Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - Evita (Music From The Motion Picture) (1996) [Complete CD] Europe

Evita is the soundtrack album to the 1996 musical film of the same name, performed mostly by American singer Madonna. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on October 28, 1996 in the United Kingdom and on November 12, 1996, in the United States. Directed by Alan Parker, the film was based on Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1978 musical Evita about First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón, portrayed by Madonna. The soundtrack consists of reworked songs from its original 1976 concept album as well as a new song, "You Must Love Me". Additional performers on the soundtrack include Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy Nail.

After securing the title role in Evita, Madonna underwent vocal training in order to enhance her singing abilities. The actors were tense during the recording sessions for Evita, since they were from a non-musical background. The musical style for Evita differed from Madonna's previous works and she was not comfortable in recording her vocals inside the studio alongside the orchestra. After an emergency meeting with the principal personnel, it was decided she would record in a separate location. It took almost four months for the soundtrack to be finished. Rice and Lloyd Webber had employed the classical technique while creating the music, taking the central theme, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", and tweaking it to cater to a variety of settings. Through the songs, the soundtrack tells the story of Eva Perón's beginnings, her rise to fame, political career and gradually her death.

The soundtrack was released in two different versions. Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack, a two-disc edition that included all the tracks from the film, and Evita: Music from the Motion Picture, a single-disc edition with a selection of song highlights. Evita was promoted by the release of three singles—"You Must Love Me", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"; the first won the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997. Critical reception towards the soundtrack was mixed, with AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it "unengaging" while Hartford Courant's Greg Morago praised Madonna's singing abilities. Evita peaked at number two in the US Billboard 200 chart, and was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and has sold over seven million copies worldwide.

Tracklist:
01 - Requiem For Evita 0:00
02 - Oh! What A Circus 4:17
03 - On This Night Of A Thousand Stars 10:01
04 - Eva And Magaldi - Eva Beware Of The City 12:25
05 - Buenos Aires 17:47
06 - Another Suitcase In Another Hall 21:55
07 - Goodnight And Thank You
08 - I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You
09 - Peron's Latest Flame
10 - A New Argentina
11 - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 43:39
12 - High Flying, Adored
13 - Rainbow High
14 - And The Money Kept Rolling {In And Out}
15 - She Is A Diamond
16 - Waltz For Eva And Che
17 - You Must Love Me 1:04:55
18 - Eva's Final Broadcast 1:07:45
19 - Lament 1:13:03

Musicians
Madonna – principal artist, vocals
Antonio Banderas – principal artist, vocals
Jonathan Pryce – principal artist, vocals
Jimmy Nail – principal artist, vocals
Andrea Corr – vocals
Julian Littman – vocals, background vocals
Gary Brooker – vocals
Peter Polycarpou – vocals
John Gower – vocals
Angeline Ball – background vocals
Nick Holder – background vocals
Lorenza Johnson – background vocals
George Little – background vocals
Gordon Neville – background vocals
Laura Pallas – background vocals
Mark Ryan – background vocals
Alex Sharpe – background vocals
Linda Taylor – background vocals
Fredrick Warder – background vocals
Andrew Wood-Mitchell – background vocals
Julia Worsley – background vocals
Andrew Lloyd Webber – orchestration
David Caddick – conductor
Nick Curtis – conductor
Michael Dixon – conductor
John Mauceri – conductor
David Cullen – orchestration