Customer Reviews

Evita (Highlights from the 1978 Original Broadway Cast)

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The legendary Mandy Patinkin plus the incredible Patti LuPone. Its only a shame that we've been deprived of the complete recording.

Evita is easily one of my Favorite musicals. Madonna was a better Evita then I thought she would be, but Patti Lupone was amazing as Evita. Her vioce is great!!

This might be a good CD to buy if you are not sure you even like the genre of music, but otherwise go with the complete 2-disk set. They left out some very good songs in 'Highlights'. The extra 10 or 20 dollars spent WILL be worth it,

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS CD AT BORDERS YESTERDAY AND I COULDN'T FIND IT. I REMEMBERD IT BEING LIKE 22 DOLLORS OR SOMETHING. SO I BOUGHT THE 35 DOLLOR COMPLETE 2 DISK RECORDING. I AM SOOOOOOO GLAD I DID. THERE WERE SO MANY GOOD SONGS THAT WERE ON THE COMPLETE CD THAT THEY TOOK OUT FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS. IF YOU REALLY LIKE EVITA AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A GOOD RECORDING, GET THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL BROADWAY OR THE CONCEPT RECORDING. I WOULDN'T BUY THIS OR EVEN THE ORIGINAL LONDON CD. THEY'RE JUST TOO SHORT.

This is an excellent recording if you don't want to spend the money on the full set. However, the full set IS worth the money, and is highly recommended. As far as the recorded songs go the selections on this album are superb, and if for whatever reason you decide to go with the highlights album, Patti LuPone will not displease.

The previous poster, however, is absolutely incorrect about the London Cast CD. Elaine Paige is by far the best Evita ever recorded, and that album is worth every penny. It's a shame they never put the full musical from the London cast, because that would be the definitive recording to own. But it doesn't exist, and the London Cast highlights album is the only one available with Ms. Paige. This recording only gets 4 stars because the Ms LuPone simply is not as absolutely stunning as Ms Paige, and hers is the definitive Evita.

And don't even mention the pop singer's name in the company of those two superstars.