To celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber's forthcoming 70th birthday, a four-CD compilation of his music entitled Andrew Lloyd Webber Unmasked: The Platinum Collection will be released March 16 through UMe/Polydor.
Curated and overseen by Lloyd Webber, the collection includes tunes from his earliest work, starting with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, through his most recent: School of Rock.
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In a statement, Lloyd Webber said, "I owe everyone involved in putting this compilation together a huge thank you. A vast amount of thought has evidently gone into selecting tracks from my almost fifty-year-old career. This compilation brings back a heap of memories—it has made this ancient composer very happy. I particularly love the new tracks and of course I love the orchestral suites. There's nothing a composer likes more than hearing their melodies played by a cracking orchestra."
Newly recorded tracks include performances from artists Lana Del Rey ("You Must Love Me," Evita), Nicole Scherzinger ("Memory," Cats), and Gregory Porter ("Light at the End of the Tunnel," Starlight Express).
Unmasked is available in two-CD and four-CD editions. The four-disc version contains a 40-page book with an introduction from Lloyd Webber and in-depth notes on each track, written by theatre critic and Lloyd Webber biographer Michael Coveney, together with tributes from Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, and more.
The complete track listing follows:
CD One
1. "Superstar" (Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers)
2. “The Phantom of The Opera” (Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford)
3. “Oh What a Circus” (Antonio Banderas & Madonna)
4. “Love Changes Everything” (Michael Ball)
5. “Stick It To The Man” (Alex Brightman and the Broadway cast of School Of Rock)
6. “Memory” (Nicole Scherzinger)
7. “No Matter What” (Boyzone )
8. “With One Look” (Barbra Streisand)
9. “Buenos Aires” (Glee Cast)
10. “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” (Julie Covington)
11. “Take That Look Off Your Face” (Marti Webb)
12. “I’m Hopeless When It Comes To You” (Joanna Riding)
13. “Light at The End Of The Tunnel” (Gregory Porter )
14. “The Music of The Night” (Michael Crawford)
15. “Gethsemane ( I Only Want To Say)” (Ian Gillan)
16. “Any Dream Will Do” (Donny Osmond)
17. “Amigos Para Siempre” (Sarah Brightman & José Carreras)
18. “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” (Yvonne Elliman)
CD Two
1. “As If We Never Said Goodbye” (Glenn Close)
2. “Theme and Variations 1-4” (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
3. “Unexpected Song” (Sarah Brightman)
4. “You Must Love Me” (Lana Del Rey)
5. “Everything’s Alright” (Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head)
6. “The Vaults of Heaven” (Tom Jones & The Sounds Of Blackness)
7. “Another Suitcase In Another Hall” (Madonna)
8. “You’re in The Band” (Broadway cast of School Of Rock)
9. “It’s Easy for You” (Elvis Presley)
10. “Cold” (The Everly Brothers)
11. “Come Back With The Same Look in Your Eyes” (Denise Van Outen)
12. “I Am The Starlight” (Mica Paris & George Ure)
13. “Mr. Mistoffelees” (Paul Nicholas)
14. “Tell Me On a Sunday” (Michael Crawford)
15. “Think of Me” (Emmy Rossum & Patrick Wilson)
16. “Rainbow High” (Elaine Paige)
17. “All I Ask of You” (Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman)
18. “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” (Sierra Boggess, live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Bonus Track: “Learn To Be Lonely” (Beyoncé and Andrew Lloyd Webber, live at the Oscars)
CD Three
1. “Jacob & Sons/Coat Of Many Colours” (Janet Metz, Donny Osmond, Michael Fletcher, and the Canadian cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
2. “Close Every Door” (Donny Osmond)
3. “Heaven ln Their Minds” (Tim Minchin)
4. “King Herod’s Song” (Alice Cooper)
5. “Skimbleshanks” (Ken Wells and the Original London cast of Cats)
6. “Macavity: The Mystery Cat” (Wendy Edmead and Donna King)
7. “You’ve Never Had It So Good” (Original London cast of Stephen Ward)
8. “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You” (Elena Roger & Philip Quast)
9. “Evermore Without You” (Martin Crewes)
10. “I Believe My Heart” (Duncan James & Keedie)
11. “If Only You Would Listen” (The Broadway cast of School of Rock)
12. “Sing” (Military Wives)
13. “Hosanna” (Jesus Christ Superstar London cast)
14. “Hosanna” (Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, and the Choir Of Winchester Cathedral)
15. “Pie Jesu” (Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston)
16. “By Jeeves” (Steven Pacey, Simon Day, and Nicholas Haverson)
17. “Where Did The Rock Go?” (Florence Andrews)
CD Four
1. “Phantom Phantasy” (Original London Orchestra)
2. “Masquerade” (The Phantom of the Opera Original Motion Picture cast)
3. “’Til I Hear You Sing” (Ramin Karimloo)
4. “Love Never Dies Orchestral Suite” (Original London Orchestra)
5. “Love Never Dies” (Sierra Boggess)
6. “The Beauty Underneath” (Ben Lewis & Casey Lyons)
7. “Variations On Variations” (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
8. “Jesus Christ Superstar Overture” (Original Jesus Christ Superstar orchestra)
9. “Overture and The Beautiful Game” (Original cast and orchestra from The Beautiful Game)
10. “If This Is What We’re Fighting For” (Josie Walker)
11. “Cats Overture” (The Original London Orchestra)
12. “The Jellicle Ball” (Cats Motion Picture Orchestra)
13. “Sunset Suite” (Original Broadway Orchestra)
14. “Sunset Boulevard” (Kevin Anderson)
15. “Aspects of Aspects” (Orchester Der Vereinigten Buehnen Wien)
16. “Seeing Is Believing” (Michael Ball and Sarah Brightman)
17. “Anything But Lonely” (Sarah Brightman)
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