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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 12:56:05 GMT
The German Wicked cast recording has the Broadway orchestra on it. Cast Recording. Not Soundtrack. The film will have a soundtrack. Yes - they wanted to do a London Cast Recording with the BWay Orchestral tracks - but the musician's union wouldn't allow this - understandably. Possibly the German Musicians Union didn't care... but ours do, and we should support that fully. I wish they'd do a recording of JUST the orchestral tracks - with no singers at all - but that will never happen either for obvious reasons. London doesn't have the full Broadway orchestration, though... we were given the reduced US Tour version - so a London Cast Recording would be an inferior product in my opinion - no matter who sings on it. To be honest, I think the London orchestra sounds pretty great |
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 24, 2016 12:58:02 GMT
Finally, please look at The Phantom of the Opera. Ever wondered why there hasn't been another cast recording? It's in Michael Crawford, Hal Prince, Sarah Brightman and a host of other people's contracts that an English language album of the show cannot be produced without their consent. Well, why don't they just give consent? They're so mean! That'll be because they earn very healthy royalties on every single cast recording ever sold. Enough for Crawford to essentially retire on. Any deal they signed would still involve paying them - even if they aren't on the cast recording. Then how did they manage to release the English language 25th anniversary live recording? And the Canadian one? |
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Post by ali973 on Sept 24, 2016 13:27:08 GMT
And the Claire Moore & Ethan Freeman/Graham Bickley one..which if had another Phantom(s) and engineered better, would have been my favorite recording.
Or maybe all I'm trying to say is that Claire Moore sounds stunning and is hands down the best Christine.
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Post by herrstiefel on Sept 25, 2016 13:21:13 GMT
All official recordings of the complete score on CD have been in other languages like german, japanese or swedish (my personal favourite). Both the Canadian one and the Moore Studio-Recording(s) are just highlights, unfortunately, as I also prefer both Rebecca Caine and Claire Moore over Brightman.
The anniversary concert being a DVD-release (and retcon-LND) is a completely different story in my oppinion.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 19:49:49 GMT
All official recordings of the complete score on CD have been in other languages like german, japanese or swedish (my personal favourite). Both the Canadian one and the Moore Studio-Recording(s) are just highlights, unfortunately, as I also prefer both Rebecca Caine and Claire Moore over Brightman. The anniversary concert being a DVD-release (and retcon-LND) is a completely different story in my oppinion. They released the 25th anniversary on CD as well, and it's the full score. |
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Post by anita on Sept 26, 2016 9:17:36 GMT
Never seen "Wicked" but picked up a copy of OBC CD in a charity shop at weekend for 99p.
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Post by herrstiefel on Sept 26, 2016 9:48:10 GMT
All official recordings of the complete score on CD have been in other languages like german, japanese or swedish (my personal favourite). Both the Canadian one and the Moore Studio-Recording(s) are just highlights, unfortunately, as I also prefer both Rebecca Caine and Claire Moore over Brightman. The anniversary concert being a DVD-release (and retcon-LND) is a completely different story in my oppinion. They released the 25th anniversary on CD as well, and it's the full score. I'm aware of the CD-Version (recyling the audio track of the DVD). Same happened with the Les Miz 10th anniversary. But I still think, it's a different story with those one-night-only-special-all-star-cast-plus-worldwide-broadcast-events and an "ordinary" gala performance. As much as i'd appreciate a London Cast Album of Wicked. I doubt this will ever happen. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 10:19:57 GMT
They released the 25th anniversary on CD as well, and it's the full score. I'm aware of the CD-Version (recyling the audio track of the DVD). Same happened with the Les Miz 10th anniversary. But I still think, it's a different story with those one-night-only-special-all-star-cast-plus-worldwide-broadcast-events and an "ordinary" gala performance. As much as i'd appreciate a London Cast Album of Wicked. I doubt this will ever happen. I don't see what the fact that it was one night only has to do with the originals' contracts. If their contract indeed states that no other English version of the score can be released, how would the fact that it was only a one night even change that? |
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