- Audio CD (26 Nov 1996)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Dreamworks
- ASIN: B000005ALV
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 149,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Prologue | |||
| 2. Working On The Land | |||
| 3. Where's The Child | |||
| 4. Martin Guerre | |||
| 5. Here Comes The Morning | |||
| 6. Sleeping On Our Own | |||
| 7. When Will Someone Hear? | |||
| 8. Louison/Welcome Home | |||
| 9. Tell Me To Go | |||
| 10. Bethlehem | |||
| 11. All I Know | |||
| 12. Entr'acte | |||
| 13. The Courtroom | |||
| 14. Me | |||
| 15. Martin Guerre (Reprise) | |||
| 16. Someone | |||
| 17. The Imposters | |||
| 18. The Last Witness | |||
| 19. I Will Make You Proud | |||
| 20. The Madness | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Rather than succumbing to what would have seemed a timely death, the increasingly "floppy" Martin Guerre was hurried out of London in the summer of 1998 and totally pulled apart, this time not by canine critics, but by the producers themselves. Among the creative risks--there were always the financial ones--was displacing the brand new cast in Leeds for months, exposing a startled ensemble to devising and improvisation work on an unprecedented scale. The music also suffered some serious weight loss--the Martin Guerre pit orchestra, once the largest in the West End, was trimmed till it fitted into a pair of medium flight cases--a handful of instrumentalists serving as icing for the staple portions of programmed keyboard arrangements. The rigorous exercise programme paid off. Emerging from the West Yorkshire "operating theatre" was a slim, but gripping story, powerful at its core and hard hitting in its bare form, with exceptionally strong ensemble singing as a prime characteristic. As usual Schönberg delivers in the field of orchestration, though Boubil's libretto is still riddled with the familiar clangers. Obviously the reformists never dared to stray far from the narrow path of rigorous rhyme schemes that repeatedly turn the deepest existential trauma into a mere platitude. Recorded partly in the studio, partly whilst on the road, this 1999 cast recording features a handful of strong, believable soloists and tight ensemble pieces sizzling with energy. --Yngvil V.G.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Martin Guerre - 1999 Cast Recording (CD) (Audio CD)
After seeing the production in Leeds I bought the 1997 recording, which was great. Then this came & I think it's a great improvement. The orchestra has been greatly reduced, leaving a smaller, but more effective and medieval sound, which suits the atmosphere of the story better. Plus all the new songs are brilliant, especially "Without you as a friend" and the chorus numbers about the flood and the drought in which the villagers blame the misfortunes on Martin, and later, Bertrande. These make up for the seriously reduced "Working on the Land". My only complaint is the the amount of music that is missing off the CD, for example, Benoit's song with Louison is totally missing. Other than that, a joy to listen to!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's not that it's bad...,
By O. Mawdsley "feste_thejester" (London UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Martin Guerre - 1999 Cast Recording (CD) (Audio CD)
It's not that this recording is bad. It's actually half decent... But if you've hread the original 1997 recording, you'll know what I mean. The instrumentation has been greatly reduced on this recording (down from about 50 to 5), meaning it loses a lot of depth the original score had. That's another this, as weel, the score is greatly changed from the original, and I think the original was far superior. If you want to listen to Martin Guerre, then I think you'll have to content yourself with this recording as the other is out of print... But if you see the original around anywhere, for God's sake buy it!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good - but not that good!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Martin Guerre - 1999 Cast Recording (CD) (Audio CD)
The first time I heard Martin Guerre was when I bought the tape of the original London Cast recording. Having played that to death, I then went in search of a CD version. The only one I could find was the Leeds cast recording - and what a shame.A lot of the stirring music from the London production had lost its oomph by the time it reached Leeds. Having said that, there is still plenty of rousing stuff to make it worth buying. The whole show does not seem to flow quite as well as either Les Mis or Miss Saigon; but for all that it is an energetic recording with plenty of strong solo and ensemble numbers.
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