The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber is a 1988 compilation album, bringing together some of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's best known compositions at the time of release. It includes songs from the musicals The [Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera], Tell Me on a Sunday, Evita, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Starlight Express and Requiem. Co-writers of the songs include Tim Rice, Don Black, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart and Trevor Nunn.
The album spent two weeks at number one in the UK Compilation Chart in January 1989.
It was released by Really Useful Records and Polydor Records on LP, cassette and CD. A follow-up album, The Premiere Collection Encore, was released in 1992.
Track listing
All music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.Side one
'''Side two'''
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.Musicians
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
- David Caddick – conductor
- Winchester Cathedral Choir – choir
- Martin Neary – director
- James Lancelot – organ
- English Chamber Orchestra – orchestra
- Lorin Maazel – conductor
Technical
- Andrew Lloyd Webber – producer, executive producer
- Tim Rice – producer
- Mike Batt – producer
- David R. Murray – producer
- Martin Levan – engineer
- David Hamilton-Smith – engineer
- J. L. – sleeve design
- Carlos Olms – digital engineer
Charts