Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure. Rumi
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It might be argued that lyricist/librettist Tim Rice does not so much collaborate with composers as compete with them. His early successes with Andrew Lloyd Webber, notably Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, were content-heavy efforts with often wordy songs and complicated characters, and Lloyd Webber fled to the relative simplicity of practically libretto-free shows about cats and train engines, never again granting a lyricist co-billing with him. Rice had another set of complicated ideas for Chess, on which he worked with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, late of ABBA, setting two interlocking romantic triangles against the backdrop of world chess tournaments during the Cold War. The work was represented first by a 1984 concept album, followed by a successful 1986 London stage production that did not spawn a cast album and an unsuccessful 1988 Broadway stage production that
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Release Date
June 16, 2009
Duration
02:11:09
Genre
Stage & Screen Vocal Classical Pop/Rock
Styles
Sample
Title/Composer
Performer
Time
Act 1. Prologue
City of London Philharmonic
2:05
2
Act 1. The story of chess
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Marti Pellow / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb
3:48
3
Act 1. Merano / What a scene! What a joy!
Idina Menzel / Adam Pascal
6:43
4
Act 1. Commie newspapers
Idina Menzel / Adam Pascal
1:51
5
Act 1. Press conference
Adam Pascal
2:48
6
Act 1. Molokov and Anatoly
David Bedella / Josh Groban
2:40
7
Act 1. Where I want to be
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / Josh Groban / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb
3:30
8
Act 1. Difficult and dangerous times
David Bedella / Idina Menzel / Clarke Peters
3:03
9
Act 1. The arbiter
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Marti Pellow / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb
2:34
10
Act 1. Hymn to chess
Chess, musical play 1
Show/Musical Cast Recordings Musicals Show Tunes
Recording Date May 12, 2008 - May 13, 2008 Recording Location Royal Albert Hall, London, England Submit Corrections
Angst-Ridden
Literate
Playful
Wry
Autumnal
Dramatic
Wistful
Confident
Intimate
Witty
Yearning
Brooding
Campy
Rousing
Theatrical
Imagination
Stream
Late Night
Relaxation
1:03
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb
11
Act 1. The merchandisers
12
Act 1. Global TV fanfare
13
Act 1. Chess game No. 1
City of London Philharmonic
3:12
14
Act 1. The arbiter (reprise)
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Marti Pellow / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb
0:39
15
Act 1. Quartet (A model of decorum and tranquillity)
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / David Michael Johnson / Idina Menzel / Aoife Mulholland / Andrew Playfoot / Tabitha Webb
3:46
19
Act 1. Mountain duet
Josh Groban / Idina Menzel
5:41
20
Act 1. Chess game No. 2
City of London Philharmonic
2:50
21
Act 1. Florence quits
Idina Menzel / Adam Pascal
1:46
22
Act 1. Pity the child No. 1
Adam Pascal
0:48
23
Act 1. Embassy lament
24
Act 1. Heaven help my heart
Idina Menzel
3:35
25
Act 1. Anatoly and the press
Grant Anthony / Christopher Colley / Tiffany Graves / Josh Groban / David Michael Johnson / Debbie Kurup / Aoife Mulholland / Andrew Playfoot / Jon Robyns / Tabitha Webb