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Music CD - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin: Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast)
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Music CD: Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast)
Artist: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin
List Price: $35.98
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Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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Tracks:
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1. A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952
2. Requiem for Evita/Oh What a Circus
3. On This Night of a Thousand Stars/Eva & Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City
4. Buenos Aires
5. Goodnight & Thank You
6. The Art of the Possible
7. Charity Concert/I'd be Surprisignly Good for You
8. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
9. Peron's Latest Flame
10. A New Argentina
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0076731010724
Format: Cast Recording
Label: Decca U.S.
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Decca U.S.
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Decca U.S.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed in sound quality
Comment: This seems like a very old recording and the sound quality was way below my expectations. I would not suggest buying this if you are looking for a wonderful recording of this fabulous (my favorite of all times) play.
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Summary: Tour de Force production! Bravo Patti Lupone!
Comment: This is Miss Lupone's signature tour de force performance. Even though she has expressed the difficulty and torture of doing the show,(the score was very demanding), she will always be remembered for this performance. I wish video was more alive in those days and they would have also filmed the stage production for future generations. I saw a couple of other performances in LA and they were good but I wish I could have had the opportunity to see this version on Broadway. Even though I also agree that the musical arrangement was better on the Madonna soundtrack and even the creators said that they just didn't have the capacity to fill out the score like they did for the movie, the main problem with Madonna's version is that she didn't understand Eva Peron. She tried so hard to make her a sympathetic character and cover up the hunger that possessed Eva Peron to get to the top. Miss Lupone cut through the sentiment and gave us a Eva Peron that I think was closer to the real First Lady of Argentina. She was a dictators wife and even though I'm sure she may have been concerned for the poor, she also used them to get back at the aristocracy that had shunned her all her life, even after becoming Peron's wife. I think this is why she is the icon that we know today and she has been remembered. After Madonna had sung "Don't cry for me Argentina" and the crowd was calling for her to come back, she gave this "Who me?" "They want little me?" reaction which was totally off base. Patti's reaction was "Damn right they want me!" and if you watch the actual footage of the speech on the Casa Rosada (which is on the Criterion Lasar disc) you can see that Patti Lupone's reaction is more true to form. It's too bad the producers thought Patti Lupone was too old to make the film. I think it would have been a bigger success even though I do like Madonna and give her credit for her performance. Even her interpretaion of "Rainbow High" was off and weak and that's one of my favorites from the show. Some of the lyrical cuts on the movie soundtrack I didn't understand either. Especially during the first time you hear from Eva during the funeral. In the Broadway show she sings, "Ride on my train all my people. And when it's your turn to die, you'll remember. They fired those cannons, sang lamentations. Not just for Eva, for Argentina. Not just for Eva, for everybody. So share my glory, so share my coffin." It's very powerful and really sets up things. Why cut it out? Anyways to wrap this book up, brilliant work! Thank god, they got it on tape.
Customer Rating:
Summary: EVITA - The first is the best!
Comment: Patti Lupone is wonderful in this Broadway cast production. Forget the movie with Madonna; this is THE recording to own. Mandy Patinkin is superb as the antagonist, Che and Bob Gunton rounds out the cast playing Eva's husband, Juan Peron. I fell in love with this album long before I was able to see the musical on stage. If you want to get this recording, I suggest you order the CD, rather than a download. It's a double CD and comes with a synopsis.
Customer Rating:
Summary: EVITA - The Original Broadway version
Comment: I saw this version on Broadway and fell in love with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin. I love everything about this CD set, which replaced the cassette version I wore out. Highly recommend this version over Madonna even though Madonna did a splendid job, Patti Lupone was Outstanding.
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Summary: SUPERCALAFRAGILISTICEXSPIALODOSIS
Comment: I think that this phrase from Marry Poppins is the best to describe the amazing recording. LuPone is the Best Evita, hand down. She does this role with a flair, but not so much flair that it loses it's meaning. Mandy Papkin (The Secret Garden (1991 Original Broadway Cast)) Is a Phenominal Che and really does what Antonio left off. He adds a sarcastic and mean flair with his songs so as to insite that his character is not really that nice and slightly does not like Evita. Infact at one point he is actually asked by Evita to leave toi just get out of her life.
The Orchestrations are phenominal. evan though I do prefer the Movie Orchestrations over this one, what the Orch. lack the singing carries on. There is only one song that I think is really missing from this grouping and that is "The Lady's Got Potential". That song was wisely added to the movie.
Another pro for this version is the fact that the original show is intact. In the movie, due to Argentinan sencorship, some of the sarcasim and the mockery of Evita's life was cut. Unfortunately this made Evita look almost like a saint. The Part were it is really prevelent was in the song "Santa Evita" Where Che blandantly tells Evita some of her faults. The Montage is also woth the $30 bucks it is outstanding. Buy this alvum evan if you have to sell your house to get it it is definately worth it. every Single Cent. :)
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Editorial Reviews:
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Evita was Andrew Lloyd Webber's last show with Tim Rice before he went on to projects with less interesting collaborators, so it's no surprise that it remains his most consistently involving and rewarding work. Loosely based on the life of Eva Peron, the charismatic wife of post-World War II Argentine president Juan Peron, Rice's compelling story of one woman's rise from poverty to power is complemented by Lloyd Webber's colorful music as propelled by vigorous Latin rhythms. The showstopper, of course, is "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," but the score is full of gems, including "On This Night of a Thousand Stars," "Oh, What a Circus," and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall." Headlining the 1978 Broadway cast, Patti LuPone is fabulous in the title role, showcasing her big voice and brash egotism in the role she was born to play. Mandy Patinkin is Che, the Greek-chorus character commenting on and criticizing the Perons, and his tenor is sweet on the ballads and powerful on the driving numbers. LuPone and Patinkin made their names with Evita (and took home well-deserved Tonys), but it's the third principal, Bob Gunton, who elevates this cast to the stratosphere. As Peron--a role often filled by a nonsinger--Gunton inflects his strong voice with both menace and sensitivity. Forget the movie; this is the definitive version of this score, and an essential cast recording. --David Horiuchi
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