My Life With Albertine (World Premiere Recording)
Various Artists
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| Total: 19 Songs |
Customer Reviews
The New Musical Theater
Two words of advice: Buy it! Three more words of advice: Listen to it! One last word of advice: Repeatedly! For anyone who longs for a fresh, intelligent, complex musical theater CD - here it is. For those of you who don't have the time to read Proust (and who does?) this CD will provide the experience of all the drama, love and passion of the Playwright's Horizon production of My Life with Albertine - the Ricky Ian Gordon/Richard Nelson brave and elegant musical based on a section of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past". The masterful voice of the brilliant Tony Award winning Brent Carver singing the sublime, philosophical "Song of Solitude" is alone worth the reasonable price of the CD. There is also astonishing Kelli O'Hara as the heartbreaking female lead singing "If It Is True". Not to mention powerhouse Emily Skinner singing "I Want You", or Chad Kimball and Brent Carver singing "Sometimes". Special mention also to the supporting cast - especially Donna Lynne Champlin singing "Lullabye" and Brooke Sunny Moriber included in "Ferret Song. The fascinating, haunting music of Ricky Ian Gordon is life changing. The lyrics of Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson are true to the romantic heart of Proust's tragic love story. If you want to know the future of musical theater - this is it. Bravo also to Tommy Krasker's production of this CD and Charles Prince's musical direction.
A Valient Effort, A Musical Mess
I purchased this album because I love Brent Carver's voice (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Parade) but was sorely disappointed with the work as a whole (though Brent is lovely as always we can't save a sinking ship) The songs are very difficult to listen to--a combination of disonance, tricky tempos and very little repetition. It demands your constant attention. The orchestration is well done, for the most part, but the tunes are sour, the plot (what little can be dicifered from a loose aggregate of stream of consciousness style lyrics) is less than appealing, and the women have rather grating tones (sopranos shouldn't scoop on every note. It's kind of like nails on a chalkboard). If you really must, I'd purchase Talk About the Weather and either of My Soul Weeps. Lullabye is tolerable. Just listen to a few songs. You'll start to understand.
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