Original Cast Recording, London Cast Recording, Broadway Cast Recording

Once On This Island
Original London Cast Recording
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dolby surround sound
CDJAY 1243
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SURROUND
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CD1: 73'34''

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Music by
Stephen Flaherty
Book and Lyrics by
Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel 'Love My Love' by

Rosay Guy
Orchestrations by
Michael Starobin

Cast
P P Arnold
Clive Rowe
Shezwae Powell
Lorna Brown
Sharon D Clarke
Anthony Corriett
Trevor Michael Georges
Suzanne Packer
Mark Vincent
Johnny Worthy

Conducted by
Richard Balcombe

1995 winner of the prestigious Society of London Theatre's Olivier Awards for:
Best Musical.

This recording is released to coincide with the opening of the new musical "Ragtime" by the composers of "Once On This Island" in Toronto which is stirring great interest and is destined to be a Broadway smash in 1997.

Once On This Island, an unconventional Broadway Musical is part primitive folk myth and part romantic tragedy. It tells of love and sacrifice in a relationship doomed by racism. Loosely based around the idea of "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. Once On This Island acquired a new cultural slant in an exotic, colourful setting, highly charged with vigorous Caribbean music, dance rhythms and magic. Playing originally on Broadway in October 1990 and running for 487 performances the show opened in to London in 1994 where a further success ensued.

A rousing and fun score make this recording and joy to listen to from beginning to end. Included in this recording is the special bonus mix of "The Human Heart" sung by American born pop star P.P. Arnold (who has toured with the likes of Tina Turner and The Rolling Stones) which narrowly missed it’s release as a chart single.

Digital Dolby Surround effects are used to the full in this recording and give a graphic demonstration of the ambience and reality that this system can bring to the musical genre.


tracklist

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1 - Prologue/We Dance 5'28'' Storytellers
2 - One Small Girl 6'10'' Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, Little Ti Moune, Storytellers
3 - Waiting For Life 3'19'' Ti Moune, Storytellers
4 - And The Gods Heard Her Prayer 1'51'' Asaka, Agwe, Papa Ge, Erzuile
5 - Rain 2'22'' Agwe, Storytellers
6 - Discovering Daniel 1'15'' Ti Moune, Storytellers
7 - Pray 5'11'' Ti Moune, Tonton Julian, Mama Euralie, Guard, Storytellers
8 - Forever Yours 4'14'' Ti Moune, Daniel, Papa Ge
9 - The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes 3'43'' Armand, Storytellers
10- Ti Moune 4'58'' Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, Ti Moune
11- Mama Will Provide 3'27'' Asake, Storytellers
12- Some Say 2'53'' Storytellers
13- The Human Heart 3'39'' Erzuile, Storytellers
14- Pray (Reprise) 2'30'' Storytellers
15- Some Girls 3'15'' Daniel
16- The Ball 1'37'' Andrea, Daniel, Ti Moune, Storytellers
17- Ti Moune's Dance 1'35'' Ti Moune, Grands Hommes
18- When We Are Wed 2'43'' Andrea, Ti Moune, Daniel, Storytellers
19- Promises/Forever Yours (Reprise) 2'20'' Papa Ge, Ti Moune, Storytellers
20- Wedding Sequence 2'05'' Asaka, TiMoune, Daniel, Storytellers
21- A Part Of Us 3'14'' Mama Euralie, Little Ti Moune, Tonton Julian, Storytellers
22- Why We Tell The Story 3'36'' Storytellers

Bonus Track
23- The Human Heart 3'43'' P.P Arnold

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P. P. Arnold - Once On This Island (Original London Cast)

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