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Godspell

by: Ruthie Henshall, John Barrowman, Jacqueline Dankworth

Release Date April 01, 1994
well, how else could i describe this amazing recording, it has it all, not only for fans of musical theatre, but any music lover.
stephen schwartzs music is absolutely out of this world and it is performed on this recording absolutely fabulously it really is faultless. BUY IT

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Jacqueline Dankworth & James Pearson - For All We Know

by: Jacqueline Dankworth, James Pearson

Release Date July 31, 2000
James' piano playing is sterling (as ever it was) and Jaqueline is very suited to nearly all of the tracks on the CD. Her voice is a little lacking in growl and power on one track, but I guess the live setting doesn't help.

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Sweet Charity - First Complete Recording

by: Cy Coleman, Martin Yates, Studio Cast, National Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline Dankworth, Josephine Blake, Shezwae Powell, Gregg Edelman

Release Date July 30, 2001
I have never been able to work out why this CD is freely available but the OST Shirley Maclaine/Sammy Davis Jr version isn't. Surely that would be more popular? Surely someone else wants to hear it? But apparently not - it was released on vinyl, but not CD. In the meantime, there are a few other versions of Sweet Charity on CD, and this is the best. Bob Fosse's wife Gwen Verdon is a sweet singer, and conveys Charity's tarty/good-girl thing well. It's a great album, the songs are cool, funny, the version of Big Spender is pretty flawless. Rhythm of Life is one of the best songs ever, and this version misses the scat diversions of Sammy Davis Jr's version in the movie, but is still a great track. Also, the CD contains songs that weren't in the ... Read More:

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Deep River

from: Oxrecs

Release Date November 10, 2003
I have never been able to work out why this CD is freely available but the OST Shirley Maclaine/Sammy Davis Jr version isn't. Surely that would be more popular? Surely someone else wants to hear it? But apparently not - it was released on vinyl, but not CD. In the meantime, there are a few other versions of Sweet Charity on CD, and this is the best. Bob Fosse's wife Gwen Verdon is a sweet singer, and conveys Charity's tarty/good-girl thing well. It's a great album, the songs are cool, funny, the version of Big Spender is pretty flawless. Rhythm of Life is one of the best songs ever, and this version misses the scat diversions of Sammy Davis Jr's version in the movie, but is still a great track. Also, the CD contains songs that weren't in the ... Read More: