For music there really is not much to say: it is almost certainly the best thing that Andrew Lloyd Webber has ever written (and wonderful in the amount of compositions he wants what hot!). Already with the first notes of the overture, gooseflesh is guaranteed. And the rest of the recording of the London cast of 1987 convinced me completely. Even still remarkable: the CD is a complete libretto, something that really surprised me very positively. And a note to an earlier review: the course items are individually selectable even with these CDs, long "fast forward" so is not necessary!