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Songs from Ragtime - The Musical (1996 Concept Album)
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Songs from Ragtime - The Musical (1996 Concept Album)
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by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mark Jacoby, Jim Corti, Lynn Ahrens, and Audra McDonald
Sales Rank: 52180
Price:$17.98
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Album Details
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
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Listener Reviews & Comments
The wonderful thing about this recording is that nearly the entire show is captured on disc. Often with cast recordings, so much occurs between the songs that the essence of the show is diluted. Here, you really get a sense of the operatic scope of the production. All the other reviews justly laud the performers...they sing while acting amazingly well. I don't have much to add there. Believe the hype...they're awesome. I'd like to compare this to the previous iteration of the show. "Ragtime" was originally released as a "highlights" style single disc. The opening song was edited, as was the closer. It appeared a year or so earlier, and the performances are different. The latter disc is NOT an edited version of the former. The "songs only" version is interesting in that those versions work just fine. The edited 'Ragtime' intro plays better as a song when it's edited. It just loses a ton in exposition and drama. When you have the urge to hear a song, like "New Music" or "Wheels Of A Dream", the former one is actually a tad better. But only when you consider the songs OUT of context. Listening to this longer version, the performers tell a story. It flows from beginning to end; the songs meld together effortlessly. The story of "Ragtime" is phenomenally well told, and it's a crime that so much was excised previously. I mean, how could you really appreciate this musical without "Sarah Brown Eyes"? That's one of the many songs absent on the "highlights" version. So, if you only have the first, you NEED the full CD. If you have the complete version, you're missing something, but not much.
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Songs from Ragtime - The Musical (1996 Concept Album)
by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mark Jacoby, Jim Corti, Lynn Ahrens, and Audra McDonald
Price:$17.98
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