Les Miserables

[Kilted Stranger]

Welcome to CF!

Have a Blast when you get to go see it! Do you know whos playing who??

 

[OneGirlArmy]

Has anyone heard the French soundtrack?? It's sooo cool!

 

[Kilted Stranger]

no i havnt heard it... but i thought France was the place where Les Miserables didnt take off...

 

[OneGirlArmy]

I don't know but my friend Mandie has the French cast recording. It's crazy. What recordings do you guys have? I have the hilights and the Full Symphonic Recording. Great stuff. Especially in the Complete when Jean Val Jean sounds like he's whining "They are the guilty... everyone." Soo funny.
Shame I must sound like an idiot but oh well :-D

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol. nope not an idiot... just like another fanatic! ive heard Le Grand Jour from the French.. its cool!

I have the Complete Symphonic Recording, and the DVD of the 10th Anniversary Concert. I love it during the start of Javerts Suicide, when Philip Quast booms out his lines... very imtimidating. Definately one of the greatest Javerts in the world.

 

[OneGirlArmy]

Phillip Quast = way cool.

 

[Kilted Stranger]

deffo. He your favourite Javert then?

 

[jaimegerise]

I've got a copy of the French concept album on CD....VERY cool to hear it all in what would be Les Miserables "native" language.

 

[Kilted Stranger]

was that the one that was recorded from the Paris Cast??

 

[forgivenzealot]

Iv never seen it in a big production as in broad way but we put it on at my school last year and it was awsome...All Time favorite...

 

[Kilted Stranger]

cool! Were you involved?? what did you do??

 

[jaimegerise]

was that the one that was recorded from the Paris Cast??

Um...let's see what I can tell you about it...
It's the Les Mis Original French Concept Album. It's all in French...songs are in different order/arrangements than what we know of now....because this was with a musical arranger prior to Cameron Mackintosh...but all the songs are pretty familiar sounding...as in not far off from the CM versions we know now
Liner notes say "This recording became the first version of the stage show in Paris."

I believe this was recorded sometime around 1980.

 

[racetrack]

wow i saw it off broadway about 2 summers ago and i loved it, my friend and i sing master of the house in drama all the time its our song lol!

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol, cool! do all your classmates think your a bit strange?? you should see if your techer joins in!

It would be cool to hear the French album... but im skint at the moment... o well!

 

[enjolras]

ive got the20th aneversary album, they do "Do you hear the people sing" in about 25 languages at the one time, its sooo awesome

 

[Kilted Stranger]

wow! who plays the different Characters??

 

[romaneagle13]

oh you kids all half my age.....I remember falling in love with Les Miserables, Cats, Evita, Phantom, Miss Saigon etc when I was about your ages (16-18 years old). I still love all those shows to this day. I've collected quite a few of the cast albums too. When it comes to Les Mis I have:
The Original French Concept album (the old 1980 version of the show)
The Paris cast (the present version of the show, in French)
The Vienna Cast (present version, in German)
The 10th Anniversary concert version
The Complete symphonic album (international cast)
Original London cast album
Original Broadway cast album

Seen the show in Washington DC 3 times on tour, in London and New York.

So, have any of you actually read the book--Les Miserables by Victor Hugo? If you haven't, and love the show, I'd recommend you read the book. It fills in some of the gaps left in the show and gives a lot more character detail.

 

[enjolras]

i started reading the book, but then i needed to read something else for school so i never got to get very far

 

[Kilted Stranger]

i loved the book! it did go into alot of detail though, and some of it was unessesary! But the Characters were so developed and full! twas an awesome book!

 

[enjolras]

ive heard about that, i dont think it was from you howver