Saw this performance and wanted a copy.
357436
Saw the performance by Jackie and laughed so much the tears came rolling down my cheeks with the laughter.  I absolutely had to have a copy.
2399475
Great recording.  Like being at the concert.  Really enjoyed the orchestra backup to the original Riders.  Worth the wait for it to come into stock.
1114799
After reading everywhere how marvelous this performance was, imagine my frustration of waiting more than six months and being unable to find an SACD pressing available for purchase, be it from Amazon and elsewhere where it was back-listed and expected soon.

Finally, I could take it no longer, and I bought a "normal" pressing which to my chagrin proved to be a perfectly respectable, but not extraordinary, performance of this marvelous work. For the life of me, I could not understand what had caused the critical excitement many months before....

But completely unexpected one day, the mailman showed up with a package from England: a long forgotten order of this Zander performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 in SACD. With very little initial excitement indeed, I put it on the player, but I was soon transported into wonderment as Bruckner's architecture clicked and came to life as never before, and I realize how important it had been to wait for SACD to bring its magic to bring the music to life.

It is nothing less than a crime to deny music lovers this seasoning to help bring some music to life.....
4892937
I actually got to see the play in Los Angeles.  Jack Nicholson happened to be at that particular show.  It was truly a play accompanied with a live Waitsian orchestra.  The perfect place and time to invent that word or whomever's already used it.  I was fascinated by the saw.  I'd know it to be used for making music in the past but to see it effectively used here was just amazing.  The lead actor who later said he is a cousin of k d lang, said that he couldn't help but sorta sound like Waits vocally singing throughout the show, both as it's hard not to given the songs and as an homage to Waits.  It seems to me that Mr. Waits did here what he did on some Orphans songs.  He could have simply had a cast recording released but, instead, did the vocals himself.  He is not in the play, he just wrote the music.  But for this album, he's done the songs he wrote for us.  And, though the lead actor/singer did a great job it is a treat to hear Waits do the songs.  As a result, this is another Waits album.  There may be too much story for some but all his songs stand alone and this package, all related to the story of the play, read/listen/hear like an album say of a rock opera or some other themed record.  I sure wish there was a dvd release of that play but, as with most plays, that does not appear to exist.  It'd be great to have a cast recording of the play but that doesn't seem to exist either.  However, having this record is certainly much less than table scraps, really, what it is, is Waits doing us the favor of singing the songs he wrote for the play and then releasing it all on this cd, a very kind thing to do for Waits fans.  I first heard/saw him on the Mike Douglas show in apparently, 1976 on TV.  It was love at first sight and I've been a giant fan ever since.  I do prefer the One From the Heart soundtrack and earlier material to material released after that (1982) but I keep stumbling on records after that that turn out to be better than I'd at first believed.  I've since decided that Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombones both fit in very well with the high quality musical output he had prior to that in basically the 70's.  Really, since Beautiful Maladies (which as a greatest hits for I guess his 80's period is a stand alone gem of an album musically, one of my all time favorites) everything after that I take cautiously and have yet to hear an album since then that really sways me as much as those to Beautiful Maladies and before.  Maybe that's just taste or maybe it's that he's, least it sounds this way to my ears, come past his magical period of making music that stands the test of the decades and into the uncertain future and instead is able to make music, with a few wonderful tunes but mostly, functional, yes, always interesting, but not songs that just pop like those earlier records.  I always felt like Bone Machine was the start of that 'sorta' decline.  Ahma gonna have to revisit that album too (I'm sure I have all his albums) cuz, who knows, even that may turn out to be brilliant or have some afterall.  I do know that only today, after hearing the samples for this record have I given this album a break.  For years I just undervalued it and now I consider it with a coupla gems, as usual post Beautiful Maladies, and, especially since I saw the play, something I'll go back to a few times again in the coming years, should God give them to me of course, cuz we never know.  Each day's a gift ain't it.  ciao.
3301113
loved it in the theatre. Had to have a copy to keep and share.
3591256
A magnificient concert it is and the DVD captures the show as though we were in the actual audience.  Delivered on schedule; no issues, thanks Amazon.  Cheers, Dave
805371
Sound quality is good and the soundtrack is great - even though this is a copy, printed to order.
4434324
Wonderful performance.  This recording has a  terrific all-around cast and conductor.  I advise that you do not miss it...it is a wonderful experience.
1055115
Will be seeing this at the Met this month, glad this recording is so good.
4666463
Judging from the soloists and the timings, this is a re-release of the legendary 1951 Furtwangler performance of this symphony which the petroleum products company that now owns EMI, apparently recently chose to delete (!)  This has long been my favorite recording of the work and I still have copies of both the EMI CD and the 2-disc Seraphim re-issue of the LP. I also once owned a copy of the short-lived stereo (double-mono) release of this recording. This was apparently not released by EMI  but from another take recorded by "Der Bayerische-Rundfunks". I lost this recording in 1983, along with a lot of other treasures, when my house burned down (Vinyl was definitely final!).
I bring this up because this issue, played through my 5.1 Surround system definitely sounds like it was mixed in stereo! To my ear, the sound of this MP3 issue is better than the CD! It was good enough to prompt me to buy this MP3 album (a "steal" at $1.99!)

I strongly suggest that anyone with an ear (heart?) for a great performance (especially the wonderful Third Movement Adagio molto e cantabile), should scoop this one up!
I included this piece in a program I created for one of my hospice patients that can be found here: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/1e88557c619341079c13b08e23b7959bsune?ref=dm_sh_196f-685f-dmcp-09c5-4cea7
This collection is what I call an "Experiential Playlist". In an EPL, the "message" is generally in the music and in selections like the Korngold, the lyrics can and should be ignored. One should focus his or her attention on the emotions and images the music evokes. Enjoy!
962225
I have looked for this recording for a very long time. I was extremely pleased to receive it. Mostly I wanted one song, but got a double album. So I am learning to like other songs on the album as well.
3012418
I was lucky enough to have seen part of this on television a few years ago. Now I would like to find a copy. Such an honor to watch one of the greatest organist/composers of the 20th century work up close and personal! There are clips of this available on YouTube.
3497234
The musical itself is great. This is a paperback containing the book and lyrics so you can relive the experience to some extent.  I was hoping for more pictures from the stage performances like the cast recording contains, but this works for what it is.
2236067
This was a great performance, if you don't have this DVD, I advise you to buy it.
745046
This CD was recommended to me as a superior recording.  I have listened to it many times and each time sounds like the first.

It is a beautiful recording of a magnificant piece of music.  I would strongly recommended it.
495367
The quality of the recording was very good.  Not some bandwidth compressed thing.  Reminded me of the vinyl copies I used to have.
3429089
American Broadway version really botched the transfer from England.  But the music by members of ABBA is MOVING.  This is one of my favorite musicals and favorite recordings.  Beyond this, I recommend the British Original cast recording over the Broadway version.  Either would be very satisfying.