| Description |
2 audio discs (130 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011101 005858 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Musical. |
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Music by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus ; lyrics by Tim Rice ; based on an idea by Tim Rice. |
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"The complete cast album from the Danish 2001/2002 tour of Chess." |
| Summary |
" ... Develops the ancient and distinguished game of chess into a metaphor for romantic rivalries and East-West political intrigue. The principal pawns form a love triangle: the loutish American grandmaster, the earnest Russian champion, and the Hungarian-American female chess second, who arrives at the international championships with the American but falls for the Russian." |
| Performer |
Stig Rossen, Emma Kershaw, Zubin Varla, Michael Cormick, Simon Clark, Gunilla Backman, James Graeme ; supporting singers ; orchestra conducted by Mikkel Rønnow. |
| Contents |
Story of chess -- Merano -- Anatoly & Molokov -- Diplomats -- Arbiter -- Hymn to chess -- Merchandisers -- Chess #1 -- Arbiter (reprise) -- Quartet : A model of decorum and tranquility -- Florence & Molokov -- 1956 : Budapest is rising -- Nobody's side -- Mountain duet -- Chess #2 -- Florence quits -- Pity the child -- Embassy lament -- Heaven help my heart -- Anthem -- Golden Bangkok ; One night in Bangkok -- You and I -- Soviet machine -- Interview -- Someone else's story -- Deal -- I know him so well -- End game -- You and I (reprise) -- Finale. |
| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals. |
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Chess -- Tournaments -- Drama.
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Chess -- Tournaments. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Rossen, Stig, singer.
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Kershaw, Emma, singer.
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Varla, Zubin, singer.
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Cormick, Michael, singer.
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Clark, Simon (Singer), singer.
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Backman, Gunilla, 1965- singer.
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Graeme James, singer.
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Rønnow, Mikkel, conductor.
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Ulvaeus, Björn, composer.
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Rice, Tim, 1944- lyricist.
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Container of (work): Andersson, Benny.
Chess.
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| Standard No. |
5706103818706 |
| Music No. |
81851 Columbus Records |
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81870 Columbus Records |
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