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Released: 2003-12-16
Media: Audio CD
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Title Tracks for Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast)
- 1. No One Mourns the Wicked - Cristy Candler
- 2. Dear Old Shiz
- 3. The Wizard and I - Idina Menzel
- 4. What Is This Feeling? - Kristin Chenoweth
- 5. Something Bad - William Youmans
- 6. Dancing Through Life - Michelle Federer
- 7. Popular - Kristin Chenoweth
- 8. I'm Not That Girl - Idina Menzel
- 9. One Short Day - Kristin Chenoweth
- 10. A Sentimental Man - Joel Grey
- 11. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel
- 12. Thank Goodness - Kristin Chenoweth
- 13. Wonderful - Idina Menzel
- 14. I'm Not That Girl (Reprise) - Kristin Chenoweth
- 15. As Long as You're Mine - Norbert Leo Butz
- 16. No Good Deed - Idina Menzel
- 17. March of the Witch Hunters
- 18. For Good - Kristin Chenoweth
- 19. Finale - Kristin Chenoweth
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Album Description
WICKED, STARRING KRISTIN CHENOWETH, IDINA MENZEL AND JOEL GREY. Decca Broadway proudly presents the original cast recording of WICKED, Broadway's most talked about new musical. The box office is already over $10 Million! With a score by Stephen Schwartz (Broadway's Pippin, Godspell), libretto by Winnie Holzman (TV's My So-Called Life) and based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical is a prequel to the legendary classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ. WICKED explores the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba. One witch, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED stars Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) as Glinda, Idina Menzel (Rent) as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Tony® and Oscar® Winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) as The Wizard. The Original Cast Recording -- featuring an essay by Wicked novelist Gregory Maguire, original color photos from the show and a complete libretto.
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One of the most common complaints about musicals is that the books are flimsy pretexts from which to hang numbers. Wicked runs into the opposite problem: it has a great plot, but too often the songs just get in the way. Based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, Wicked tells us what happened between Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy showed up in Oz. And the show is lucky to boast a pair of ace leading women in the main roles. As Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth delivers a sensational star turn, displaying a crystal-pure voice and sharp comic timing; Idina Menzel lends her powerful pipes to the tricky role of Elphaba. Unfortunately, you wish they had better material to work with. Stephen Schwartz's pop score is often dragged down by overly synthetic orchestrations and sentimental lyrics (think Chicken Soup for the Witch). Still, at its best Wicked is a seductive slice of popular entertainment that could well give a younger audience a lasting taste for musical theater. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Product Details
Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast)
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2003-12-16)
- Publisher: Decca Broadway
- Label: Decca Broadway
- Format: Cast Recording
- Studio: Decca Broadway
- Sales Rank in Music: #137
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310 of 326 people found the following review helpful:  A modern musical masterpiece with two powerhouse leads., By This review is from: Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD) Having just seen this a few weeks ago, "Wicked" blew me away. I wasn't expecting such a spectacular staging. Like any good Broadway musical, it taps into every emotion in the book, and with two masterful performances in the leads, the material is given every chance to shine. Even when the material is a tad weak.
The story, as the other 293 reviewers have stated, needs not to be reiterated. However, I was continually surprised at how clever and funny the whole thing was. It's ingenious, and like, oh, probably a million other persons, went out and bought the novel right away. This recording is an excellent souvenir of the show. Like most excerpted cast albums, you're gonna miss a lot. Quite a bit happens between songs... ...nevertheless... ...the songs that floored me initially are all here. Idina Menzel is simply amazing. Having followed her career since "Rent" and her solo album, it's a joy to see other people finally discovering what the rest of us have known...Read more 48 of 50 people found the following review helpful: Incredible, By Sarah M (CT) - See all my reviews This review is from: Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD) Although I've been a huge admirer of both Kristin Chenowith and idina Menzel for a few years now, I was not sure what to expect upon first hearing this soundtrack. Actually, I ended up seeing the show on broadway, and buying the CD the day after because i couldn't get enough of this music! Stephen Schwartz has made a brilliant creation, and couldn't have gotten better voices to sing it. The vocal harmonies are beautiful throughout. Defying Gravity, the real showstopper (much thanks to Ms. Menzel's UNBELIEVABLE voice), gave me almost as big of a chill when hearing it on the soundtrack as it did in live performance. Ms. Chenowith's lovely voice carries songs as well, and the song Popular is cute and funny, while showing off her vocal talent. Aside from Defying Gravity, my favorite songs are I'm Not That Girl (sung by Ms. Menzel), and the love ballad As Long as You're Mine. It's a fun, entertaining musical more full of emotion than I had expected it would be. Between Norman Leo...Read more 31 of 31 people found the following review helpful: This CD is positiveley.....emerald!, By Ari Magen (elkins park PA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition (Audio CD) This contains 2 discs. The first disc is the Original Broadway Cast,which won a Grammy Award. The music and lyrics were composed by Stephen Schwartz. The cd features Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristen Chenoweth as Galinda, Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero, and the rest of the Wicked Cast.
The second disk has 8 tracks. LeAnn Rimes, Delta Goodrem, Kerry Ellis, Stephanie J. Block, and Idina Menzel; lend their voices to 3 remixed Wicked songs. One recording, "Making Good", featuring Stephanie J. Block, is a never before heard original audio of her singing a song while working with Stephen Schwartz. Idina Menzel sings a fantastic remixed version of Defying Gravity that will give you chills. The rest of the songs are from the German cast recording (As Long As Youre Mine, No Good Deed) and the Japanese cast recording (Dancing Through Life, Popular). Hearing these beloved songs translated is quite entertaining. The case is beautifully redesigned with new...Read more |
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