| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
At head of title: Cameron Mackintosh presents |
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Musical; "the only official complete recording, produced under the personal supervision of the original creators of the show" --Container note. |
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Sung in English ; adapted from the original French lyrics. |
| System Details |
Compact discs. |
| Note |
Notes by Ken Mandelbaum, libretto and full credits inserted in container. |
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GMD: sound recording. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Overture/Back stage dreamland -- The heat is on in Saigon -- The movie in my mind -- The transaction -- The dance -- Why God why? -- This money's yours -- Sun and moon -- The telephone song -- The deal -- The wedding ceremony (Dju vui vai) -- Thuy's arrival -- The last night of the world -- The morning of the dragon -- I still believe -- Back in town -- Thuy's death/You will |
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not touch him -- If you want to die in bed -- Kim and engineer -- I'd give my life for you. |
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Disc 2. Entr'acte -- Bui-doi -- The revelation -- Please -- Chris is here -- Kim's nightmare -- Room 317 -- Now that I've seen her -- The confrontation -- The American dream -- Finale. |
| Credits |
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg ; lyrics by Richard Maltby and Alain Boublil ; adapted from original French lyrics by Alain Boublil ; additional material, Richard Maltby ; Directed by Nicholas Hytner ; Produced for record by David Caddick ; executive producers, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. |
| Performer |
Joanna Ampil, Charles Azulay, Hinton Battle, Peter Cousens, Kevin Gray, Ruthie Henshall, Sonia Swaby ; David Charles Abell, conductor. |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Boublil, Alain. Librettist.
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Maltby, Richard, Jr., 1937- Librettist.
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Ampil, Joanna. voc
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Azulay, Charles. voc
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Battle, Hinton. voc
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Cousens, Peter. voc
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Gray, Kevin. voc
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Henshall, Ruthie. voc
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Swaby, Sonia. voc
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Abell, David Charles. Conductor.
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| Added Title |
Miss Saigon
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| Note |
At head of title: Cameron Mackintosh presents |
| Added Title |
Miss Saigon. |
| Music No. |
7243 5 55564-2 Angel |
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7243 5 55565-2 Angel |
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7243 5 55566-2 Angel |
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