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It has some of the most amazingly beautiful music (Strouse) and stunning lyrics (Schwartz) I have ever heard. Unfortunately it is not made with all of the original cast, but with Julia Migenes as Rebecca and then augmented with some members of the original cast and others. The recording is still amazing.</p> <p> Julia gives a stunning rendition of Rebecca (although her operatic voice does take a while to get used to, but the sole of the music overrides this). Her "Dancing with the fools' is nothing short of breath taking. Her men Nathan (Larry Kert) and Saul (Terrence Mann) also put in fantastic results. With 'wanting' and 'Yankee Boy' among my favourites of the Cd. However the CD's show stealer is Judy Kuhn as Bella...all I can say is track 10-Rags. This song is nothing short of brilliant, and Judy adds so much to the character making this song my favourite among a Cd of favourites. </p> <p>Other great performances come from, Dick Latessa as Avram (Bellas father) and Marcia Lewis as his love interest Rachel, along with Josh Blake as 10 y/o David Lonny Price, Audrey Lavine, Michael Davis and a brilliant supporting cast. I cannot express my delight of this musical. There isn't one song I skip when listening. If you don't own it go and buy it. It has some of Stephen Schwartz' best lyrics (his favourites) and Charles Strouse' music will blow you away.</p></div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="20%" class="navigation"> <div align="left" class="navigation" id="sitenavigation"> <div id="stephen" class="stephen" align="left"> <div align="center"> <img src="images/stephen-schwartz.gif" width="149" height="123" border="0" alt="Photograph of Stephen Schwartz by Joan Lauren" longdesc="swphotodescription.htm" vspace="8"><small><a href="swphotodescription.htm" style="color: #FFEC66; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" title="image description">d</a><span style="color: #FFEC66; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.</span></small></div> <div> <img src="img-common/clear1x1.gif" alt="Site navigation menu begins here" width="1" height="1" border="0"><a href="schwartz.htm" class="menulink"><small><b>About Stephen</b></small></a><span style="color: #FFEC66">.</span><br> <small><a href="schwartzrecordings.htm">CDs</a> <span style="color: #FFEC66">|</span> <a href="news.htm">Events & News</a> <span style="color: #FFEC66">|</span> <a href="schwartz-sheet-music.htm">Sheet Music</a><span style="color: #FFEC66">|</span> <a href="newsletter.htm">Newsletter</a><span style="color: #FFEC66">|</span><br> </small></div> </div> <div id="navigation" class="navigation" style="font-family: Arial, Helevetica, sans-serif" align="left"> <div class="primnav"> <ul class="menus" style="list-style-type: none; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> <li><a class="menulink" href="index.htm"><small>Home Page</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="sitemap.htm"><small>Site Map</small></a></li> </ul> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0"><b><a href="#stagemusicals" class="hidemenulink">Stage Musicals:</a></b> <ul class="menus" style="list-style-type: none; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <li><a class="menulink" href="captain-louie.htm" name="stagemusicals"><small>Captain Louie</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="children-of-eden.htm"><small>Children of Eden</small></a></li><li><a class="menulink" href="godspell.htm"><small>Godspell</small></a></li> <li><a href="godspelljunior.htm"><small>Godspell Junior</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="pippin.htm"><small>Pippin</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="rags.htm"><small>Rags</small></a></li> <li><a class="<A" href="the-bakers-wife.htm"><small>The Baker's Wife</small></a></li> <li><a href="the-hunchback-stage.htm"><small>The Hunchback</small></a></li> <li><a href="magicshow.htm"><small>The Magic Show</small></a></li> <li> <a class="menulink" href="wicked.htm"><small>Wicked </small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="wicked-tickets.htm"><small>Wicked Tickets</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="working.htm"><small>Working</small></a></li> <li><a class="menulink" href="more.htm"><small>(Everything Else)</small></a></li> </ul> <hr size="1"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0"><b><a href="#opera" class="hidemenulink">Opera:</a></b> <ul class="menus" style="list-style-type: none; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <li><a class="menulink" href="schwartz-opera.htm" name="opera"><small>Séance on a Wet Afternoon</small></a></li> </ul> </div> <hr size="1"> <b> <a href="#moviemusicals" class="hidemenulink">Movie Musicals:</a></b></div> <ul class="menus" style="list-style-type: none; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <li><a class="menulink" href="the-prince-of-egypt.htm" name="moviemusicals"><small>The Prince of Egypt</small></a></li> <li style="margin-top: 0.25em"><a class="menulink" href="disney-movies.htm"><small><strong>Disney Movies:</strong><br> <span style="text-decoration: none"> </span>(Enchanted,<br> <span style="text-decoration: none"> </span>Pocahontas,<br> <span style="text-decoration: none"> </span>Hunchback,<br> <span style="text-decoration: none"> </span>Gepetto)</small></a></li> </ul> <hr size="1"> <small><a href="scottschwartz.htm">Director Scott Schwartz </a></small> <hr size="1"> <div><small><a href="links.htm">Theatre, film, music links</a></small></div> <hr size="1"> </div> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helevetica, sans-serif" align="left"> <small> <br> <a href="index.htm" class="menulink">Home Page</a></small> <div style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.25em"> <small style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; ">You're visiting MusicalSchwartz.com, the independent source on songwriter Stephen Schwartz and his musicals. 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