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: Javert in Les Miserables;
Dean Chisnall: Etienne in La Cage aux Folles;
Dean Collinson: Pharaoh in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;
Cassandra Compton: Elizabeth in Dirty Dancing, ITV’s The X Factor;
Janie Dee: Miss February in Calendar Girls;
Mark Evans: Troy in High School Musical, BBC 1’s Eurovision - Your Country Needs You;
James Gillan: Boq in Wicked;
Linzi Hateley: Roxie in Chicago;
Ben James-Ellis: Link in Hairspray, BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do;
Ramin Karimloo: The Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera;
Alexia Khadime: Elphaba in Wicked;
Jon Lee: Marius in Les Miserables, member of pop group S Club;
Jenna Lee-James: The Narrator in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;
Shona Lindsay: Rose in Aspects Of Love;
Susan McFadden: Milly in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, winner of ITV’s Grease Is The Word;
Dianne Pilkington: Glinda in Wicked;
Lara Pulver: Lucille in Parade, Isabella in BBC1’s Robin Hood;
Jon Robyns: Enjolras in Les Miserables;
Summer Strallen: Maria in The Sound Of Music, Channel 4’s Hollyoaks;
Oliver Thornton: Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert;
Oliver Tompsett: Fiyero in Wicked;
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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