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Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) |  | Artists: Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel
Creator: Stephen Schwartz
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  953 reviews
Sales Rank: 66
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602498613436
EAN: 0602498613436
ASIN: B0000TB01Y
Release Date: December 16, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | No One Mourns the Wicked - Cristy Candler | | • | Dear Old Shiz | | • | The Wizard and I - Idina Menzel | | • | What Is This Feeling? - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | Something Bad - William Youmans | | • | Dancing Through Life - Michelle Federer | | • | Popular - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | I'm Not That Girl - Idina Menzel | | • | One Short Day - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | A Sentimental Man - Joel Grey | | • | Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel | | • | Thank Goodness - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | Wonderful - Idina Menzel | | • | I'm Not That Girl (Reprise) - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | As Long as You're Mine - Norbert Leo Butz | | • | No Good Deed - Idina Menzel | | • | March of the Witch Hunters | | • | For Good - Kristin Chenoweth | | • | Finale - Kristin Chenoweth |
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| Editorial Reviews:
One of the most common complaints about musicals is that the books are flimsy pretexts from which to hang numbers. Wicked runs into the opposite problem: it has a great plot, but too often the songs just get in the way. Based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, Wicked tells us what happened between Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy showed up in Oz. And the show is lucky to boast a pair of ace leading women in the main roles. As Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth delivers a sensational star turn, displaying a crystal-pure voice and sharp comic timing; Idina Menzel lends her powerful pipes to the tricky role of Elphaba. Unfortunately, you wish they had better material to work with. Stephen Schwartz's pop score is often dragged down by overly synthetic orchestrations and sentimental lyrics (think Chicken Soup for the Witch). Still, at its best Wicked is a seductive slice of popular entertainment that could well give a younger audience a lasting taste for musical theater. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
WICKED, STARRING KRISTIN CHENOWETH, IDINA MENZEL AND JOEL GREY. Decca Broadway proudly presents the original cast recording of WICKED, Broadway's most talked about new musical. The box office is already over $10 Million! With a score by Stephen Schwartz (Broadway's Pippin, Godspell), libretto by Winnie Holzman (TV's My So-Called Life) and based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical is a prequel to the legendary classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ. WICKED explores the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba. One witch, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED stars Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) as Glinda, Idina Menzel (Rent) as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Tony® and Oscar® Winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) as The Wizard. The Original Cast Recording -- featuring an essay by Wicked novelist Gregory Maguire, original color photos from the show and a complete libretto.
Album Description
5th Anniversary Special Edition soundtrack of Broadway's Wicked includes 27 tracks with special bonus disc, featuring 2008 recorded duet 'For Good' by superstars LeAnn Rimes and Australia's Delta Goodrem, produced by Phil Ramone. Pop version of'I'm Not That Girl', produced by legendary Queen member Brian May. WICKED Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel in a dance mix version of her signature song 'Defying Gravity'. Plus 'Making Good' cut from original production with composer Stephen Schwartz on the piano.A Collector's Must Have. The Original Grammyr recording is one of the most successful cast albums in history having sold 1,600,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Misleading September 8, 2010
Monica Kathleen Symons
Just wanted to point out that the Product Description above is not entirely correct- it states that disc 2 contains eight 'never before heard' tracks, but Menzel's dance-mix version of Defying Gravity has been out for over two years now, and Kerry Ellis's amazing arrangement is on her Wicked In Rock EP which was released over a year ago!
My favorite part GONE!!! August 20, 2010
Kiboko
I love the play!! but one of my favorite parts was completely gone!! the part where they are dancing when Galinda gives Elfaba the witch hat as a joke and she ends up dancing with Elfaba and then they all start to dance with them, the start of it is shown the the camera goes down and the the rest of the scene is omited!!!!! I was VERY dissapointed!! and most of the time all you see is where the face of each actor is a big shining light so you can't see their faces. it was ok BUT NOT WORTH THE PRICE!!!!!!!!
 Wicked = Wicked Awesome! August 15, 2010
davidkriss72
Exceptional recording of the original cast of the hit Broadway show! Everything about this set is exceptionally handled. The special bonus recordings and variants in foreign languages are fun as well. Definitely worth it's weight in green!
One of my favorite musicals July 20, 2010
treblesometenor (Liberty, MO)
Wicked is one of my favorite musicals. After I saw it on stage I had to buy the cd. It's really great. If you like musicals. You will defiantly love this cd.
bubbly with excitement July 19, 2010
K. L. Brady-Bowling (Salinas, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just saw this yesterday in San Francisco, so I might not make perfect sense. Forgive me in advance. I didn't know what to expect, as I had not read the novel. I wasn't prepared to be so emotionally moved by the performance! The voices, the score, the set, the costumes were so much more....and the story. The story was written by a genius, to be sure. A story that I think we are all so familiar with, this made me feel like it was written first. The songs were a beautiful continuation of the story, leading us. Not any filler songs that could be done without. You must see this to understand the reviews.
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