Les Miserables the Movie: The Most Complete Recording, But the Best?
I'm embarrassed to say that for years, I ignored the Les Miserables Complete Symphonic Recording based on the mistaken belief that it was just the orchestrations. The orchestrations are lovely, but I wanted to hear singing. Fortunately, a few years ago, I realized the error of my ways and downloaded the Complete Symphonic Recording onto my iTunes. Unlike the past two English-language recordings, the Complete Symphonic Recording is not of a specific cast. Cameron Mackintosh had originally intended to do the recording using the Australian cast, but ended up recording the album in three different locations around the world, using an international cast. As a result, actors from diverse locations as Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States were brought together seamlessly, more or less. As the title states, this is the first album to contain the entire musical, at least the musical as it existed in 1989, following its debut on Broadway. Parts of the musica