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Title: Entirely unlistened to...
Review: Having only seen the show live and never heard the recording of the cast, I can only advise anyone thinking of spending money on this album to consider spending a few more pennies and hearing the experience live. Sondheim is an auteur I have never spent time listening to. I had always associated him with "what is not to like?" New York, an entity that has pervaded a great deal of modern culture. But reducing him to those kinds of parallels is to miss the sheer beauty of the man's gift for enlightened beauty. And therein lies the greatness of Manhatten before the turn of the last century. Boy did they have it good. Shame someone had to come along and make a right mess...there is beauty here. Enjoy it.
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