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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: P.S. Classics
Salesrank: 28983
Released: June 17, 2003 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Nine - The Musical (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) Track Listing:
1. Overture Delle Donne - Company
2. Spa Music - Company
3. Not Since Chaplin - Company
4. Guido's Song - Antonio Banderas & Company
5. My Husband Makes Movies - Mary Stuart Masterson
6. A Call from the Vatican - Jane Krakowski
7. Only With You - Antonio Banderas
8. The Script - Antonio Banderas
9. Folies Bergeres - Chita Rivera, Saundra Santiago & Company
10. Nine - Mary Beth Peil
11. Ti Voglio Bene/Be Italian - Myra Lucretia Taylor
12. The Bells of St. Sebastian - Antonio Banderas & Company
13. A Man Like You - Laura Benanti, Antonio Banderas
14. Unusual Way - Laura Benanti, Antonio Banderas
15. Contini Submits - Antonio Banderas
16. The Grand Canal - Antonio Banderas & Company
17. Every Girl in Venice - Deidre Goodwin & Company
18. Amor - Antonio Banderas & Company
19. Only You - Antonio Banderas & Company
20. Finale - Antonio Banderas & Company
21. Simple - Jane Krakowski & Laura Benanti
22. Be On Your Own - Mary Stuart Masterson
23. I Can't Make This Movie - Antonio Banderas
24. Getting Tall - William Ullrich
25. Reprises - Antonio Banderas & Company
Editorial Review:
Winner of 5 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, the show the New York Post hailed as "a true original" and The Daily News called "brilliant, daring, innovative and divine" returns in a spectacular new production. The new broadway cast recording includes Antonio Banderas with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston.
Description of Nine - The Musical (2003 Broadway Revival Cast):
This version of Maury Yeston's Nine is so finely wrought that it deservedly won the 2003 Tony for Best Revival. While not a blockbuster, the original 1982 production, staged by Tommy Tune, was a nice success and allowed Raul Julia to make a splash as the only man in an otherwise entirely feminine cast. Inspired by Fellini's film 8 1/2, Nine succeeds in creating a strong male lead while parcelling out great songs to several different women. The mere fact that Antonio Banderas doesn't get eaten alive by the power cast around him (Chita Rivera, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jane Krakowski, and Laura Benanti) testifies to his charisma; even better, his singing is surprisingly confident ("Only with You" is downright sweet). And leave it to the Broadway pros to shine like diamonds: Listen, in particular, as Jane Krakowski steals the show with her sassy delivery of "A Call from the Vatican." You may need a cold shower after that one. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Nine - The Musical (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) Reviews:
As Good As The Original 
2006-07-26 - I'll admit I wasn't a fan of the original, but this revival has won me over. And now I really like both cast albums.
The revival cast is just as good as the original, Banderas well cast as Guido. I prefer Chita Rivera over Lilliane Montevecchi on Follies Bergere,(could never understand what the hell she was singing!) And while Jane Krakowski is not exactly the (sadly) late Anita Morris, she is sexy in a different way and it works. I love Mary Stuart Masterson, who knew she was such a terrific singer?
The whole CD is beautifully done!
My impressions of Nine 
2006-02-23 - Good music; very good performances. Am now acquainted with other sides of these performers.
The samples on this page are from the original 
2005-07-10 - So I went to listen to some samples of the CD on Amazon before I bought it, and lo and behold, Amazon cheated a little and put the original Broadway cast album up for samples, not the revival. That is definitely Raul Julia singing, not Antonio Banderas. Amazon- get it together!
Great Revival Cast!
2005-06-11 - The cast & orchestrations are incredible for the Tony-winning 2003 revival of "Nine", surpassing even the original 1982 production.
Best tracks include:
My Husband Makes Movies
A Call From The Vatican [Jane Krakowski's Tony-winning number]
Only With You [Antonio Banderas' version outshines Raul Julia's original]
Folies Bergeres [Chita Rivera's big song]
The Bells Of St. Sebastian [though the original is somewhat better]
Unusual Way [Banderas/Benanti's beautiful duet & best song of the show]
Simple
Be On Your Own [Mary Stuart Masterson's gut-wrenching song]
I Can't Make This Movie
A truly beautiful score! ****+
A stellar version of "Nine"
2005-04-11 - This revival recording of "Nine" is superb. I actually prefer it to the original Broadway recording and the London concert version (which are both fine). Maury Yeston's music and lyrics are among the best for any modern musical, and the cast here is ideal.
The performances are exemplary, from Antonio Banderas as womanizing film director Guido Contini and Mary Stuart Masterson as his long-suffering wife Luisa, to Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, and the rest. Their singing easily matches or surpasses the previous casts, and their acting on the whole is stronger. They just feel more assured to me. Banderas also sounds more feasibly Italian than previous Guidos, which is useful in terms of the character. For their part, the women put on fake accents, which has the potential to be a distraction, but here didn't bother me at all.
Highlights from the score and this album include Banderas's charismatic rendition of "Guido's Song," Krakowski's sexy "A Call from the Vatican," Benanti's almost impossibly-beautiful version of "Unusual Way," and Masterson's bitter and expertly acted "Be On Your Own." The orchestra here is smaller than previous versions, but this doesn't detract in any significant way. The strength of the music and the performances comes through just fine.
