Lloyd Webber: Sunset Boulevard - Symphonic Suite 

It's between this and Evita for me.

@@fatheranthony4pope yes always tricky to choose. I love the Waltz for Eva and Che. Anyone who can work "Fundamental system of government" into a song lyric is genius to me!!

of course it is

Fair

I agree, I've seen the musical 9 times.

It is

Agreed 100%. I count myself very lucky to have gotten to see the original production with the full set. I have never witnessed an audience reaction even close to the ooh's and ahh's (and applause) when that mansion floated silently down from the rafters.

Yes yes yes

@mattTexas, Unfortunately I have never see any production of the show except a old, technically flawed video an audience member made. So, I searched to find a photo of the original set you mention , but it won't post here. I was involved designing sets, lighting, etc. for Community Theater in my 20's, 30's and have a continued love from afar. I too, would lave lost my breath upon seeing it live. I am absorbing every note as I savor every inch of the mansion. :)

Agree

It is- coming to the Sydney Opera House in September '24, starring none other than Sarah Brightman.

this conductor nails it by stretching it a little....longer.....the hold works!

Here is the 2017 FULL BROADWAY SHOW starring Glen Close. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-28ibjtrd21I.html. Enjoy. Greetings from Sydney Australia.

That is the drawback with ALW musicals. Most musicals have 2-3 standout, genuine show stoppers but with Andrew's musicals there is like 6,7,8 show stoppers. We are spoilt by his genius Compositions.

Not sure about those, but when I heard a concert performance of the suite on BBC Radio2 a couple of years ago now, the fourth movement was music from "The Woman in White". I think the constraints of fitting all four onto a single CD (no way to do it really) meant it wasn't included here

I really hope so. You can get Love Never Dies on Dvd & Bluray depending on which country. I rate Love Never Dies as equal to Phantom (& that is a big statement but only applies to the Melbourne, Australia production. Lloyd Webber said that the Melbourne Love Never Dies production as the best in the world at that time)

That is from The Greatest star of all.

Pretty sure that would be breaching copyright although ALW released a dvd of "Love Never Dies" about 15 years ago. This sounds twice as good if you play it in "Dolby Atmos". It's like your sitting in the middle of the Orchestra with the Timpani sound behind you, the trumpets on your left, trombones/French Horns on your right (I must mention the first/solo French Horn lady. Her playing was absolutely spine tingling).

Girl meets boy :)

Glenn was great in it 30 years ago. Now they would be forced to make another casting mistake like Gerard Butler.

It's not hugely embarrassing for ALW, nor is it highly offensive. Listen to the recording and point out one musician who doesn't deserve to be included because they aren't talented enough. I'll wait... That's right, you can't. Every single person on that stage had trained for years, spent countless hours practicing their instrument in order to be good enough to be included in this orchestra. So whoever hired these musicians did their job well. They hired people able to perform the job with excellence. Not one of them should be fired for being a subpar musician. That said, I'm going to assume you were not part of the hiring process and therefore have zero knowledge on how people were chosen. It could have been based on those who've played in the pit for the show previously, could have been union regulations, could have been blind auditions. Or it could have been a disgusting racist who knowingly and purposefully choose to hire white people only. I hope it wasn't. But if it was, I hope the person is prosecuted to the full extent of the law! The point is, you don't know what went into the hiring process. Neither do I. So why are you jumping to such negative conclusions, passing judgement on those involved, and showing your own ignorance and discriminatory attitudes? Can't you just enjoy the music for what it is, and congratulate the talented people who brought the score to life?

It was recorded in Britain, at The Drury Lane Theater. I suspect that the musicians were pit-band veterans; the lack of doubling in the woodwind section suggests symphonic players - who tend not to double - but it might also mean that Lloyd Webber hopes for symphonic performances of this and his other suites. It's possible that non-white players are rare in British symphonic and pit-band circles, but I don't know any facts about that.

Just appreciate the music and stop looking for something that isn't there.

Point out which musicians are the wrong color for you, and should be removed due to the color of their skin.

@@I.Alfred.Williams Assuming this was recorded in England and I'm a black or Asian or some other ethnic musician, I might not be as appreciative of this music and have a perfect right to complain. Even passive discrimination is unacceptable in the 21st century. I can appreciate the music and still be cognizant that this is an all white hired orchestra. It's not either/or but and. This could very well be an orchestra from a different era when the musicians were always white. Remove the women, which is a more recent addition, this could be an orchestra from the first half of the 20th century, although six female violinists were added in 1913 to the Queen's Hall Orchestra in London. But this was very rare. Usually, always men. Always white. In this case, it's the latter. But nice music playing.

@@I.Alfred.Williams Accepted