Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Prologue
2. Valjean's Soliloquy (What Have I Done?)
3. At the End of the Day
4. I Dreamed a Dream
5. Lovely Ladies
6. Fantine's Arrest
7. Runaway Cart
8. Who Am I?/The Trial
9. Fantine's Death
10. Confrontation
11. Castle on a Cloud
12. Master of the House
13. Bargain-The Waltz of Treachery
14. Look Down
15. Robbery-Javert's Intervention (Another Brawl)
16. Stars

Disc 2:

1. Eponine's Errand
2. ABC Cafe/Red and Black
3. Do You Hear the People Sing?
4. Rue Plumet-In My Life
5. Heart Full of Love
6. Attack on Rue Plumet
7. One More Day
8. At the Barricade (Upon These Stones)
9. On My Own
10. Building the Barricade
11. Javert's Arrival
12. Little People
13. Little Fall of Rain
14. Night of Anguish
15. First Attack
16. Drink With Me
17. Bring Him Home
18. Dawn of Anguish
19. Second Attack (Death of Gavrobe)
20. Final Battle
21. Sewers - Dog Eats Dog
22. Javert's Suicide
23. Turning

Disc 3:

1. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
2. Every Day (Marius and Cosette)
3. Valjean's Confession
4. Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast
5. Epilogue (Finale)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4544 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-01
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Cast Recording, Enhanced
• Dimensions: .45 pounds

Customer Reviews

Awesome Tribute to the Greatest Musical of All Time
I love this recording of my all-time favorite musical. The orchestra really makes this recording soar, as I saw the show on tour with a smaller one. The entire recording, for the most part, sounds terrific. Gary Morris is not my favorite Valjean, but he makes "Bring Him Home" his own in a wonderful way. Philip Quast is unbeatable as Javert, as are Michael Ball and Anthony Warlow in their roles as Marius and Enjorlas (Michael Ball is so my hero!!!). My only complaint with this recording is the version of "A Little Fall of Rain". Eponine's voice, which is awesome throughout the whole recording, is AWFUL during this song, and it really ruins the song. Other than that, a wonderful recording!

The GREATEST MUSICAL of ALL TIME!
I first became acquainted with this wonderful work before it was known of here in the USA through a copy I had ordered from England. Then, with the US Broadway production, the OBC release was added to my collection. Then, this one, and later, the dream cast version, and then the 10th anniversary edition. So, I have listened to a "few" versions of the work. I love them all. I love this one, perhaps, the most. I am heavily into opera and classical music, so I guess it is sort of natural that I would be drawn to the presentation of this great work with a complete orchestra behind it.

I feel that it is necessary, however, to own three versions of this wonderful musical play. First, the Original, London production. Second, the Original Broadway Edition, and lastly, This, the Symphonic Edition. They all three have their place, and, indeed, are all different, each begging for space on your shelves for very good reason.

If you are a purist, and can only have one, then, it must be the Original London Cast...period, end of discussion. But, if you are like me, and require different interpretations, etc., you will simply fall in love with all three of these recommended recordings.

When I state above that this is the greatest musical piece of theater ever, I certainly do, truly, believe this. Of all the dozens of plays I have seen on Broadway, of the hundreds I have listened to on LP and disc, watched on tape, LaserDics, and DVD, etc., NOTHING has EVER reached the Stratospheric Heights of this work. The only possible exception would be "Man of LaMancha" with Alan Jones, waaaay back, when I was a young man. It was my first Broadway Show, and this may be why I hold it so highly in my heart. (Everything gets held up to it for comparison, and most do not make the cut!)

Again, I urge you to add this recording to your collection...you will love it dearly. ~operabruin

Best musical ever
I first fell in love with Les Miserables when I was high school, after I heard the song "On My Own." I have gone through probably 5 cassettes and CD's by now in one version or another. I enjoy this musical so much I think I don't have a strong preference for which version I am listening to, other than this recording doesn't leave out anything, so it is the one I prefer. For those who really love this musical, this recording is worth getting!