Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber writes musical theatre that lodges in the ear and stays there: soaring ballads, rock-inflected biblical retellings, and scores that turn novels and poems into long-running stage worlds.
His songs leave the theatre and keep circulating: Memory, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, The Music of the Night, Any Dream Will Do. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat began as a short school cantata and grew into a buoyant, pastiche-rich retelling of the biblical story, full of rock and roll, calypso and country colour. The Phantom of the Opera wraps Gothic romance in sweeping melody. Pie Jesu from his Requiem sits in another register, pure and still. Across Cats, Evita, Sunset Boulevard and the rest, the writing favours big feeling carried on tunes built to last.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is featured on the following titles
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A favourite since its 1968 school premiere, this Canadian recording of Lloyd Webber and Rice’s biblical musical features the dramatic vocals of soloist Rob Gillespie.
Compositions by Andrew Lloyd Webber also appear on
Dream Song
A charming collection of well-known songs, sure to delight. Immortal sacred favourites sit beside theatre and film themes, from Franck’s Panis Angelicus and Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu to Blake, Rodgers and Bart.
Silver: Celebrating 25 Years
Pot-Pourri marks twenty-five years with Silver, a seventh album that mixes contemporary classics, Broadway, and opera into one sparkling programme.
Rhythm of Life
A delicious blend of highlights from Broadway shows, popular music theatre, traditional songs and operatic hits, sung with style by Melbourne vocal ensemble Pot-Pourri.