Unmasked: The Platinum Collection (4 CD)

Curated by Really Useful Group and Andrew Lloyd Webber,* ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: UNMASKED * THE PLATINUM COLLECTION offers a superb overview of the career to date of one the most successful composers of the modern era. * Not just an ultimate greatest hits collection,* it also offers two further discs that explore Lloyd Webbers work in greater detail. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: UNMASKED * THE PLATINUM COLLECTION assembles the finest of his cherished works from the past five decades,* and contains newly-recorded versions of songs by LANA DEL REY,* GREGORY PORTER,* and NICOLE SCHERZINGER. It also contains recordings by world-class performers such as BARBRA STREISAND,* MADONNA,* MICHAEL CRAWFORD,* SARAH BRIGHTMAN,* ELVIS PRESLEY and,* released for the first time,* BEYONC singing Learn To Be Lonely from the 2005 Academy Awards with Lloyd Webber accompanying on piano. * There are also five newly created orchestral suites,* specially prepared from existing recordings to give a prcis of some of the shows dearest to Andrew,* emphasising the grand orchestral aspects of his work. The set comes complete with a 40-page book with track notes by respected theatre critic and Lloyd Webber biographer Michael Coveney; there is a note from Andrew himself as well as specially written tributes from Barbra Streisand,* Glenn Close,* Michael Crawford and Tim Rice among others.