Evita CD

MUSIC

SOUNDTRACKS & SCORES

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Requiem For Evita ~ Original London Cast

2. Oh What A Circus ~ Original London Cast

3. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars ~ Original London Cast

4. Eva Beware Of The City ~ Original London Cast

5. Buenos Aires ~ Original London Cast

6. Goodnight And Thank You ~ Original London Cast

7. Art Of The Possible, The ~ Original London Cast

8. I'd Be Suprisingly Good For You ~ Original London Cast

9. Another Suitcase In Another Hall ~ Original London Cast

10. New Argentina, A ~ Original London Cast

11. Don't Cry For Me Argentina ~ Original London Cast

12. High Flying Adored ~ Original London Cast

13. Rainbow High ~ Original London Cast

14. Rainbow Tour ~ Original London Cast

15. And The Monkey Kept Rolling In (And Out) ~ Original London Cast

16. Waltz For Evita And Che ~ Original London Cast

17. You Must Love Me ~ Original London Cast

18. She Is A Diamond ~ Original London Cast

19. Montage ~ Original London Cast

20. Lament ~ Original London Cast

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber.
	Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist/librettist Tim Rice's musical Evita has gone through several permutations since premiering as a double-LP studio cast album in 1976, with successful stage productions in the West End (1978) and on Broadway (1979), and, eventually, a movie adaptation (1996). All of those versions produced albums, and so does the 2006 London revival, which arrived on June 21 -- twenty-eight years to the day after the first London opening. (It later announced a closing date of May 26, 2007, for a run of 11 months.) The original London cast LP, unlike the original studio cast recording, the original Broadway cast recording, and the original soundtrack, was a single-disc affair, and so is this one. Lloyd Webber, who runs his own label, Really Useful Records, tends to opt for full-length treatments of his shows on record, nearly every one sprawling across two CDs, the better to reflect his sung-through scores. Here, he has trimmed the music from the usual 100 minutes to 70 by eliminating minor songs, instrumental passages, and sound effects. That is an appropriate decision for a score that also sounds scaled down otherwise, with a smaller orchestra and cast. To address the downsizing, the composer has also revised his orchestrations and given them more of an Argentine flavor; the listener may think less often of Puccini and occasionally of Astor Piazzolla. If that gives a slightly more Argentine feel to a show set in Argentina, a major casting decision accentuates this change. In the title role is Argentine singer/actress Elena Roger. The appeal of casting an actual countrywoman of Eva Peron's to play her is undeniable, but it is equally undeniable that Roger sings in English with a heavy accent. Lloyd Webber and Rice may have felt that most of those attending the show would already know the lyrics so well that it wouldn't matter. But when Philip Quast, as Juan Peron sings to Roger's Eva in "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You," "I can understand you perfectly," the listener may be tempted to disagree. Still, this is a better treatment of the score than that heard on the original soundtrack. Roger, for all her flaws of enunciation, makes more of the part than Madonna did, and Matt Rawle is certainly a superior Che to that of Antonio Banderas (who had his own pronunciation problems). Also, even though Lloyd Webber and Rice have unnecessarily retained "You Must Love Me," the new song they wrote for the movie, they have wisely restored "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" to the minor character of the mistress played here by Lorna Want. (Against any sense, Madonna claimed the song in the film.) Still, the 2006 London Evita comes in a poor third to the original studio cast album and the original Broadway cast album. ~ William Ruhlmann

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/24/2006
	Original Release Date : 2006
	Catalog ID : 0007867
	Label : Decca (USA)
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602498559758

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Evita (2006)

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