Les Miserables (1994 Japanese Red Cast)

Les Miserables (1994 Japanese Red Cast) Artist: Claude-Michel Schonberg , and Alain Boublil
Label: Fashi
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 4988006112858
ASIN: B0000071KD


Release Date: 1996-06-26

Les Miserables (1994 Japanese Red Cast)


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Tracks:

  1. Chain Gang
  2. On Parole
  3. Bishop
  4. Valjean's Soliloquy
  5. At the End of the Day
  6. I Dreamed a Dream
  7. Lovely Ladies (The Docks)
  8. Fantine's Arrest
  9. Runaway Cart
  10. Who Am I the Trial
  11. Fantin'e Death
  12. Confrontation
  13. Castle on a Cloud
  14. Master of the House
  15. Bargain
  16. Waltz of Treachery
  17. Look Down (The Beggars)
  18. Robbery
  19. Javert's Intervention
  20. Stars
  21. ABC Cafe-Red & Black
  22. Do You Hear the People Sing?
  23. Rue Plumet in My Life
  24. Heart Full of Love
  25. Attack on Rue Plumet
  26. One Day More
  27. Building the Barricade
  28. On My Own
  29. Back at the Barricade
  30. Javert's Arrival
  31. Little People
  32. Little Fall of Rain
  33. Night of Anguish
  34. First Attack
  35. Drink with Me (The Night)
  36. Bring Him Home
  37. Dawn of Anguish
  38. Second Attack
  39. Final Battle
  40. Sewers-Dog Eats Dog
  41. Javert's Suicide
  42. Turning (The Victims)
  43. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
  44. Everyday
  45. Valjean's Confession
  46. Wedding Chorale-Beggars at the Feast
  47. Epilogue

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Album Details

The Broadway Classic Recorded in Japanese!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Truly Amazing!.......2004-02-01

This is a live recording of the Red Japanese Cast that was held in February 1994 at the Chunichi Theater in Nagoya. You will be surprised at what a wonderful performance this is! There is a lot more emotion in this CD than in most of the English recordings. Kaga and Murai give beautiful performances as Valjean and Javert because of their beautiful voice tone and range. You don't have to know Japanese to enjoy this CD immensely (I surely don't know Japanese!)! Yuhko Ema is one of the most emotional Fantines I have ever heard! Her voice is beautiful, and she is the perfect Fantine! This CD has almost the entire musical on it (they took out the part in lovely ladies when she sells her necklace, much like in the 10th anniversary edition, and they cut out the intro to I dreamed a dream, cut out some of Eponine's parts, et cetera). Kaho Shimada is also on this recording- she is the Eponine on the complete symphonic recording. She is even cuter on this recording because she uses more feeling and expression in her singing because she is more familiar with Japanese than English. If you liked her performance on the complete symphonic, definitely get this recording to hear her ten times better. Her "A Little Fall of Rain" will make you cry.

The only problem I have with this recording is the sound quality. It sounds like what it is: a recording made eleven plus years ago (1994). I think that they should remaster it, especially for the price they charge you for it. The same issue goes for the Blue cast (which Amazon does not carry). There are four newer Japanese recordings that have a superior sound quality. These are not carried by Amazon but can be found at footlight.com.

5 out of 5 stars Great Recording!!.......2002-10-22

This is a very good recording of the musical. It contains nearly all of the material, as compared with the London and Broadway casts. I would not recommend this recording to new listeners, but for those who already appreciate this monumental musical, this is a great experience. This was one of two live albums of Les Miserables released in Japan in 1994. The other one, known as the Japanese "Blue" Cast, is very good as well, but this one has slightly better performances from the main actors.

3 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised.......2002-06-02

Though Taken by surprise with the occasional insert of the English Language, I was pleasantly surprised by this recording. Purchasing it with the intent to laugh and poke fun at it, I quickly found myself moved. It was nice to listen to this prestigious piece without understanding the lyrics.

Not overly impressed by this recording's Valjean or Marius, I was pleasantly content with the ripe performances of the other performers.

Most enjoyable to me was Fantine's I dreamed a dream. In my opinion, it is one of the better potrayals, second only to Randy Graff's performance on the Broadway Album.

Worth the price? For me, yes. You be the judge.

5 out of 5 stars MORE THAN JUST KAGA.......2001-07-26

An album worth purchasing. Takeshi Kaga does indeed add a exceptional dimension to this production because of the incredible quality of his voice. However,you don't have to understand Japanese to sense the complete dedication and professional quality that every member of the cast brings as each and every line is delivered, and that the whole cast united as one unit, makes this story line very real and dynamic. It is very moving and if you allow yourself you can literally be drawn into the story and even find yourself crying at the end when Val Jean dies. I found I never thought of Chairman Kaga once.

4 out of 5 stars

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