Andrew Lloyd Webber je britský skladateľ muzikálov, ktorého diela patria k najhranejším na West Ende i na Broadwayi. Za svoju kariéru skomponoval 21 muzikálov vrátane Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Starlight Express či Sunset Boulevard a získal množstvo prestížnych ocenení vrátane siedmich cien Tony a troch Grammy.
Kompilácia Unmasked: The Platinum Collection vyšla v roku 2018 u vydavateľstva Polydor pri príležitosti skladateľových sedemdesiatych narodenín. Toto dvojalbum na 2 CD obsahuje 39 nahrávok a mapuje Webberovu tvorbu od debutu Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) až po súčasný muzikál School of Rock. Popri slávnych melódiách ako Memory, Don't Cry for Me Argentina alebo The Music of the Night album prináša nové orchestrálne suity a nové verzie v podaní hviezd ako Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, Gregory Porter, Nicole Scherzinger či Madonna. Nahrávky vznikli v kultových londýnskych Abbey Road Studios.
Skladby
CD1
1 Superstar - Murray Head & Trinidad Singers
2 The Phantom Of The Opera - Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman
3 Oh What A Circus - Antonio Banderas, Madonna
4 Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
5 Stick It To The Man - Alex Brightman, The Original Broadway Cast Of School Of Rock
6 Memory - Nicole Scherzinger
7 No Matter What - Boyzone
8 With One Look - Barbra Streisand
9 Buenos Aires - Glee Cast
10 Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
11 Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb
12 I'm Hopeless When It Comes To You - Joanna Riding
13 Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Gregory Porter
14 The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford
15 Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) - Ian Gillan
16 Any Dream Will Do - Donny Osmond
17 Amigos Para Siempre - José Carreras, Sarah Brightman
18 I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman
CD2
1 As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close
2 Theme And Variations 1 - 4 (From Paganini's Caprice in A Minor, No. 24)
3 Unexpected Song - Sarah Brightman
4 You Must Love Me - Lana Del Rey
5 Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan
6 The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones, Sounds Of Blackness
7 Another Suitcase In Another Hall - Madonna
8 You're In The Band - The Original Broadway Cast Of School Of Rock
9 It's Easy For You - Elvis Presley
10 Cold - The Everly Brothers
11 Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes - Denise Van Outen
12 Am The Starlight - Mica Paris, George Ure
13 Mr. Mistoffelees - Paul Nicholas
14 Tell Me On A Sunday - Michael Crawford
15 Think Of Me - Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
16 Rainbow High - Elaine Paige, Original London Cast Of Evita
17 All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman, Cliff Richard
18 Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Sierra Boggess (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)
19 Learn To Be Lonely - (Live At The Oscars)
