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| Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Patti Lupone, Mandy Patinkin
Label: Decca U.S.
Category: Music
List Price: $35.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (99 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2097
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.9
MPN: 11007
UPC: 076731010724
EAN: 0076731010724
ASIN: B000002ORP
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952 | | • | Requiem for Evita/Oh What a Circus | | • | On This Night of a Thousand Stars/Eva & Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City | | • | Buenos Aires | | • | Goodnight & Thank You | | • | The Art of the Possible | | • | Charity Concert/I'd be Surprisignly Good for You | | • | Another Suitcase In Another Hall | | • | Peron's Latest Flame | | • | A New Argentina |
Disc 2
| • | On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada/Don't Cry for me Argentina | | • | High Flying, Adored | | • | Rainbow High | | • | Rainbow Tour | | • | The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like to Hear) | | • | And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) | | • | Santa Evita | | • | Waltz for Eva and Che | | • | She Is A Diamond | | • | Dice are Rolling | | • | Eva's Final Broadcast | | • | Montage | | • | Lament |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Evita was Andrew Lloyd Webber's last show with Tim Rice before he went on to projects with less interesting collaborators, so it's no surprise that it remains his most consistently involving and rewarding work. Loosely based on the life of Eva Peron, the charismatic wife of post-World War II Argentine president Juan Peron, Rice's compelling story of one woman's rise from poverty to power is complemented by Lloyd Webber's colorful music as propelled by vigorous Latin rhythms. The showstopper, of course, is "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," but the score is full of gems, including "On This Night of a Thousand Stars," "Oh, What a Circus," and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall." Headlining the 1978 Broadway cast, Patti LuPone is fabulous in the title role, showcasing her big voice and brash egotism in the role she was born to play. Mandy Patinkin is Che, the Greek-chorus character commenting on and criticizing the Perons, and his tenor is sweet on the ballads and powerful on the driving numbers. LuPone and Patinkin made their names with Evita (and took home well-deserved Tonys), but it's the third principal, Bob Gunton, who elevates this cast to the stratosphere. As Peron--a role often filled by a nonsinger--Gunton inflects his strong voice with both menace and sensitivity. Forget the movie; this is the definitive version of this score, and an essential cast recording. --David Horiuchi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 94 more reviews...
 Stupendous August 22, 2008
Evita needs a new review like a hole in the head, so forgive the indulgence.
Always will be the greatest CD presentation of the Rice/Webber masterpiece. Why Lloyd Webber has felt it needed the bastardisation of its more recent incarnations?.. I will never understand.
 evita June 9, 2008
Package came only with cd#1 out of a 2 cd set. otherwise would have been 5 stars.
 Disappointed in sound quality December 28, 2007
This seems like a very old recording and the sound quality was way below my expectations. I would not suggest buying this if you are looking for a wonderful recording of this fabulous (my favorite of all times) play.
Tour de Force production! Bravo Patti Lupone! December 28, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is Miss Lupone's signature tour de force performance. Even though she has expressed the difficulty and torture of doing the show,(the score was very demanding), she will always be remembered for this performance. I wish video was more alive in those days and they would have also filmed the stage production for future generations. I saw a couple of other performances in LA and they were good but I wish I could have had the opportunity to see this version on Broadway. Even though I also agree that the musical arrangement was better on the Madonna soundtrack and even the creators said that they just didn't have the capacity to fill out the score like they did for the movie, the main problem with Madonna's version is that she didn't understand Eva Peron. She tried so hard to make her a sympathetic character and cover up the hunger that possessed Eva Peron to get to the top. Miss Lupone cut through the sentiment and gave us a Eva Peron that I think was closer to the real First Lady of Argentina. She was a dictators wife and even though I'm sure she may have been concerned for the poor, she also used them to get back at the aristocracy that had shunned her all her life, even after becoming Peron's wife. I think this is why she is the icon that we know today and she has been remembered. After Madonna had sung "Don't cry for me Argentina" and the crowd was calling for her to come back, she gave this "Who me?" "They want little me?" reaction which was totally off base. Patti's reaction was "Damn right they want me!" and if you watch the actual footage of the speech on the Casa Rosada (which is on the Criterion Lasar disc) you can see that Patti Lupone's reaction is more true to form. It's too bad the producers thought Patti Lupone was too old to make the film. I think it would have been a bigger success even though I do like Madonna and give her credit for her performance. Even her interpretaion of "Rainbow High" was off and weak and that's one of my favorites from the show. Some of the lyrical cuts on the movie soundtrack I didn't understand either. Especially during the first time you hear from Eva during the funeral. In the Broadway show she sings, "Ride on my train all my people. And when it's your turn to die, you'll remember. They fired those cannons, sang lamentations. Not just for Eva, for Argentina. Not just for Eva, for everybody. So share my glory, so share my coffin." It's very powerful and really sets up things. Why cut it out? Anyways to wrap this book up, brilliant work! Thank god, they got it on tape.
EVITA - The first is the best! November 16, 2007
Patti Lupone is wonderful in this Broadway cast production. Forget the movie with Madonna; this is THE recording to own. Mandy Patinkin is superb as the antagonist, Che and Bob Gunton rounds out the cast playing Eva's husband, Juan Peron. I fell in love with this album long before I was able to see the musical on stage. If you want to get this recording, I suggest you order the CD, rather than a download. It's a double CD and comes with a synopsis.
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