Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

The Angel of Music has blessed us with this score!:

The Phantom of the Opera...what can I say? It is arguably the greatest musical of all time. The story of a deformed man who yearns for love and the terror he brings to the opera house he haunts is told here in actulal operaetic form, and with some of the most brilliant music ever written.

The original London cast defined the roles, and many devoted phans still consider them the best. This is the recording where you can hear why Andrew Lloyd Webber's version is so beloved, with the awe-inspiring... more info

Excellent:

Andrew Lloyd Webber's best work! I can't see why Cats is the most popular play in the world when it seems like it should be Phantom. The organ overture is as incredible as the entire production. I love to listen to it over and over again. Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman and Steve Barton all have wonderful voices. It's amazing how Brightman can hit that high A at the end of the Phantom theme song(yes, it's an A, not a C, as one reviewer said; You may have been thinking of a later soundtrack). The acustics... more info

A Beautiful Recording:

I simply love this recording. I have never seen Phantom performed on the stage and this is the only recording I have ever heard of the Phantom of the Opera, but I was delighted to hear its music. I have had this CD for only a week and cannot stop playing it for some reason! It has quite a musical score, and the story is very sad. I have never read the book (although I am waiting for its arrival from Amazon after ordering it), so I cannot tell you whether it is true to the original story. The story is that... more info

Tracks:

1. Think of Me
2. Angel of Music
3. Little Lotte.../The Miror...
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Music of the Night
6. I Remember.../Stranger Than You Dream It
7. Magical Lasso
8. Notes/Prima Donna
9. Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh
10. Why Have You Brought Me Here? Raoul, I've Been There
11. All I Ask of You
12. All I Ask of You (Reprise)
13. Masquerade/Why So Silent
14. Notes.../Twisted Every Way
15. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
16. Wandering Child.../Bravo, Monsieur...

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