This is an altogether interesting recording, since it allows one to emerge deep into ALW's rich musical themes and leitmotivs of the Phantom score, with no singing voices to accompany the melodies. Julian Lloyd Webber joined forces in Phantasia with one of the world's leading classical artists, the violinist Sarah Chang. It contains two orchestral suits: the selections from the Phantom score, called Phantasia and the other is from ALW's latest West End musical "The Woman in White", which is about to be transferred to Broadway in November this year. It took almost 20 years for ALW and his cellist brother Julian to actually make it happen and this recording is the final result. ![]() When ALW was working on the score in the second part of the 80-is, he envisaged a concert version for the orchestra, violin and cello, in which the cello would take the role of the Phantom and the violin of Christine Daae, his love interest. Add to that the beautiful and sweeping melodies ALW composed, the monumental staging directed by the master of musical direction Hal Prince, the excellent original cast of Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman and it's no wonder the Phantom quickly conquered the West End, Broadway (it is currently still playing on both locations as a second longest-running musical in history), after which it has been presented in theaters all over the world, thus becoming the most successful musical in terms of financial gain and the original cast album sold in more than 25 million copies. The gothic love story of Gaston Leroux's novel proved for ALW to be a perfect match of the artist and the subject matter. Since it premiered in October 1986 in London and a year after that on Broadway, it became one of the best and most beloved musicals of all time. Enjoy.Īs most people know by now, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" is a musical phenomenon. well, you will find all of these feelings in here. You often hear that classical music is a form of art that can express human feelings, from fear to love, from anger to joy, from sadness to hope. Really hope to be able to hear it performed live again. ![]() ![]() The way the 'songs' are arranged for cello and violin and the way they are linked together is fantastic and the pace is just right, it keeps you hooked for the whole half an hour (or just over), from the dramatic opening (which must be exceptionally difficult to play for both the cellist and the violinist!!) to the bitter-sweet ending.īoth Julian Lloyd Webber and Sarah Chang give a flawless performance here and prove the world class musicians they are. If you are familiar with the musical, you will recognise all the main songs from the musical and you may even find yourself singing along to the music! Whether you are familiar with Phantom of the Opera or not, you will enjoy it. It is a very well written, very enjoyable double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra. This is a CD that is very special to me and I wanted to write something about it, but after reading the previous reviews there isn't much else I can add about this fabulous album, other than, perhaps, you may think this is crossover music. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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