The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection

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This collection is great for those who are beginning to experience the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. I have grown up with some of the music, but there is quite a bit of it that I did not know. This album gives you a taste of each musical and will hopefully lead you on to the Soundtracks as it did for me. The album even includes a musical that is not well known: "By Jeeves." The title song that is included is so catchy, one cannot help but want to hear the rest of its soundtrack. From "Memory" to "Superstar" to "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," this soundtrack includes the best of the best. For those just beginning to explore Broadway, this is a must have!

For a beginner, this CD introduced me to many of the Lloyd Webber musicals that I would grow to love. From Michael Crawford's passionate portrayal of the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera to Michael Ball's star-struck love ballads of Aspects of Love, to the surprising version of Close Every Door sung by Donny Osmond, this CD is perhaps the greatest of all the Andrew Lloyd Webber's Greatest Hits. However, I felt that Memory, the signature song from the longest running musical on Broadway, Cats, lacked attention, attention that was duly needed. The CD also lacked some selections from Starlight Express and Jesus Christ's emotional cry of Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say). For a beginning enthusiast in musical theatre to the well-experienced veteran, this CD eliminates the hassle of carrying all of the original broadway albums and the terrible background snake-like hiss of recording onto cassettes. Buy Mr. Llyod Webber's music!(Oh I almost forgot, for all you...Read more

This CD is a great buy , value for money ! The songs are intelligently chosen , giving a broad insight into Webber's works, as well as maintaining a tempo throughout the album. The songs, needless to say , are astounding , haunting and melodious like the ones from The Phantom Of The Opera... or fast paced like the Cats numbers .... The fast changes in mood and harmony in the songs lend the inimitable Webber touch to this album . If you don't have this album, you are missing something !