Disney's On the Record - A New Musical Revue (2004 Original Cast) [Soundtrack]

Kaitlin Hopkins (Artist), Brian Sutherland (Artist), Ashley Brown (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Walt Disney Records
• ASIN: B0007TKH48
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,495 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

2. Whistle While You Work/Give a Little Whistle

3. Can You Feel the Love Tonight/I Won't Say (I'm in Love)/Let's Get ...

4. Someday My Prince Will Come/Once Upon a Dream

5. The Walrus and the Carpenter/I Wan'na Be Like You

6. Prince Ali

7. I Just Can't Wait to Be King/Lavender Blue

8. When She Loved Me

9. Minnie's Yoo-Hoo

10. Heigh-Ho

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Let's Go Fly a Kite

2. I Will Go Sailing No More/Just Around the Riverbend/Strangers Like Me

3. Colors of the Wind

4. When I See an Elephant Fly

5. Look Out for Mister Stork

6. Pink Elephants on Parade

7. Baby Mine

8. The Bells of Notre Dame

9. Out There

10. Something There/Beauty and the Beast

See all 35 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Disney Masterpiece, Made Of Their Many Masterpieces, March 20, 2005

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TheatreCritic (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disney's On the Record - A New Musical Revue (2004 Original Cast) (Audio CD)

I will start by saying I do not own this recording, but I did see the show in its pre-Broadway tour and it is a phenomenal show. The orchestrations are different from what you might find in the movie, yet they still have that old familiar sound that you hear everytime you watch a Disney movie. The 4 principle roles are extremely talented. Kaitlin Hopkins' voice reminds me of Christine Ebersole(Dorothy Brock in New Broadway Cast Recording of 42nd Street). Andrew Samonsky is a very talented young man with an education in Opera but you can't tell at all. He nicely converts to the pop style of Disney. My only compaint with him is that he seemed to be holding back at points. He screams vocal powerhouse. Brian Sutherland has a nice voice but Disney gave him all the easy/bad songs that don't show much vocal talent. Last but not least is Ms. Ashley Brown. She is the reason I am writing this review. This young woman has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. I've been to Broadway several times and her performance in this show is probably the best female vocal performance I have ever seen. She has a beautiful crisp soprano that is very versatile and easily handles the differing styles of Disney. Reflection and A Change In Me show off her mezzo/belter range as she soars and easily steals the show. Overall, the show was beautiful. Granted, it is a musical revue, but it is one of the best revues I've ever seen. Nothing but the best from Disney...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh New Twist on the Disney's Classics!!!, March 18, 2007

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Karn R. (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disney's On the Record - A New Musical Revue (2004 Original Cast) (Audio CD)

This review is totally based on what I heard from the CD for I have never seen the show or learned about its synopsis before. This might be kinda long so bear with me here.

First of all, I have to say that I own most of Disney's soundtrack albums. I also own many Disney's compilation albums so sometimes I got a bit tired that they still released those same old songs again and again. I don't buy them anymore since I had most of those songs already. But this album is something different!!!

BASIC FACT:
The album is an original cast recording of a Disney's musical revue in 2005. (It never made it to Broadway due to a bad plot and storyline.) The album consists of 45 tracks on 2 CDs with over 70 Disney songs mentioned. Some of them are included as part of a medley and some are just snippet of songs to link to others. Some people tend to hate this idea of cutting down their favourite songs to a short piece but what I feel from this CDs is it makes the whole thing seems so fresh and new. It's kinda fun to listen to how they connect and merge the songs together. The orchestration, to me, was fresh and really nice. It gives you a jolly feeling and lifts you up every time you put it on.

THE SONGS:
The song list spans over 70 years of Disney. The Oldest song is "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo" from The Shindig (1930) and the newest is "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again" from Home on the Range (2004). And in between are familiar songs from famous Disney's classics such as Snow White, Dumbo, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story and so on... All the songs are separated into 15 recording sessions with separated prologue, entr'acte, finale and exit music. Stand outs are Session 8 (A.K.A. Silly Symphony) which is a medley of "no-meaning" songs such as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidotious", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" and more. Session 4 about flying is quite beautifully arranged. There are 2 special sessions dedicated to The Little Mermaid and Dumbo. The unmentioned sessions are also nice in their own style as well.

THE CAST:
There are 4 main performers, 2 guys and 2 girls, starting with Ashley Brown, she rocks!!! I saw her as Belle on Broadway and that is the reason why I bought this album. For those who don't know, she is the original Mary Poppins on Broadway. In this album, she plays a younger girl. Her songs are pretty much the princess classics from the opening "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" to Ariel's "Part of Your World" and from Mulan's "Reflections" to Cinderella's "So This Is Love". All her songs are delivered wonderfully. But the most impressive song is "A Change in Me" which is a new song added to the stage version of Beauty and the Beast. I think her version is the best (better than Susan Egan's, in my opinion) and the song is worth buying the album for.

Moving on to the younger guy, he is Andrew Samonsky. His voice comes out as a young teen kind of sound which sounds really nice. His outstanding performance is in the newly arranged jazzy version of "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat". This song is really cool and is a true showstopper!

The older lady of the recording is sung by Kaitlin Hopkins. She has more of mature sound which is very contrast to Ashley's clear soprano. She gets most of the "less-famous" songs but she handed them fairly. Her big solos are "Poor Unfortunate Souls", "Colors of the Wind" and "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again". She has a few duet with Ashley. "I'm Wishing/One Song" is stunning while "He's a Tramp" can be a bit boring.

The last performer of the album is Brian Sutherland who portrays the older man. He has a nice warm baritone which suits his songs well. Check out his "When You Wish Upon a Star".

The four performers get to sing some duets and quartets with each other. Standout quartet numbers are the opening medley of "Whistle While You Work/Give a Little Whistle" and the "Silly Symphony".

As for the ensemble, I think they help add a nice touch to the album especially in the Dumbo medley and the multi-language version of "Be Our Guest".

THE BOOKLET:
The album comes with a nice colorful booklet with information about all the songs, a note from the director, cast list and plenty of nice pictures on and off stage. But no lyrics.

BOTTOM LINE:
If you love Disney, this is the album to get. Whatever people say about the show, don't listen to them. You are not buying the DVD of the show. You are buying a recording and the music on this album will surely make you smile with joy. Buy it and enjoy!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Best of Disney, March 30, 2005

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T. J. Burzynski II "Theatre FREAK!!!" (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney's On the Record - A New Musical Revue (2004 Original Cast) (Audio CD)

I had to buy this CD when it came out. Like everyone else in the world, I grew up on Disney Movies. We all grew up singing the songs. This is a terrific walk down memory lane. The arrangements are a little wonky in places, but the performances are spectacular. I am a fan of Kaitlin Hopkins (Fell in love with her when she was in Bat Boy the Musical.) and I have been wanting another CD with her on it. One of my Favorite songs on this CD is "THe Work Song" from Cinderella. Just the way they started the song and ended up finishing it made me laugh. I also liked the arrangement of "I Won't Say I'm In Love" from Hercules. I thought it was great to have that song sung by a male perfomer. It was also nice to have them include "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" on the CD. That is a really fun song from the early days of Disney (1930). The arrangement is almost exactly like the original version of the song. It was GREAT! I could go on forever about the tracks that I really enjoyed ("Bells of Notre Dame" and "Out There" from Hunchback), but instead I'm going to make one small complaint. I really didn't care for "I Wanna Be Like You" from Jungle Book. The arrangement annoyed me so much that I skip the song everytime I listen to it. For me that was the ONLY downside on the CD.
Basically, it was great to see them pack 80 years of Disney music into a Musical Review. There is a grand total (including reprises) of 74 songs mixed together. Who could ask for anything more? Not me!!!