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I bought this CD of Les Miserables for two reasons. First was to hear how Britain's Got Talent contestants Susan Boyle and Jamie Pugh compare with the professional singers on this album. Secondly to see if there were any other songs in this musical that I could use for my hoped for appearance on Britain's Got Talent 2010. The answer to the second is very clearly NO. The songs "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Bring Him Home" are the only ones in this musical that stand out on their own. All the others are very much part of the drama and are lacking in strong melody. So, how do the BGT contestants compare? Well,Debbie Byrne's "I Dreamed A Dream" is more emotional than Susan Boyle's but, strangely, suffers as a result, so I prefer Susan Boyle. I find Jamie Pugh's "Bring Him Home" vastly preferable to Gary Morris's. Partly because of his lovely South-Walian accent but also because of his more delicate touch. I think Gary Morris overdoes it somewhat. This CD is a good value package non-the-less. You get a 20 page booklet with the words in.Read full review
This CD features highlights from the hit musical 'Les Misérables', with 17 tracks in all. This particular recording is taken from the Complete Symphonic International Cast Recording (which festures the entire Les Miz score on 3 CDs). It is a good quality recording, and a very enjoyable CD. I chose to buy it as I have seen a recording of Les Miz on DVD a couple of times, and I think that the musical score from it is excellent. On a CD, I am now able to listen to some of the most memorable tracks from the musical without having to watch the full DVD, or be near the TV. It would be a great addition to the CD rack of any fans of musicals or scores of such like. I would highly recommend it to anybody who enjoyed the film or liked the score.
This CD includes all the well-known songs from the show, including 'I Dreamed A Dream' of recent 'Britain's Got Talent' fame. I would recommend getting this CD, as some of the les mis soundtrax only feature about 5 tracks from the show: this one has 17. Also some other CDs turned out to be just an orchestra playing the songs without vocals. This CD has vocals and is the best I came across at a reasonable price.
Wanted a good CD of Les Mis. This sounds like it was performed by an ameteur dramatics club.... great if you like that kind of thing, but not what I was expecting.
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