| re: Streaming PHANTOM — can we start a petition to fix Ramin Karimloo’s vowels? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 07:28 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Streaming PHANTOM — can we start a petition to fix Ramin Karimloo’s vowels? - GrumpyMorningBoy 06:11 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
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| ***Lloyd Webber really does have some very, very elegant compositional touches here. In that sequence in the middle of “Masquerade,” Raoul & Christine reprise “Think of Me” with a lyric that’s a pretty well written conflict scene. It ends with “let’s not argue, you will understand in time” set above some appropriately brooding foreshadowing in the music, which then blends into a few measures reprising the Phantom’s freaky “I have brought you...”sequence just after “Music of the Night,” before spinning into a swirling waltz time change for the melody of “Masquerade.” All in a matter of maybe 32 bars. That isn’t just deft composition, it’s deft scenework, and Lloyd Webber & co. deserve credit for it. *** I would phrase it differently and say I think ALW's instincts and talent as a musical dramatist are indeed excellent, far better than his purely musical instincts as a composers, and that's a major reason why his biggest hits have been so successful -- although that doesn't really apply to CATS :-) |
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