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Musical theater star Patti LuPone rarely releases solo albums, and when she does, they often serve as the audio equivalents of the nightclub acts she assembles for the periods when she isn't appearing in a musical. The Lady with the Torch is one of those musical souvenirs, based on a concert she developed with Scott Wittman gathering together a series of torch songs drawn from the Great American Songbook of Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, and others. Frank Sinatra perfected this sort of concept album in the 1950s with such LPs as Only the Lonely, and LuPone follows the formula well in a distaff manner, giving voice to female characters who long for idealized love, cry over love lost, vow revenge, or decide to quit the whole sorry mess. Jonathan Tunick provides punchy, supportive orchestrations for a small jazz band, and LuPone sings with her usual fervor. The victimization and self-pity in many of the lyrics don't actually suit her, however; she is at her best getting her own back, notably in "I Wanna Be Around," and she deliberately throws in a few songs that don't exactly fit the mold, such as the sexy "Do It Again" and "So in Love." Still, it's easy to imagine her putting this set across effectively in a concert hall or nightclub.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Billy Barnes, Composer, Lyricist - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Larry Conley, Composer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Willard Robinson, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer - Sadie Zimmerstedt, Composer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Jessie Mae Robinson, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - George Gershwin, Composer - B.G. De Sylva, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Ralph Burns, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Woody Herman, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, Composer - Tom Adair, Composer - Matt Malneck, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Cole Porter, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Gus Kahn, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Edward Heyman, Composer - Frank Eyton, Composer - Robert Sour, Composer - John W. Green, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Joel Moss, Producer - Patti LuPone, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Truman Capote, Composer - Kurt Deutsch, Producer
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records
Album review
Musical theater star Patti LuPone rarely releases solo albums, and when she does, they often serve as the audio equivalents of the nightclub acts she assembles for the periods when she isn't appearing in a musical. The Lady with the Torch is one of those musical souvenirs, based on a concert she developed with Scott Wittman gathering together a series of torch songs drawn from the Great American Songbook of Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, and others. Frank Sinatra perfected this sort of concept album in the 1950s with such LPs as Only the Lonely, and LuPone follows the formula well in a distaff manner, giving voice to female characters who long for idealized love, cry over love lost, vow revenge, or decide to quit the whole sorry mess. Jonathan Tunick provides punchy, supportive orchestrations for a small jazz band, and LuPone sings with her usual fervor. The victimization and self-pity in many of the lyrics don't actually suit her, however; she is at her best getting her own back, notably in "I Wanna Be Around," and she deliberately throws in a few songs that don't exactly fit the mold, such as the sexy "Do It Again" and "So in Love." Still, it's easy to imagine her putting this set across effectively in a concert hall or nightclub.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:16
- Main artists: Patti LuPone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2005 Ghostlight Records. ℗ 2005 Ghostlight Records.
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