Lamarque Is Dead Comparison

[HaraldJoe69]

There's just something amazing about Michael Maguire's voice. I'm not as big of a Ramin fan as everyone else here. He always goes sharp at the end of his long sustained notes, and while I think it could be a stylistic choice, it's still annoying to listen to.

[BagOfSticksFork]

Michael and John are the best

[horerfandod3]

MIcheal... enough dead

[Nobody297SRS]

Anthony Warlow, Michael Maguire and Ramin Karimloo are definate bests. Anthony didn't sound great in this, I know, but on the CSR he is so good, just spine-tingling with that strong, commanding voice. It's pure <3. But I've always loved Michael Maguire, he was the first Enjolras I listened to- he sounds so revolutionary, you know? Rage dripping from his voice. And Karimloo, sometimes I think its hard to hear him, but his voice really busts out on those soaring high notes. Plus, JOJ was good too.

[katieelizabethgraham]

I love love love Michael Maguire and Ramin Karimloo! Their voices are gorgeous, I think Ramin out-acted Michael in these clips though.

[mrspuckerman93]

NO one TOUCHES RAMIN KARIMLOO'S Enjolras. NO ONE!

[Phan801]

ramin and michael were tthe best in my opinion<3

i didn't really like oliver and edward though...

[envyru]

when did they change the lyrics? the CSR and i think the 10th still had the old ones right?

[XxEchoingSilencexX]

@envyru I didn't even know there was a change of lyrics, same case in Phantom. Still bugs me a little >_<

Also can anyone tell me when JOJ played Enjolras? I didn't know he played the revolutionary leader...

[chan0720y]

What did you brings Anthony Warlow's voice from? Is it bootleg? I've never heard this version and I wonder to death!

[VannesaGirl1004]

David Burt bugs me. The way he says/sings the lines just doesn't work for me. At all. Micheal Maguire is <3. First actor I saw as Enjy. Special place in my <3

Anthony is good. Although his slightly emotionless acting could use some help, I still love him.

Ramin is good. I like him better as the Phantom or Marius, but oh well.

Oliver? Not so much. He's... Kind of annoying.

Max is okay.

I like Stephen's "Caaaaall!"

Matt is rather good...

Edward's voice bugs me.

JOJ is Wow. He was Enjy? :D

[thesilvershining]

I saw Buntrock live. He was beyond amazing <3

[kittykat002]

if you like the sound from this... type on "Les Miserables Bloopers" on your YT search box! if you wanna hear the Enjolras' start from 0:45

[mexgonexcountry]

I had never heard JOJ as Enjolras before. I love it :)

[kittykat002]

Whew, I Love Ramin's 'Await' =P and the last note =D

[reynardbleu]

I'm so amused. In the late 1990's I had an audio tape labeled "Too Many Cafe Scenes" that was just this, a comparison, but I did more than just this bit if I had it. I did as much of it as I had.

Fun!

[subwayeatfresh45]

not a big fam of burt in this.......joj and von essen are my favorites

[ilovemiroku]

anthony warlow is the best enjy, because he is the only one who can do that commanding voice right...

[domsbabygrl]

Anthony Warlow will forever and always be the only Enjolras that I have the ability to tolerate. <3

[ilovemiroku]

amen. :)

[thesilvershining]

Anthony is very good, he can hit the high notes and has a very powerful set of pipes. But I don't like Anthony's vibratto that much... he overpasses too much, it's not consistent. I prefer Maguire's vibratto (and vocal delivery in general) over everyone's heard here.

[chan0720y]

@domsbabygrl I absolutely agree with you. It was REAL enjolras.

[TheOtherMaven]

Oh by the way I have news for you all. If the Maguire version was picked up from the "overdubbed" TAC rather than the unmodified version - or the Original Broadway Cast - that ringing last note IS Warlow's!

Maguire cracked *horribly* on that last note in the TAC! The person who posted the series of TAC excerpts "overdubbed from the CD" admitted to taking it one step further on "Lamarque" and dubbing in Warlow's high note from the CSR. (It works because their voices are just similar enough.)

[TheOtherMaven]

I'm inclined to think it's the Broadway version, because the cheering etc& continues in the background. (That was posted here the month before this compilation was made.) Maguire in his prime *had* that note, but he'd lost it by the TAC.

There's also a Drew Sarich rendition posted on YouTube. The notes are sound, the interpretation is very, very different (*his* Enjolras really seems to grieve for Lamarque!). Look it up.

[cpjc08]

how tho?

maguire cracked in the TAC?

so they put in warlows voice when making the cd/dvd?

really?

jesus

[TheOtherMaven]

FOURTH attempt at a response (what's wrong with YouTube? Apologies if earlier posts show up!).

No, it was one particular YouTube user who decided to "improve" the excerpt before uploading it. There's another one that has it exactly as it was on the CD/DVD - "oops" and all.

[sunrisesunset51]

This is not TAC audio. This is audio from the original '87 broadway cast.

[ilovemiroku]

omg, i love that last ringing note he does! that's why i really liked him as enjolras, because he had the perfect voice for it!

[billy1983yes]

hmmm I watched the real TAC video, I don't think he "cracks" in that note, he just sings it not as powerful and ringing. I am a singer, I know what "cracking" is and it absolutely sounds WAY worse than what he did.

[thesilvershining]

Geez, angry much?

This Maguire version is a bootleg from the 1987 Broadway show. He sounds fantastic.

By the way, his voice didn't *crack* in TAC, he had to strain to hit "We Call!" and so his voice sounded thin but he *did* hit the notes so give him a break. TAC was the first thing I'd ever heard/seen of anything Les Mis and even though Enjolras isn't *that* big a role, Quast, Salonga, Maguire, Wilkinson and Ball were the real standouts to me of everyone.

[Xfactories]

@thesilvershining 'He *did* hit the notes'....well that's hardly good enough is it? Where did all the decent big voices go?

[ClimateFish]

Ramin is Brilliant. He should have stayed here. He was offered JvJ But he took Phantom. Phantom is a great role, but his voice suits JvJ more. He has a hard voice. The phantom should be seductive.

[cpjc08]

ahhhhh id love to see him as valjean!!!

[cpjc08]

i thot edward baruwa was brutal

sure he hit all the notes

too bad he cudnt act

therefore i wasnt sad wen he died

[PardonMyEnthusiasm]

Agree 100%

[Hasselhoffhater]

Man I wished Gary Mauer was in this one too!

[applecocktail]

i love Edward Baruwa!!

[purrshaped]

Baruwa is easily the best Enjolras I've ever heard or seen, and I've seen les mis 15-20 times in london

[WildQueenie]

Wow, Max von Essen hits that "Call" right out of the park! What a slayer!

But what's with Warlow not even taking a stab at it? He rocks it on the Symphonic recording, what was the problem?

[mastachen]

My problem with him is that he really didn't look the role, and he had to perform in the footsteps of Aaron Lazar, who was probably the best Enjolras America has seen a decade.

[TheOtherMaven]

"But what's with Warlow not even taking a stab at it? He rocks it on the Symphonic recording, what was the problem?"

That was from the Australia Day concert in 1989(?). Live, open-air, no chance of do-overs. Maybe he was a little off his feed that particular day? Who knows? You'd have to ask him - and he might not tell.

[sunrisesunset51]

OMG RAMIN.

You cannot hear him AT ALL throughout, like, the whole thing, because everyone else is yelling over him. But the "CAAAAAALL" is breathtaking.

So it's Ramin, JOJ, Cammelle, Maguire, and Buntrock, in that order, for me. I wish Aaron Lazar were in this... he's amazing, too.

[fufuhk]

I think Buntrock is great, very powerful and convincing.

Also love Maguire, he's always been Enjolras for me.

[thesilvershining]

Maguire is my true Enjolras although there are other great ones. It's just a good role, period. When I came back from Montana I sat next to a lady on the train who was a stage performer from Washington D.C. She saw I was listening to Les Mis & she told me she saw it on Broadway when she was 15. I asked who her favorite characters were and stuff--she said she always loved Fantine & Marius but Broadway made her love Enjolras because Maguire was absolutely stellar and stole the show from everyone.

[ccple]

Ramin rocks it out. Great diction, bad recording and far too fast which is not his fault. Gorgeous note, love how he doesn't use vibrato till the end.

[Fiyero06]

lol i think its hilarious how the enjolras in the picture in Christopher Mark Peterson but hes not in the comparison lol

[flukey9286]

is ramin speakin a diff language sounds like gibberish to me!

[PHANTOMfan08]

I can see what you mean

[sunrisesunset51]

flukey9286: Haha, the other barricade boys (and potentially audience members) are basically yelling over him, leading to a sort of jumble until he ROCKS the high note.

[x0x0xNemi4lifex0x0x]

@flukey9286 he's just singing a different version. this is what he's singing

"On his funeral day

They will honor his name

With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes

From the candles of grief we will kindle our flame

On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricade rise!"

idk if you've seen the 25th anniversary in the O2, but he sings the same thing in that

[chriscur08]

personally

i dont see the attraction to anthony warlow

fairly average here

dnt like him as the phantom

[leonelfran]

shut

[chriscur08]

just listenin again

ramin is defo brill aswell

[chriscur08]

david burt is out of tune

very disappointing

maguire and edward for me defo

[wonderboy2426]

JOJ and Matt cammelle for me

[fazfan]

Omg... Matt Cammelle is so good... Thanks for uploading this! I wish he was better known.

[fazfan]

Ramin Karimloo's version had too many people shouting for me to hear what he was saying... Great comparison, though!

[Hasselhoffhater]

I was kinda dissipointed about Anthony...on the CD he nailed that high note woth no effort.

[leonelfran]

Man... OMG, such a lack of knowledge, cant you understand this is an arrange... musical arrange. He can hit the hight note.... pffff, he sings higher notes in phantom, jekyll etc.

[Hasselhoffhater]

Well okay I'm still learning about music alright sheesh give me a break.

[LaMusicaVa]

The tempo was unbelievably fast on Matt Cammelle's. I think the conductor must have been in a hurry to get home that night. :)

By the way, do you have any video or audio of him as Marius?

[PHANTOMfan08]

Him as Marius rings a bell. I'll have a look through my stuff, It could be from the Chelmsford Concert 1997.

[LaMusicaVa]

I believe he was Marius in the West End in 1995/'96.

[LaMusicaVa]

Okay - actually I just saw the cast list for the Chelmsford concert. You're right, he was Marius there - with Frances Ruffelle as Eponine! Like to hear that.

[PHANTOMfan08]

I'll upload A Little Fall of Rain

[fazfan]

Oh!! Please! Thanks!!

[Presguy]

For me, Michael Maguire will always "be" Enjolras.

The incredibly versatile Stephen Buntrock is outstanding as always.

Many of the others, including JOJ, sang way too fast.

Pf08 - yet another magnificent job in finding these clips and sharing them! Thanks!!!

[PHANTOMfan08]

Another one coming tomorrow

[Presguy]

Great ... can't wait!

I know the whole thing runs about 2 1/2 minutes, but any chance of having different pairs of JVJ/Javerts doing part of "The Confrontation"?

[PHANTOMfan08]

That's a great thought, I can manage 4 , limited to 10 mins but could always do 2 lots. Any preferences.

[Presguy]

If I had to choose four, I'd pick ones with JOJ and Colm(live, not from albums) as JVj, and McCarthy and Quast(also live) as Javert.

[PHANTOMfan08]

your lucky I got all those. I am doing an Epilogue one, then Final baatle and then I'll do that one.

[LaMusicaVa]

That's funny. I was going to suggest this after seeing your Valjean and Javert comparisons. You ought to do 'The Final Battle' sometime.

#1. Michael Maguire

#2. Ramin Karimloo

#3. Stephen R. Buntrock

[PHANTOMfan08]

I am thinking of doing that from" Let us die facing our foes...." I'll download an audio of Gary Mauer first though, I think this comparison is missing Gary.

[LaMusicaVa]

You ought to include Christopher Mark Peterson and Aaron Lazar if you have them...though that might make it harder to pick the best.

[PHANTOMfan08]

Aaron Lazaar was in the revival before Max von Essen. I may have him.

[Marius24601]

When did JOJ play Enjorlas?

[PHANTOMfan08]

1997 he was understudy.