Act One
Music and Lyrics by ALEXANDER S. BERMANGE
Produced by MIKE DIXON
with sleeve notes by TIM RICE
No less than 26 leading ladies and men from West End musicals have joined forces to record ACT ONE, a CD of songs from all of Alexander’s shows. The 20-track album boasts sleeve notes by triple Oscar-winning lyricist and long-time champion of Alexander’s writing Sir Tim Rice, who has enthused, “Alexander S. Bermange is going from strength to strength. I urge all lovers of contemporary musical theatre to add this album to their collection pronto.”
ACT ONE is the only album in existence to feature brand new recordings by such a large number of today’s musical theatre stars:
Ricardo Afonso: Galileo in We Will Rock You;
Sabrina Aloueche: Scaramouche in We Will Rock You;
Joanna Ampil: Christmas Eve in Avenue Q;
Daniel Boys: Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q, BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do;
Earl Carpenter: Khashoggi in We Will Rock You;
Dean Chisnall: Papa Ogre in Shrek;
Dean Collinson: Pharaoh in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;
Cassandra Compton: Nessarose in Wicked, ITV’s The X Factor;
Janie Dee: The Countess of Roussillon in All’s Well That Ends Well;
Mark Evans: Fiyero in Wicked;
James Gillan: Boq in Wicked;
Linzi Hateley: Donna in Mamma Mia!;
Ben James-Ellis: Norman in Dreamboats And Petticoats, BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do;
Ramin Karimloo: The Phantom in Love Never Dies;
Alexia Khadime: Eponine in Les Miserables;
Jon Lee: Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys;
Jenna Lee-James: The Narrator in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;
Shona Lindsay: Marge in Dirty Dancing;
Susan McFadden: Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, winner of ITV’s Grease Is The Word;
Dianne Pilkington: Glinda in Wicked;
Lara Pulver: Erin Watts in BBC1’s Spooks;
Jon Robyns: Hollis Bessemer in Road Show;
Summer Strallen: Dale Tremont in Top Hat;
Oliver Thornton: Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert;
Oliver Tompsett: Drew Boley in Rock Of Ages;
Sally Ann Triplett: Donna in Mamma Mia!.
The tracks on ACT ONE offer an exciting variety of musical styles, from
showstopping anthems (Walking On The Sun) to hilarious comic numbers (My
Prince) to heart-rending power ballads (If This Could Be Forever) to
bombastic rock songs (Trial Of The Heart).
ACT ONE is released on Dress Circle Records.
TRACK LISTING:
1. WALKING ON THE SUN Jon Robyns
2. HOW YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE Susan McFadden
3. ANYONE BUT YOU Jenna Lee-James and Dean Collinson
4. TRIAL OF THE HEART Ricardo Afonso, Cassandra Compton and Sabrina Aloueche
5. I WANT TO REACH THE STARS Jon Lee
6. MY PRINCE Lara Pulver
7. IF THIS COULD BE FOREVER Linzi Hateley
8. MORE THAN A MEMORY Oliver Tompsett
9. THE THRESHOLD OF HER HEART Dean Chisnall and Sabrina Aloueche
10. YOU CAN READ MY HEART Daniel Boys
11. JUST FOR ONE MOMENT IN TIME Summer Strallen
12. HIGHER THAN A SHOOTING STAR Mark Evans and Susan McFadden
13. I’VE GROWN TO LEARN James Gillan
14. THE MAGIC’S WITH ME TONIGHT Joanna Ampil
15. I ONLY WISH FOR YOU Shona Lindsay, Ramin Karimloo and Dianne Pilkington
16. THE LAND OF GOLD Earl Carpenter
17. WHERE’S THE LOVE? Janie Dee
18. ENCHANTED Ben James-Ellis and Alexia Khadime
19. CAN’T GET ENOUGH Sally Ann Triplett
20. IF NO-ONE LOVES YOU Oliver Thornton
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