Title: Barry Manilow of the Broadway set
Review: If you happen to like the Michelle Nicastro school of singing then i think you'll like this album, but if you dont, better stay far, far away. Christiane Noll's voice has a striking similarity to Michelle Nicastro's, crystal clear, good phrasing, but somehow lacking in texture and emotion. The arrangements are pop, way too pop for my taste. The concept of stringing along songs from musicals to tell a story was better realized in Mandy Patinkin's "Experiment" album. The orchestrations in the Patinkin album is more varied and moody, the effect more introspective and ultimately more affecting. A similar album with similar emotional effect would be Stage 2: The Human Heart. The album does have its merits though, however little. The better cuts in the CD are "Who are you now?" and "A Quiet Thing". I think if the arrangements were more sparse and acoustic this could have been a better album.
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