Valmouth (The Chichester Festival Theatre Production) [Cast Recording]

Fenella Fielding (Artist), Robert Meadmore (Artist), Bertice Reading (Artist), Femi Taylor (Artist), Mark Wynter (Artist), Sandy Wilson (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B00004TKHA
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,160 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening/Valmouth - Original Off-Broadway Cast

2. Magic Fingers

3. Mustapha

4. I Loved a Man

5. What Then Can Make Him Come So Slow?

6. All the Girls Were Pretty

7. Just Once More

8. Lady of the Manor

9. What Do I Want With Love?

10. My Big Best Shoes

11. Niri Esther

12. The Cry of the Peacock

13. Little Girl Baby

14. The Cathedral of Clemenza

15. Only a Passing Phase

16. Valmouth

17. Where the Trees Are Green With Parrots

18. My Talking Day

19. I Will Miss You

20. Finale/Valmouth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Musical joy, May 22, 2008

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Damien Slattery (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Valmouth (The Chichester Festival Theatre Production) (Audio CD)

Sandy Wilson's loveliest musical score.
The only cavil being the lack of orchestral backup and this rich score demands more than what it has been given. This Chicester 1980's Bertice Reading CD version is skimpy and not as well-sung by some soloists as the original version. Bertice Reading and Fenella Fielding are wonderful but Robert Meadmore has the oddest voice I have ever heard in the musical theatre.
Melodically and lyrically this is a gem. Much more sophisticated than Wilson's The Boyfriend, this score is gorgeous.
Someday hopefully we may get a new version that orchestrally does justice to Wilson's masterpiece.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical,Mysterious..., October 8, 2003

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Allen Bardin (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Valmouth (The Chichester Festival Theatre Production) (Audio CD)

...and totally charming. If all you know of Sandy Wilson's work is THE BOY FRIEND, this lovely show (written for Bertice Reading) will come as a delightful surprise.