Once On This Island
Original London Cast Recording [DISC ON DEMAND]
DISC ON DEMAND CD WITH PRINTED PAPER
DIGITAL
SURROUND
RECORDING
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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.
- Prologue / We Dance
- One Small Girl
- Waiting For Life
- And The Gods Heard Her Prayer
Company - Rain
Trevor Michael Georges, Company - Discovering Daniel
Lorna Brown, Company - Pray
Shezwae Powell, Johnny Worthy, Lorna Brown - Forever Yours
Clive Rowe, Lorna Brown, Anthony Corriette - The Sad Tale Of The Beauxhommes
Mark Vincent, Company - Ti Moune
Shezwae Powell, Johnny Worthy, Lorna Brown - Mama Wil Provide
Sharon D. Clarke, Company - Some Say
Company - The Human Heart
P. P. Arnold - Pray (Reprise)
Company - Some Girls
Anthony Corriette - The Ball
Anthony Corriette, Suzanne Packer, Lorna Brown, Company - Ti Moune's Dance
Lorna Brown, Company - When We Are Wed
Anthony Corriette, Suzanne Packer, Lorna Brown, Company - Promises / Forever Yours (Reprise)
Clive Rowe, Sharon Brown, Company - Wedding Sequence
Sharon D. Clarke, Anthony Corriette, Lorna Brown, Company - A Part Of Us
Shezwae Powell, Johnny Worthy, Monique Mason - Why We Tell The Story
Company - The Human Heart
P. P. Arnold