Clarke Peters Videos : Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall 2008) - Merchandisers

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Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall 2008) - Merchandisers

Cast Frederick Trumper -- Adam Pascal Florence Vassy -- Idina Menzel Anatoly Sergievsky -- Josh Groban Svetlana Sergievsky -- Kerry Ellis The Arbiter -- Marti Pellow Alexander Molokov -- David Bedella Walter de Courcey -- Clarke Peters Civil Servants (in "Embassy Lament") -- Cantabile On the 12 and 13 May 2008, Warner Bros. Records produced a concert version of Chess together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, involving two performances at the Royal Albert Hall. This version, comprising almost no dialogue or set, but otherwise following the West End version in plot and music, was recorded for release as a 2-CD cast album and DVD, both entitled and marketed simply as Chess in Concert. It was also broadcast on American PBS channels in June 2009. Tim Rice stated in the concert's programme that this version of Chess is the "official version," after years of different plot and song combinations. Though the plot and score is entirely based on that of the West End production, this version also adds in two Broadways songs: "Prologue" and "Someone Else's Story." The audio recording contains most of the material from the concert except a few lines of dialogue (present on the DVD); it also mislabels and misorders a few songs, such as "Florence and Molokov" for "The American and Florence." The DVD also includes an opening speech given by Tim Rice introducing the cast, which is omitted from the CD.

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