The Phantom Of The Opera (1999 Japanese Cast) [Import, Cast Recording]

The Phantom Of The Opera (Related Recordings), Andrew Lloyd Webber | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Cast Recording
• Label: Universal/Polydor
• ASIN: B00000IIXW
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #452,431 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prologue

2. Overture

3. Dress Rehersal Of Hanniba

4. Think Of Me

5. Angel Of Music

6. Little Lotte

7. Mirror (Angel Of Music)

8. Phantom Of The Opera

9. Music Of The Night

10. I Remember/Stranger Than

11. Magical Lasso

12. Notes

13. Prima Donna

14. Poor Fool He Makes Me Lau

15. Why Have You Brought Me H

16. All I Ask Of You

17. Entr

18. Masquerade/Why So Silent

19. Notes/Twisted Every Way

20. Wishing You Were Somehow

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Phantom kills again...., May 4, 2002

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Big Fat Theatre Dork (Inbred Queensbury, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Phantom Of The Opera (1999 Japanese Cast) (Audio CD)

Alright, this recording is very good--- by Japanese standards. So if you buy it, keep in mind that unless you read Japanese, you won't be able to read any of the lyrics listed in the libretto. Also remember that the Japanese have entirely different conceptions of theatrics than the westerners and europeans, which explains why some songs, such as "Angel of Music" and the title song, feature the english words mixed in with the japanese. And by the way, the Phantom's mask is a rustic silver, rather than white. How's that for unusual?

The recording, of course, is a masterpiece by any standards, and the voices are teriffic. As a big fat theatre dork, I like to impress people with my useless knowledge of these kinds of things, so this has come in handy. Great recording, great voices, music slightly different, (tempos are faster in most parts, but it's still good) et cetera.

My favorite tempo change is right before Christine yells ".....I'll go mad!" (In Japanese, of course) The music gradually gets faster and faster and faster until she yells that. Great stuff, I recommend it to anyone, enjoy.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Phantom recording yet!! ..., June 14, 2001

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Brian (New York State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Phantom Of The Opera (1999 Japanese Cast) (Audio CD)

This cd is very close to being as good as the london cast. There are only 2 things that make the london cast better: Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, they ARE phantom and christine. I will explain the differences between this album and the london album. First, this phantoms voice is MUCH lower that Mr. Crawfords, but he has a beautiful voice. The complete "prologue" is here; there added dance music in "hannible", the rehearsal for "don juan" is missing; the orchestrations and sound quality are far better; all lyrics are in japanese (obviously). This is a very cool cd and worth the price. Buy and enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cast Recording!!!, October 15, 2005

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j. O "j.O" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Phantom Of The Opera (1999 Japanese Cast) (Audio CD)

This Japanese cast recording is actually to celebrate the 10th anniversary of PHANTOM in Japan and is also the version from The Shiki Theatre(the're the purple, red, yellow, and green squares in the OBI). Im happy to say that this is my favorite Japanese recording out of the other two.Kiyotaka Imai is an excellent Phantom, and even though he's not as good as Yuichiro Yamaguchi(even though they sound alike)he does give a great performance. Rumy Iryo's Christine is wonderful,she sounds like both,the first Japanese Christine(Rioko Nomura)and the second(Kyoko suzuky),This is the only Christine that can make her voice soars,and she does something fantastic with her voice the last 16 seconds of the tittle song,its really great,buy it, you'll enjoy it!!!