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Incredible Performances!
I originally purchased this video to watch a specific performer. However, I was shocked by the amazing talent this video holds. The only disappointing part was the selection from "Starlight Express." Perhaps that just needs to grow on me, though. I "discovered" the fabulously talented Michael Ball, and have since watched "Gethsemane" countless times. Michael Ball delivered the most spectacular performance I have ever seen during this moving song. Incredible! I only wish that all of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's videos could be so wonderful. The "Jesus Christ Superstar" segment of the show was splendid and performed very well by various artists. Also, Donny Osmond's voice is so pure and youthful and has wonderful tone quality. He dazzles the audience while singing happily to the children's choir and later giving 120% in the emotional "Close Every Door." Donny Osmond is such a fantastic performer that *he* never steps out on stage. Instead, from the moment he comes out from the darkness, the audience sees *Joseph*, not Donny. He gives a truly wonderful performance. If you purchase this video, you will be purchasing happiness. I promise that you will watch it over and over again, and hopefully enjoy it as much as I did.

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Lloyd Webber Has Never Sounded This Good!
Andrew Lloyd Webber has written some of the most beautiful music of the last 30 years. This amazing video captures the highlights of his brilliant career and brings them to a new level. The variety of music and performers worked wonderfully. Sarah Brightman, Antonio Banderas, Glenn Close, Donny Osmond, Elaine Page and all the artists are great, but Michael Ball took the cake! WOW! His performance of "Gethsemane" will leave you breathless. "Vaults of Heaven" (on which Michael was joined by The London Community Gospel Choir) will leave you swaying and clapping! Michael's gorgeous voice complemented Sarah B.'s on their duet "All I Ask Of You." He is THE HIGHLIGHT of this video. Other noteworthy performances include Donny Osmond's "Joseph..." segment, "Memory" sung by the one and only Elaine Page and Glenn Close's "With One Look" is amazing. And all things considered, I must give Antonio Banderas some credit. Sure, he doesn't have the best voice, but his "Phamton" (hehe) is likable. I had never heard of Tina Arena, but her performance of "Whistle Down The Wind" is wonderful. This is a great video, filled with the best ALW has to offer. He does write beautiful music, but he sure knows how to pick the right singers to show it off! This is worth every penny and even more. You will be pushing the "Rewind" button more than once!

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Lavish
I consider Lloyd Webber the British heir to Richard Rodgers, and this is what Sondheim would have done if he could have. (In fact Lloyd Webber at 50 even looks like Rodgers.) But I shut the thing off when a church choir-type started singing "The keys to the vault of heaven." Was this thing a retrospective of the composer or a religious revival? It was absolutely sodden with Christianity, nauseously so. Like almost every last song! I hung in there for over an hour and a half because there were some things I very much wanted to see and hear (as a rule, I love Lloyd Webber's music very much, sans the rock), but at this point I'd had enough. Sarah Brightman was absolutely beautiful and natural, what a charming open smile and such a wonderful voice. I loved what she did, and applauded all by myself in my living room at the end of her duet "All I Ask of You," though I dislike that show very much. I thought the fellow who sang Che (right name, spelling?) near the start was worlds better than Mandy Patinkin (whom I'd always loved before he went on to bigger and more pretentious things), also he had the right accent and was prettier. In fact, he was beautiful, as were several of the young men. I learned from reading some of the other reviews that this was an international cast (all unknown to me, ignorant, insular, xenophobic American that I am), all quite famous, and that Lloyd Webber is loved the world over. I can well understand why he is so much loved. However (I have CDs of all his shows that I know of, he may have written more since I stopped buying musicals), it seems to me that his wonderful talent (genius?) diminished as he grew older, his inspiration, gift for melody deserted him. I highly recommend this DVD for anyone who likes rock music (I do not) and who doesn't mind feeling they're in a 21st Century church. I'm sorry I had to stop it.