Candide: Scottish Opera Version Vocal Score Review

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(More customer reviews)As the rather pithy description of this "Candide" score states, this is complete vocal score according to the 1989 Scottish Opera performance, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.There have been alterations made to the original lyrics, and anyone familiar with the 1956 Broadway production will notice that "The Best of All Possible Worlds" is no longer about marriage, but is now deals with multiple topics of absurdity (and, as this is my review, I feel as though I can say I like the updated version more).The new lyrics are thanks to a slew of folks, including Stephen Sondheim and Bernstein himself.

The score has been beautifully set by Boosey and Hawkes and includes a page detailing the different character's vocal ranges.The publisher also lists possible doublings of chorus members and differentiates between singing and non-singing roles.A breakdown of the orchestration follows (it's a fairly large pit, too).As is standard with show music, the score contains a piano reduction of the orchestration.There are no instrumental cues (the only flaw, in my opinion). Several appendices are included which include an alternate musical number, and the running order of several different productions of the show.

This is just my opinion, but I say buy it before it goes out of print.

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Complete vocal score to the Scottish Opera 1989 edition.

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