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©2009
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1 videodisc (2 hr., 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Act 1. Merano, 1979. Prologue ; The story of chess. Merano ; What a scene! What a joy! ; Merano (reprise). Commie newspapers ; Press conference. Molokov and Anatoly ; Where I want to be. Difficult and dangerous times ; The arbiter ; Hymn to chess ; The merchandisers ; Chess game #1 ; The arbiter (reprise) ; Quartet (a model of decorum and tranquility). Florence and Molokov. 1956, Budapest is rising ; Nobody's side. Mountain duet. Chess game #2. Florence quits ; Pity the child #1. Embassy lament ; Heaven help my heart ; Anatoly and the press ; Anthem -- Act 2. Bangkok, 1980. Golden Bangkok ; One night in Bangkok. One more opponent ; You and I. The Soviet machine. The interview. Someone else's story. The deal ; Pity the child #2. I know him so well. Talking chess. Endgame. You and I (reprise) ; Walter and Florence ; Anthem
The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union
Lyrics, Tim Rice ; music, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus ; adapted by Tim Rice and Hugh Wooldridge ; choreographed by Kevan Allen, Andrew Wright ; directed for stage by Hugh Wooldridge
Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Marti Pellow ; host, Tim Rice ; the City of London Philharmonic ; conductor, David Firman ; the West End Chorus ; the London Studio Centre Dancers
Recorded live at Royal Albert Hall, London, May 12-13, 2008
DVD; Dolby Digital, surround stereo
In English with English subtitles