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Release Date: Mar 08, 2010
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Lyricist: Glenn Slater.
Liner Note Author: Andrew Lloyd Webber .
Few musicals have enjoyed the cultural (and financial) longevity of The Phantom of the Opera. Lyricists Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and composer Andre Lloyd Webber's take on the classic French novel by author Gaston Leroux, opened in 1986 with no endgame in sight, which makes one wonder why it took so long to cash in and make a sequel. In 2010, Webber, along with writer Glenn Slater, who won a Tony for his work on the 2007 stage adaptation of the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid, brought Christine Daaé and the Phantom together again in Love Never Dies. Set ten years after the events of the first installment, the Phantom has lured his muse from Paris to New York City for a performance (that unbeknownst to her, he set up) at a new venue called Phantasma in Coney Island. High drama and tragedy ensue (fans of the original will revel in the gothic splendor of pieces like "The Coney Island Waltz" and the crafty/schmaltzy ballads "Til I Hear You Sing" and "Love Never Dies"), allowing Webber to spin a predictable but effective new set of themes that both celebrate the half-masked anti-hero's pipe organ past while allowing him to evolve (as much as he can with his anger issues and addiction to heartache) beneath the formidable shadows of the Big Apple. ~ James Christopher Monger
Liner Note Author: Andrew Lloyd Webber .
Few musicals have enjoyed the cultural (and financial) longevity of The Phantom of the Opera. Lyricists Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and composer Andre Lloyd Webber's take on the classic French novel by author Gaston Leroux, opened in 1986 with no endgame in sight, which makes one wonder why it took so long to cash in and make a sequel. In 2010, Webber, along with writer Glenn Slater, who won a Tony for his work on the 2007 stage adaptation of the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid, brought Christine Daaé and the Phantom together again in Love Never Dies. Set ten years after the events of the first installment, the Phantom has lured his muse from Paris to New York City for a performance (that unbeknownst to her, he set up) at a new venue called Phantasma in Coney Island. High drama and tragedy ensue (fans of the original will revel in the gothic splendor of pieces like "The Coney Island Waltz" and the crafty/schmaltzy ballads "Til I Hear You Sing" and "Love Never Dies"), allowing Webber to spin a predictable but effective new set of themes that both celebrate the half-masked anti-hero's pipe organ past while allowing him to evolve (as much as he can with his anger issues and addiction to heartache) beneath the formidable shadows of the Big Apple. ~ James Christopher Monger
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Prologue.
2 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. The Coney Island Waltz
3 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. "That's The Place That You Ruined, You Fool!"
4 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 1. Heaven By The Sea
5 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 1. Only For Him/Only For You
6 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. The Aerie
7 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. 'Til I Hear You Sing
8 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. Giry Confronts The Phantom/'Til I Hear You Sing (Reprise)
9 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 3. Christine Disembarks
10 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 3. Arrival Of The Trio - "Are You Ready To Begin?"
11 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. "What A Dreadful Town!..."
12 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Look With Your Heart
13 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Beneath A Moonless Sky
14 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Once Upon Another Time
15 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. "Mother Please, I'm Scared!"
16 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 5. Dear Old Friend
17 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. Beautiful
18 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. The Beauty Underneath
19 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. The Phantom Confronts Christine
Disc 2:
1 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Entr'acte
2 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 1. Why Does She Love Me?
3 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 1. Devil Take The Hindmost
4 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 2. Heaven By The Sea (Reprise)
5 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 2. "Ladies... Gents"/The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)
6 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 3. Bathing Beauty
7 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 4. "Mother, Did You Watch?"
8 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 5. Before The Performance
9 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 6. Devil Take The Hindmost (Reprise)
10 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 6. Love Never Dies
11 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 7 & 8. "Ah Christine!..."
12 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 7 & 8. "Gustave! Gustave!..."
13 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 9. "Please Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back..."
1 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Prologue.
2 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. The Coney Island Waltz
3 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. "That's The Place That You Ruined, You Fool!"
4 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 1. Heaven By The Sea
5 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 1. Only For Him/Only For You
6 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. The Aerie
7 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. 'Til I Hear You Sing
8 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 2. Giry Confronts The Phantom/'Til I Hear You Sing (Reprise)
9 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 3. Christine Disembarks
10 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 3. Arrival Of The Trio - "Are You Ready To Begin?"
11 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. "What A Dreadful Town!..."
12 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Look With Your Heart
13 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Beneath A Moonless Sky
14 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. Once Upon Another Time
15 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 4. "Mother Please, I'm Scared!"
16 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 5. Dear Old Friend
17 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. Beautiful
18 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. The Beauty Underneath
19 - Love Never Dies~Act 1. Scene 6. The Phantom Confronts Christine
Disc 2:
1 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Entr'acte
2 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 1. Why Does She Love Me?
3 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 1. Devil Take The Hindmost
4 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 2. Heaven By The Sea (Reprise)
5 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 2. "Ladies... Gents"/The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)
6 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 3. Bathing Beauty
7 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 4. "Mother, Did You Watch?"
8 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 5. Before The Performance
9 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 6. Devil Take The Hindmost (Reprise)
10 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 6. Love Never Dies
11 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 7 & 8. "Ah Christine!..."
12 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 7 & 8. "Gustave! Gustave!..."
13 - Love Never Dies~Act 2. Scene 9. "Please Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back..."