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Product Description Decca Broadway proudly presents the original Cast Recording of Wicked, Broadway's most talked about new musical. With a score by Stephen Schwartz liberto by Winnie Holzman and based on the best selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical is a prequel to the legendary classic, the Wizard of Oz. desertcart.com One of the most common complaints about musicals is that the books are flimsy pretexts from which to hang numbers. Wicked runs into the opposite problem: it has a great plot, but too often the songs just get in the way. Based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, Wicked tells us what happened between Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy showed up in Oz. And the show is lucky to boast a pair of ace leading women in the main roles. As Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth delivers a sensational star turn, displaying a crystal-pure voice and sharp comic timing; Idina Menzel lends her powerful pipes to the tricky role of Elphaba. Unfortunately, you wish they had better material to work with. Stephen Schwartz's pop score is often dragged down by overly synthetic orchestrations and sentimental lyrics (think Chicken Soup for the Witch). Still, at its best Wicked is a seductive slice of popular entertainment that could well give a younger audience a lasting taste for musical theater. --Elisabeth Vincentelli P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review "the Decca Broadway CD is the fastest-selling cast recording since "Rent," having sold nearly 250,000 copies since being released" -- MICHAEL KUCHWARA Associated Press See more Review: Good - Good quality Review: Wicked Soars (eventually) - I am a big fan of Gregory McQuires novels, 'Wicked' and 'Confessions Of An Ugly Step-Sister' being by far the best. The way he looks at the questions of good and evil is a recurring theme. No one truely thinks they are evil, just misunderstood. And 'Good' people (bible-waving happy clappers, et al) are equally questionable. In reality everyone thinks their actions are justfied and for the best. The news that 'Wicked' would be made into a musical floored me a little. I was eagerly awaiting the mega-bucks Hollwood adaptation that has been in the works for years with Demi Moore's production company. But a musical makes sense - Oz has always been a muscal world, and the medium it lends itself to colourful fantasy. Plus the characters can speak directly to the audience and tell us what they are thinking; hard to achieve in film. Being in Australia I knew it would be years before we got to see 'Wicked' on stage, so ordered the cast recording from desertcart. At first I wasn't a fan of the music. I thought it was a little too Disney, and once I discovered the composers credentials lay in 'Beauty And The Beast' and 'Poccahontas', I shuddered. Elphaba sounds more like Arial from 'The Little Mermaid' than the dark and deep creature created by McGuire. But credit to Stephen Schwartz, what seemed poppy and pretty on the surface soon turned out to have a very dark heart, which beautiflly reflects the themes. The songs get better and better on further listening, and the vocal performances are sensational, especially by Kristin Chenoweth (possibly the best name ever), who has a devilish sense of comic timing and manages the different faces of Glinda (sweet Valley Girl 'Clueless' to the operatic high As.) She is hilarious and a stand-out talent. She made this recording for me and I would hate to be another performer stepping into her role. Beautifully scored and performed, packed full of humour, and wth a story line that has been even further developed by the remarkable Winnie Holtzman, 'Wicked' is a fully realized and magical experience. Now if it would just head Down Under...
| ASIN | B0000TB01Y |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,665 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #5 in Movie Scores (CDs & Vinyl) #5 in Traditional Vocal Pop (CDs & Vinyl) #11 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,902) |
| Date First Available | November 29, 2006 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 2072313 |
| Label | Verve |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Verve |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Original Release Date | 2003 |
| Product Dimensions | 4.92 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.88 ounces |
J**S
Good
Good quality
H**D
Wicked Soars (eventually)
I am a big fan of Gregory McQuires novels, 'Wicked' and 'Confessions Of An Ugly Step-Sister' being by far the best. The way he looks at the questions of good and evil is a recurring theme. No one truely thinks they are evil, just misunderstood. And 'Good' people (bible-waving happy clappers, et al) are equally questionable. In reality everyone thinks their actions are justfied and for the best. The news that 'Wicked' would be made into a musical floored me a little. I was eagerly awaiting the mega-bucks Hollwood adaptation that has been in the works for years with Demi Moore's production company. But a musical makes sense - Oz has always been a muscal world, and the medium it lends itself to colourful fantasy. Plus the characters can speak directly to the audience and tell us what they are thinking; hard to achieve in film. Being in Australia I knew it would be years before we got to see 'Wicked' on stage, so ordered the cast recording from amazon. At first I wasn't a fan of the music. I thought it was a little too Disney, and once I discovered the composers credentials lay in 'Beauty And The Beast' and 'Poccahontas', I shuddered. Elphaba sounds more like Arial from 'The Little Mermaid' than the dark and deep creature created by McGuire. But credit to Stephen Schwartz, what seemed poppy and pretty on the surface soon turned out to have a very dark heart, which beautiflly reflects the themes. The songs get better and better on further listening, and the vocal performances are sensational, especially by Kristin Chenoweth (possibly the best name ever), who has a devilish sense of comic timing and manages the different faces of Glinda (sweet Valley Girl 'Clueless' to the operatic high As.) She is hilarious and a stand-out talent. She made this recording for me and I would hate to be another performer stepping into her role. Beautifully scored and performed, packed full of humour, and wth a story line that has been even further developed by the remarkable Winnie Holtzman, 'Wicked' is a fully realized and magical experience. Now if it would just head Down Under...
G**N
SIMPLY WICKED....
I saw this show back in June when it was previewing in San Francisco. I had no expectations of this show. I had not read the book, I just knew it was based on the witches of Oz before Dorothy droped in. I was blown away...(No Tornado needed!) The show is incredible. Kristen Chenoweth is extremely entertaining as Glinda... her comic timing is superb...but vocally, it's Idina Menzel that won my heart. From the moment she sings her first song, "The Wizard and I" you get goose bumps. Her voice is powerful and she sings every song with conviction. With her closing number to Act 1, "Defying Gravity" (which will send chills down your spine) I knew this show was going to be a hit. I turned to my friend at intermission and said, "This show will win the Tony for Best Musical 2003 and I have to see it again." I went to the box office during intermission and bought tickets to see the closing performance before it left S.F. The show was just as magnificent the second time. The songs are terrific... This is the first show in a long time that I have left the theater singing the songs. I have been waiting since June for this CD to be released, and I am not disappointed. To say that I love this show is an understatement. Run, don't walk... no, FLY to see this show...(your friends will be GREEN with envy!) and if you can't make it to NYC any time soon... BUY THIS C.D......it's "Wonderful". The other musical highlights include: "Popular", "For Good", "One short day". Enjoy!!!
L**N
Phenomenal Soundtrack
Phenomenal
E**O
Wicked well worth the time
The "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast recording sparkles with energy and emotion, and features the original performers for whom the music was specifically written. The musical version of "Wicked" differs substantially from the original novel by Gregory Maguire but the altered storyline, in which the minor character of Glinda the Good in the novel is elevated to co-star status in the musical, becomes a story of the friendship between two young women and the sacrifices they must make to be true to their ideals. While this makes the musical story completely different than the book it is arguably more compelling than the actual novel, as evidenced by the show's runaway success on Broadway, Chicago and on national tour. Add composer Stephen Schwartz's best work since "Pippen" 30 years ago and the result is a show that IMO is easily as enjoyable as "Les Miserables" and far more gripping than "Phantom of the Opera" or "Miss Saigon." Schwartz introduces the dramatic "Wicked Witch" theme (a six chord progression whose unspoken lyrics purportedly are "oh no, the witch is here") in the first moments of the overture and recalls it chillingly again moments later when it becomes apparent at the Wicked Witch's birth that something is horribly wrong. Then, when the young Witch is finally united with her true love in the second act, the love theme utilizes the exact same chord progression, but now set in a compelling ostinato figure that underscores the urgency and desperation of their fleeting moment together. The Hindemith-like antiphony of "No One Mourns the Wicked" both jars us and serves to clue us into realizing that something's not quite right during the "Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead"-like opening celebration number. The hopeful yet tragic "Unlimited" theme arcs through the story and is a clever homage to the "Wizard of Oz" movie score, using the same first seven notes as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and then diverging. Schwartz noted in interviews that he chose to use only the first seven notes as an inside joke because copyright laws specifically define eight notes as the point where infringement on someone else's tune occurs. The music of "Wicked" is for the most part completely dependent on the context of the musical and the individual numbers do not stand alone well, but Ms. Chenowith's "Popular" and Ms. Menzel's legitimate showstopper "Defying Gravity" are justifiably acclaimed, and the de facto finale "For Good" is already available on Amazon on two other non-Broadway recordings, one of which features the composer singing half of the duet himself. The aforementioned love song "As Long as You're Mine" also has to be heard in the context of the story to be fully appreciated; the audience at this point in the musical has been taken on a journey from the apparent celebration of the witch's demise at the beginning to the show 180 degrees to where we now understand her character and motivations to where from "Defying Gravity" onwards we are actually cheering for the witch to succeed; by the time this duet comes along near the end of the second act, the witch and her true love are being hunted across the land and we already know that our heroine is doomed to melt (and soon!) at the hands of a certain Kansas farmgirl, lending the lyrics and chord progressions, maudlin at best out of context, tremendous pathos and power akin to "The Fall of Saigon" and "The Last Night of the World" in "Miss Saigon." Only when you see the musical do you understand why Schwartz chose Fiyero's otherwise jarring verse "Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise." "Wicked" is well worth your time but you'll enjoy it infinitely more once you also see the show, and the show itself is well worth a weekend trip to the nearest city staging a production to see it.
K**R
5 stars
Nice to be able to listen too when I want
A**A
pretty cd - beware of handling!!
cd is beautiful and sounds good, but the jewel case arrived damaged
J**J
Sweet
I love wicked
C**A
Llegó super rápido y muy bien empacado! Todo estuvo super bien.
A**D
cet album est juste formidable, d'un bout à l'autre ! Il s'agit certainement d'une des meilleures comédies musicales du 21è siècle !
W**D
Trilha sonora incrível!
M**H
Absolutely excellent! I play it in my car whilst driving (about the only place I have time to listen to c.ds nowadays) and it has been on non-stop. Originally bought in preparation for when I take my Grandchildren to see the show in London and they also love it, requesting favourite numbers every time they get in the car. One drawback has been they have all changed their opinion of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz), as have I. Which only goes to prove how much we've all listened to the words!
９**R
劇団四季版のウィキッドを見て、 defining gravityのシーンが忘れられなくて買いました。 劇場で見た日本語版も魂がこもってましたが、 こちらのブロードウェイオリジナルキャストも魂こもってます。 歌詞の訳云々ありますが、問題は演者の心だと思います。 いや、そう信じたい。