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| | Grand Hotel: The Musical - Broadway Cast Recording | | | Music Artist : | | George Forrest | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | RCA Victor Broadway | | Release Date : | | 1992-06-23 | | Store Price : | | $8.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Grand Parade/Some Have, Same Have Not/As It Should Be - Barrett, David Elledge, Henry Grossman, Kathi Moss, William Ryall, Walter Willison, John Wylie
2. Look at Him
3. At the Grand Hotel/Table With a View - Brent Barrett, Michael Jeter
4. Maybe My Baby Loves Me - David Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Danny Strayhorn
5. Fire and Ice/Twenty-Two Years/Villa on a Hill - Karen Akers, Liliane Montevecchi, Ensemble
6. I Want to Go to Hollywood - Jane Krakowski
7. Sorry to Report...
8. Crooked Path/Some Have, Some Have Not/As It Should Be - David Elledge, Henry Grossman, Timothy Jerome, William Ryall, Walter Willison, Ensemble
9. Who Couldn't Dance With You? - Brent Barrett, Michael Jeter, Jane Krakowski
10. So Tell Me Baron...
11. Love Can't Happen - Brent Barrett
12. What You Need - Karen Akers
13. Bonjour Amour - Lilliane Montevicchi
14. H-A-P-P-Y/We'll Take a Glass Together - Brent Barrett, David Jackson, Michael Jeter, Danny Strayhorn, Ensemble
15. I Waltz Alone - Brent Barrett, Michael Jeter, John Wylie
16. No Creature on the Planet...
17. Roses at the Station - Brent Barrett
18. Two Sworn Enemies...
19. Bolero - The Orchestra
20. How Can I Tell Her? - Karen Akers
21. Final Scene/As It Should Be/At the Grand Hotel/Some Have, Some Have N - Company, Henry Grossman, Michael Jeter, Jane Krakowski, Bob Stillman, John Wylie
22. Grand Waltz
23. Love Can't Happen [*] - David Carroll, David Carroll
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Wonderful music!
Submitted on: 2008-10-22 |
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I performed in the orchestra for a production of this musical recently. In my 30-odd years of playing shows, I've learned that if I'm doing a show I don't know, it takes a while for me to warm up to the music.
Not so with Grand Hotel! The first time I listened to the CD, I was hooked. I thought, wait a minute, it can't be this good. But it is. The music, the orchestrations, the singing all add up to a fabulous CD. Kudos to the entire creative team, orchestra, and cast. |
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 I can only guess...
Submitted on: 2008-08-21 |
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Just hearing the bonus track of David Carroll singing "Love Can't Happen" makes me wonder how BETTER the original cast recording could have been. Brent Barrett vocally sounds shrill and tense in his upper range, marring the official recordings of "Roses at the Station" and "Love Can't Happen". What a tragedy!!! And Carroll's other recording--the Broadway version of Chess--is no longer in print (according to Amazon). This is a double tragedy, because David played Anatoly in the show and gets to sing the powerful "Anthem" at the end of Act 1.
Generally, the score sounds cobbled together with no memorable melodies (other than "Love Can't Happen", which burrows its way into your psyche at the first or second hearing). Perhaps Yeston should have written the whole score and find some legal way to discard the derivative songs provided by Forrest and Wright. Perhaps a revival (and major rewrite) is in order...
This is not a good representation of this show, vocally and compositionally speaking. Unfortunately, there are currently no other representation. My two cents. |
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 Grand Hotel - Grand Recording
Submitted on: 2008-07-21 |
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| The original cast recording of Grand Hotel is grand indeed. Exellent orchestrations and as excellent cast. The emotion of the piece is conveye d thoroughly on this recording. |
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Grand Hotel
Submitted on: 2006-07-24 |
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"Grand Hotel" is a fine musical with songs by George Forrest and Robert Wright and some additional material by Maury Yeston. What stole the show in this musical, however, was Mr. Tommy Tune's inventive staging. That doesn't mean audiences went out humming the staging, though. The songs are excellet as well. Some standouts include the opening number, "Grand Hotel" or "The Grand Parade" as it is officially titled written by Mr. Yeston is a wonderfully jaunty opening number. "At The Grand Hotel\Table With a View", performed by the incomparable Michael Jeter is a lovely selection. "Maybe My Baby Loves Me" is tuneful fun. "Love Can't Happen" is a very romantic ballad and "What You Need" is a wonderful Weill-esque number performed with conviciton by one my favorite performers, Karen Akers. "We'll Take a Glass Together" is also a great showstopper performed by Mr. Jeter and Brent Barret.
The performances are excellent. Ms. Akers and Mr. Jeter steal the show. Thinking about the performances of their songs "What You Need" and "We'll Take a Glass Together" performed by Akers and Jeter respectively sends chills through my body. Brent Barret is fine as the Baron and Liliane Montevecchi as the retiring balerina is excellent, although her role in "Nine" was better suited for her. Jane Krawkowski is also great as a young wannabe movie star.
The orchestrations by Peter Matz are excellent. The original cast album includes a bonus track of David Carroll performing "Love Can't Happen" at a cabaret. Mr. Carroll starred as the Baron durring the beginning of the run, but was diagnosed with HIV and was replaced by Brent Barrett. Because of legal issues, the cast album was recorded late in the run. The creative team thought that it'd be a good idea to have the still living, if very ill Mr. Carroll perform his songs. Alas, he died of AIDS in the studio before his tracks could be recorded. The bonus track is nice for people who enjoy the vocalizing of Mr. Carroll. I don't particulary like his voice and prefer Mr. Barrett's performance of the song. However, his passing was very unfortunate and he is missed. |
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Mr. Jeter
Submitted on: 2005-12-06 |
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| Traveled from AZ. to NYC specifically to see Michael Jeter perform live in "Grand Hotel". A man of remarkable talent who went way too soon. He is the only reason I went and the only reason I have this cd. For him I give it 4 stars. |
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