The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection / Encore [Box set]

Andrew Lloyd Webber (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Burton Lane (Composer), Peter Greenwell (Composer), Stephen Sondheim (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), David Caddick (Conductor), Harry Rabinowitz (Conductor), Michael Reed (Conductor), Andrew Lloyd Webber (Performer), Sarah Brightman (Performer), Michael Crawford (Performer), José Carreras (Performer), John Gielgud (Performer), Cliff Richard (Performer), Steve Barton (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, José Carreras, John Gielgud, et al.
• Conductor: David Caddick, Harry Rabinowitz, Michael Reed
• Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Rodgers, Burton Lane, Peter Greenwell, Stephen Sondheim, et al.
• Audio CD (October 15, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Decca Broadway
• ASIN: B00006LLOO
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,178 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #7 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > A to B > Brightman, Sarah

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Phantom of the Opera

2. Unexpected Song

3. Chanson d'Efrance

4. All I Ask of You

5. Don't Cry for Me Argentina

6. Another Suitcase in Another Hall

7. Love Changes Everything

8. Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)

9. Memory

10. Gus: The Theatre Cat

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Whitsle Down the Wind {From Whistle Down the Wind}

2. Away from You {From Rex}

3. Guardami (With One Look) {From Sunset Boulevard} [Italian Version]

4. Think of Me {From the Phantom of the Opera}

5. One More Walk the Around the Garden {From Carmelina}

6. Surrender {From Sunset Boulevard}

7. If I Ever Fall in Love Again {From the Crooked Mile}

8. Half a Moment {From Jeeves}

9. Piano (Memory) {From Cats} [Italian Version]

10. What More Do I Need {From Saturday Night}

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Encore!, September 28, 2004

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection / Encore (Audio CD)

Before she was a sparkling pop/classical diva, Sarah Brightman was a Broadway star and the onetime wife of the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber. This two-disc set that includes her "Encore," a collection of songs from mostly-obscure musicals, and "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection," several of Webber's songs (mostly picked from "Songs That Got Away" and "Surrender").

"Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection" starts off with the gothic "Phantom of the Opera," but quickly moves on to lighter fare in the airy "Unexpected Song," a soaring duet with Cliff Richards in "All I Ask Of You," the sparkling "Love Changes Everything," and some tepid forays into the shrill "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Memory."

"Encore" is far more ethereal and steady. The piano-led "Whistle Down The Wind" starts it off on a strong note, before the aching "Away From You," operatic "Think of Me," affectionate "If I Ever Fall in Love Again," and the symphonic "Nothing Like You've Ever Known." A particular highlight is the sparkling "What More Do I Need," a little tune that celebrates how love brightens up even the most dingy little apartment, in the most miserable weather. "With your love/what more do I need?"

Sarah Brightman was obviously on solid footing with these two CDs. It might leave a bad taste in some fans' mouths that "Collection" is mostly compiled from a pair of other Brightman albums, but if listeners don't have "Surrender" and "Songs That Got Away," this two-disc set would be an excellent way to acquaint themselves with it.

"Encore" is steady and well-suited for Brightman's voice, as well as having a sort of Victorian-garden air. "Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection" has the most flaws of the two -- some of the songs like "Memory" aren't suited to Brightman's voice, and she comes across as shrill and uneasy. But in songs written for her talents and "Encore," her voice alternately soars and murmurs in an airy soprano.

Sarah Brightman reached her artistic pinnacle so far in the velvety "Eden," but her stuff here is still quite beautiful. "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection/Encore" two-pack is a satisfying look at some of Brightman's Broadway-based songs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection / Encore (Audio CD)

Both of these discs afford great pleasure. The Lloyd Webber compilation presents many of his biggest hits in fine performances by his ex-wife. The Encore disc gives fascinating glimpses of worthy but little known pieces from musicals. Arrangements are wonderful, and Sarah Brightman is in excellent voice throughout. At times she has a tendency to wax a bit operatic, but she certainly does have the chops to bring it off successfully, so I'm not complaining. Obviously, Ms. Brightman was trained in the classical tradition, and she knows how to use her voice to best advantage in service to the material. In short, she has musical integrity.

4 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another way to make money on the back of Sarah, November 27, 2002

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This review is from: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection / Encore (Audio CD)

Yes, it's true. Sarah has nothing to do with these cds, but her voice. It's another record that Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really "not that" Useful Group release to make money. Those two cds are very good though. If you have one of them, i suggest to get the other separatly.