at love. The acting by Michael Hayden and Joanna Riding in the leads is superb and their singing is full of beauty and emotional insight. This is the best interpretation of the leading roles ever recorded - poignant and full of feeling. Around them musically there are some hits and some misses. The CAROUSEL WALTZ is reorchestrated, slightly cut and too subdued and leisurely for my enjoyment. Katrina Murphy as Carrie is wonderful in MR. SNOW, superbly orchestrated by William Brohm and she and Ms. Riding fine in JULIE JORDAN. IF I LOVED YOU is nothing short of extraordinary - musically and dramatically. Meg Johnson disappoints as Nettie in JUNE... Read more
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful I almost didn't buy this CD because of the negative reviews here..., August 14, 2007 By Hypoxy (Bath, ME United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) ...and I'd have missed the most poignant, exuberant performance of this great musical I've ever seen or heard.
(And I've seen probably a dozen live performances of Carousel since my first one in Dallas in the late '40s. I own the orig. cast, the remastered orig. cast, the movie sound track, the Barbara Cook/Samuel Ramey, the John Raitt/Eileen Christy Lincoln Center recordings.)
I've been a voice coach and choral director for ~40 years. I know what great voices sound like. I also know when vocal virtuosity is secondary to a singer-actor's ability to draw an audience into his character and the story that's being told.
Clive Rowe isn't Eric Mattson, but he IS the love-besotted fisherman-with-big-dreams Enoch Snow. Jigger's gravelly voice is predictively sinister, Julie sounds like a sweet unsophisticated teenage girl. Meg Johnson's "You'll Never Walk Alone" is not the operatic aria it is in some hands; it's exactly what it was written to be: a tender... Read more
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| 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful The Great American Musical, This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) "Carousel" is the great American musical. There's just no denying it. Nothing that came before and nothing that has come since can hold a candle to this show. It is Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece and it is America's masterpiece. Although I can't say much that Arne Andersen and Tommy Peter haven't already said in their reviews, I'll sure try!I was fortunate enough to see this phenomenal production of "Carousel" at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End in January of 1994 and no theatre-going experience has been so powerful or memorable. Although Michael Hayden had already left the production to open the show on Broadway, the rest of the cast was the same as is heard here. Personally, I have no qualm with Meg Johnson's rendition of either "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" or "You'll Never Walk Alone." In her defense, I can assure you that her voice rang with more purity on stage than it does on this recording. While I am... Read more 19 of 22 people found the following review helpful Young Leads a Revelation in Superb revival of classic., By This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) If this London revival of CAROUSEL had only had the brilliant stage and set designs and the enthusiasm of the young cast, it would have been a stunner but it is a revelation in for the first time casting a YOUNG Billy and a YOUNG Julie. For the first time the plot makes sense - these are abused and confused youngsters grappling at love. The acting by Michael Hayden and Joanna Riding in the leads is superb and their singing is full of beauty and emotional insight. This is the best interpretation of the leading roles ever recorded - poignant and full of feeling. Around them musically there are some hits and some misses. The CAROUSEL WALTZ is reorchestrated, slightly cut and too subdued and leisurely for my enjoyment. Katrina Murphy as Carrie is wonderful in MR. SNOW, superbly orchestrated by William Brohm and she and Ms. Riding fine in JULIE JORDAN. IF I LOVED YOU is nothing short of extraordinary - musically and dramatically. Meg Johnson disappoints as Nettie in JUNE... Read more 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful I almost didn't buy this CD because of the negative reviews here..., By Hypoxy (Bath, ME United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Carousel - 1993 London Cast Recording (Audio CD) ...and I'd have missed the most poignant, exuberant performance of this great musical I've ever seen or heard.(And I've seen probably a dozen live performances of Carousel since my first one in Dallas in the late '40s. I own the orig. cast, the remastered orig. cast, the movie sound track, the Barbara Cook/Samuel Ramey, the John Raitt/Eileen Christy Lincoln Center recordings.) I've been a voice coach and choral director for ~40 years. I know what great voices sound like. I also know when vocal virtuosity is secondary to a singer-actor's ability to draw an audience into his character and the story that's being told. Clive Rowe isn't Eric Mattson, but he IS the love-besotted fisherman-with-big-dreams Enoch Snow. Jigger's gravelly voice is predictively sinister, Julie sounds like a sweet unsophisticated teenage girl. Meg Johnson's "You'll Never Walk Alone" is not the operatic aria it is in some hands; it's exactly what it was written to be: a tender... Read more |
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