Jesus Christ Superstar (The New Stage Production Soundtrack)

by Jesus Christ Superstar / London Revival Cast

Overview

No, it's not the original cast with Ian Gillian, but this London revival cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's musical Jesus Christ Superstar is still quite effective and sometimes brilliant. There are good arguments to be made for Glenn Carter's masterful and very modern performance as Christ, and Jerome Pradon's Judas Iscariot. This is less of a rock & roll performance to be sure, and far more theatrical along the lines of today's musicals, but that said, these performances are as emotional as they are showy. Say what you will about Webber and his later works and how stirring they are, but never was the music he composed any more emotional and deeply moving as it is here. Whether it's in the performance of "Gethsemane," or of Renee Castle's reading of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," (a song so closely associated with Yvonne Elliman it would almost seem sacrilegious to cover it outside a musical, though many did in the '70s), they come off as honest and convincing. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	03/27/2001
Label:	Sony Classical
UPC:	0696998964525
Rank:	148064

Tracks

1. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Overture
2. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Heaven on Their Minds
3. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~What's the Buzz? / Strange Thing, Mystifying
4. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Everything's All Right
5. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Hosanna
6. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem
7. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Pilate's Dream
8. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~The Temple
9. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~I Don't Know How To Love Him
10. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~The Last Supper
11. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)
12. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~King Herod's Song
13. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Could We Start Again, Please?
14. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Judas's Death
15. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)
16. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Superstar
17. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~Crucifixion
18. Jesus Christ Superstar, musical~John Nineteen: Forty-One

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Glenn Carter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Paul Keating   Primary Artist
Frederick Owens   Primary Artist
Gerard Bentall   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tony Vincent   Primary Artist,Vocals
Fred Johanson   Primary Artist
Rik Mayall   Primary Artist
Cavin Cornwall   Primary Artist
Paul Vickers   Primary Artist
Matthew Cross   Primary Artist
Robert Vicencio   Primary Artist
Mykal Rand   Primary Artist
Kevin Curtin   Primary Artist
Jerome Pradon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Michael Shaeffer   Primary Artist,Vocals
Renee Castle   Primary Artist
Grant Anthony   Primary Artist
Rolf Wilson   Orchestra Leader
Paul Willey   Orchestra Leader
Golda Rosheuvel   Vocals
Peter Adams   Piano,Keyboards
Ian Thomas   Drums
Fridrik "Frizzy" Karlsson   Guitar
Garry Cribb   Guitar (Bass)
Philip Cox   Vocals
Kevin Wainwright   Vocals
Mark Adams   Vocals
Kennedy Aitchison   Keyboards
Simon Lee   Conductor
Paul Keogh   Guitar
Steve Pearce   Guitar (Bass)
Fergus Logan   Vocals
Ralph Salmins   Drums
Fridrik Karlsson   Guitar
Andrew Pask   Guitar (Bass)
Frederick B. Owens   Vocals
Michael McCarthy   Vocals
Julian Poole   Percussion
Mark Carroll   Vocals
Shaun Henson   Vocals
Pete Adams   Piano,Keyboards
Ben Clare   Vocals
Grace Anthony   Vocals

Technical Credits

Rebecca Parker   Cast
Philip Cox   Cast
Richard Roe   Cast
Billy Carter   Cast
Anne Skates   Contractor
Matthew Cross   Performer
Kevin Wainwright   Cast
Sylvia Addison   Orchestra Contractor
Mark Adams   Cast
Paul Vickers   Cast
Cavin Cornwall   Cast
Irene Alano   Cast
Rik Mayall   Cast,Performer
Renee Castle   Cast
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer,Producer,Orchestration
Simon Lee   Music Supervisor
Tony Vincent   Cast
Robin Sellars   Engineer
Peter Gallagher   Cast
Nick Holmes   Cast
Tim Rice   Composer,Lyricist
Michael Small   Cast
Mark Heenehan   Cast
Gerard Bentall   Cast
Brian Webster   Cast
Fergus Logan   Cast
David Wilder   Cast
Nigel Wright   Producer
Frederick Owens   Performer
Michael McCarthy   Cast
Colin Lainchbury Brown   Cast
Mark Carroll   Cast
Lee McCutcheon   Editing,Keyboard Programming
Darren Charles   Cast
Shaun Henson   Cast
Nikki Belsher   Cast
Ben Clare   Cast
Michael Cross   Cast
Michael Shaeffer   Cast