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Summary: Alive! Reprise is missing
Review: Ever since I first heard the 1994 Concept Cast Recording of Jekyll and Hyde I have been after the Vocal Selections for this great musical. So I bought this one and was slightly disappointed. However I will deal with the positives first. This book of Vocal Selections provides a great range of songs for male and female voices. For those male singers looking to test their ranges This is the Moment is a perfect choice. And for those looking for great character songs there is Alive and Confrontation. For female voices the ballads Someone Like You and In His Eyes are provided which are two very beautiful songs given justice by the very good piano accompaniment. There are also two great duet pieces, Take Me as I Am and It's a Dangerous Game. There are also some great photos from the Broadway production along with information from the Lyricist and Composer.However I do have a few problems with this book. A few of the great songs from the Concept Album are not in this. The first major exclusion is the incredibly difficult sing, I Need to Know. The second is Transformation. The last problem is that some of the notes have been changed to make some of the songs easier. For example the last note of Alive! is no longer an incredible high "A" but an "E" Though the positives do indeed outweigh the negatives. There is a wide selection of songs (refer to song list) all equipped with great piano accompaniment. Song List = Lost In the Darkness. Take Me as I Am. No One Knows Who I Am. Good and Evil. This Is The Moment. Alive! Sympathy, Tenderness. Someone Like You. Murder, Murder! Once Upon A Dream. In His Eyes. It's A Dangerous Game. A New Life. Confrontation
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Summary: Some good songs from a Great Musical
Review: Ever since I first heard the 1994 Concept Cast Recording of Jekyll and Hyde I have been after the Vocal Selections for this great musical. So I bought this one and was slightly disappointed. However I will deal with the positives first. This book of Vocal Selections provides a great range of songs for male and female voices. For those male singers looking to test their ranges This is the Moment is a perfect choice. And for those looking for great character songs there is Alive and Confrontation. For female voices the ballads Someone Like You and In His Eyes are provided which are two very beautiful songs given justice by the very good piano accompaniment. There are also two great duet pieces, Take Me as I Am and It's a Dangerous Game. There are also some great photos from the Broadway production along with information from the Lyricist and Composer. However I do have a few problems with this book. A few of the great songs from the Concept Album are not in this. The first major exclusion is the incredibly difficult sing, I Need to Know. The second is Transformation. The last problem is that some of the notes have been changed to make some of the songs easier. For example the last note of Alive! is no longer an incredible high "A" but an "E" Though the positives do indeed outweigh the negatives. There is a wide selection of songs (refer to song list) all equipped with great piano accompaniment. Song List = Lost In the Darkness. Take Me as I Am. No One Knows Who I Am. Good and Evil. This Is The Moment. Alive! Sympathy, Tenderness. Someone Like You. Murder, Murder! Once Upon A Dream. In His Eyes. It's A Dangerous Game. A New Life. Confrontation
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Summary: Jekyll and Hyde
Review: Great book, my favorite of Wildhorns musicals. The songs fit many occations, the music is astonishing. Goes great with the Trunk songs of Jekyll and Hyde (which contains some of my more prefered songs). This is the book that got me stuck on the genius of Frank Wildhorn.
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Summary: Jekyll and Hyde
Review: Great book, my favorite of Wildhorns musicals. The songs fit many occations, the music is astonishing. Goes great with the Trunk songs of Jekyll and Hyde (which contains some of my more prefered songs). This is the book that got me stuck on the genius of Frank Wildhorn.
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Summary: Alive! Reprise is missing
Review: I bought this book, expecting to see both parts of "Alive!" in it. For those of you who have the Concept Cast recording, it's the second half of the song, for those with the Broadway cast, it's a few tracks later. In any case, the reprise is much more dramatic, difficult, and impressive, and some of the music is different. Boo to Cherry Lane Music for dumbing this down.
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Summary: Great Book, but missing songs.
Review: I have seen this play off broadway at local theatres, and There have always been songs on it which were different. I understand there have been different versions of this show. The newer version of the play has additional songs, such as "I Need to Know" sung by Jekyll and a song called "Bring on the Men" sung by the Red Rat Dancers (this song replaced "No one knows who I am"). Along With these, others songs are missing. The following songs are missing from the book: I Need To Know, Bring on The Men, Letting Go, You Have Your Work and Nothing More (Quartet sung by Jekyll, John, Sir Danvers, and Emma), I've Got to carry on, My Dear Simon, The Games we Could Play, Preaching to the Board of Governors, Half of "Alive!", The Reprise of "Alive!" and the 3 Reprises of Facade. So it's basically missing 13 & 1/2 songs. I guess the book would have been to big. I guess that's why it's called Vocal Selections because it is only Selections from Jekyll and Hyde. But the most important songs are on it. Great Sheet Music and Lyrics, The missing songs is the only thing that earned it a 4 instead of a 5. It is definately worth buying.
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Summary: Add the different vocal parts!
Review: In the duets, both parts aren't written as in when they sing together. Like in "Take Me As I am" and "In His Eyes." Besides that, this book is fantastic!
Rating:
Summary: Add the different vocal parts!
Review: In the duets, both parts aren't written as in when they sing together. Like in "Take Me As I am" and "In His Eyes." Besides that, this book is fantastic!
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Summary: All the songs I needed were in this book!
Review: Including the songs "This Is The Moment", "Take Me As I Am", "Sympathy, Tenderness", "Someone Like You", "Once Upon A Dream", "No One Knows Who I Am", "A New Life", "Lost In The Darkness", "It's A Dangerous Game", and "In His Eyes". Good piano, easy for beginners; easy to read. A wonderful choice for all those Jekkies out there! If you have any questons about this book, please feel free to e-mail me at little_fantine@hotmail.com !
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Summary: Very Good!
Review: It's a very good music book and a wonderful musical, anyone who loves broadway should see it and get the music.
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