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| | Songs from the Stage & Screen | | | Music Artist : | | Michael Crawford | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Atlantic / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1992-09-15 | | Store Price : | | $13.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.96 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. West Side Story Medley: Maria/Tonight/Somewhere
2. What'll I Do?
3. Unexpected Song
4. If I Loved You
5. Before the Parade Passes By
6. When You Wish upon a Star
7. In the Still of the Night
8. Memory
9. Not a Day Goes By
10. Bring Him Home
11. You'll Never Walk Alone
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 A Michael Crawford "Must Own"
Submitted on: 2007-09-16 |
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| The music is classic and Michael Crawford is at his best. This CD is one that any romantic should have in his/her collection. It is definitely five-star quality. I've given it to any number of friends. And recommended it to many others. It is fail-safe. |
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Michael Crawford's a Broadway Star
Submitted on: 2007-06-07 |
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| This is a terrific collection of show tunes, sung by a master. The album is varied, the Symphony Orchestra is wonderful, and it's a plessure all around. |
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An Auspicious Debut Album
Submitted on: 2007-03-25 |
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Fresh from his phenomenal success as London's (and later Broadway's) "Phantom of the Opera", Michael Crawford, the Eternal Choir Boy, presented his premire solo album, " Songs From the Stage and Screen".
It begins with a medley of songs from "West Side Story", of which, I personally thought the tempo could have been slightly different where the song, "Tonight" was concerned. I would have preferred the emphasis to be on strings rather than percussion as was done in the film version.
But Crawford's delivery is breathless and effortless on each of the numbers, and great acoustics help tremendously.
His version of Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?" is heartfelt, and profoundly sad. Lloyd Webber's "Unexpected Song" is as sweet as the cold berry punch I often drank while relaxing in the days when I was breaking in my copy of this album; Rodger's and Hammerstein's "If I Loved You" is brief and has a bittersweet finality to it. "Before the Parade Passes By", from "Hello, Dolly!"-- the film version of which he starred with Barbra Striesand and Walter Matthau, has a lot of pep, and sounds as though it could be played during halftime at a football game.
"When You Wish Upon A Star" is ethereal. The first version of Cole Porter's "In The Still of The Night" that I consciously remember hearing is cool, airy, and magical. "Memory" is soft, and this is where he sounds most like the choir boy he initially was.
"Not A Day Goes By", from "Merrily, We Roll Along", is powerful, mournful, and profound, and Crawford sounds typically "Broadway-ish" in his delivery.
His rendering of "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables" is statelier and sunnier than Colm Wilkinson's original, and "You'll Never Walk Alone" brings out the sunniness in the midst of mourning.
Years ago, composer Benjamin Britten re-wrote the notes of his opera, "Noye's Fludde" to better accomodate a young Michael Crawford's voice. Clearly that man saw the potential in his young protege, and Crawford's 1987 debut solo album proves that Britten's faith in his potential was well-placed! |
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Excellent music from Michael Crawford
Submitted on: 2007-02-21 |
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| While there is some duplication of songs from other albums, I can never hear too much of Michael singing. He is the best. I will have to shop again and get the rest of the albums. I look forward to ODing on Michael's singing. |
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stage and screen
Submitted on: 2007-01-10 |
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| I loved it. Anything with Michael Crawford in it I like. |
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