Customer Reviews

Selections from Chess

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Here is a complete list of the songs in this book. (The list in the Editor's Notes section isn't accurate and doesn't include a song that was added later.)

Merano
Where I Want to Be
Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquillity)
The American and Florence/Nobody's Side
Chess
Mountain Duet
Embassy Lament
Anthem
Bangkok/One Night in Bangkok
Heaven Help My Heart
I Know Him So Well
Pity the Child
You and I
Someone Else's Story (This was in the version I bought from Amazon in March 2010. According to the other reviews it wasn't included in an earlier printing.)

I'm not a very good piano player but this was simplified so much that it doesn't match the music. I must have listened to the CD 20 times sitting at the piano trying to hear any instrument that was playing what was written. It wasn't there!!! I got so frustrated that I searched for the Original Conductor's Score, found it and was completely satisfied.

If you are looking for music for taking piano lessons or just want the lyrics and the melody for singing, than this is OK. But if you want to PLAY the music than this is greatly disappointing.

I couldn't give it less than 3 stars because original music deserves more than 5 stars and averaging it with the crap in the base clef and the tab type version of the treble clef is only one star.

Search the Internet for the conductors score in pdf version instead. You can then play the music on the piano or other instruments.

"Chess" is a musical with beautiful songs and great lyrics, and all of that if reflected in this score book. For the admirers of "Chess" who would like to play or sing these beautiful songs, this selection is a must!

I was a bit confused between this book and the other one (with the two flags on the cover), since I was looking for a particular song that was in one version and not the other. "Someone Else's Story" in the other one, but I really appreciated the timeliness of the book's arrival, and the security of the packaging. Thanks so much!

Excellent representation of the show "Chess". Much better than the Broadway Original Cast album.