The Last Five Years

This book has all of the wonderful music from this fantastic show, and I used it more than once for auditions. Beware, though... the piano is pretty challenging in parts. I learned this the hard way at a couple of auditions. It might be too much to expect your accompanist to sight read. Great to find performance pieces for cabarets etc!

arrivato rapidamente. E' uno spartito e quindi non ce da dire nulla (non so: è stampato bene).un salutoalessandro soprana

The whole musical has a wonderful concept - a relationship from beginning to end over 5 years, told by both parties. The songs are emotional - raw and real and true to life. Each song is wonderful on its own, but woven together the story is beautiful and tragic at the same time.Particular favourites of mine include "Till You Come Home To Me", "Still Hurting", "If I Didn't Believe In You", and "The Schmuel Song".

Challenging, as expected

So I've been in love with my best friend for literally five years. She and I are both performers that have been in shows together and have always experienced theatre in a very intimate way. When I first saw The Last Five Years, I had just gotten out of my first serious relationship and it helped me process my emotions. Soon after, my best friend also broke up with her boyfriend and I showed her this musical and we cried together. It was a great time. She just graduated high school and is going to college for vocal performance and is always practicing singing. She has a voice that makes you cry just because of how sincere the lyrics sound and how clear her notes carry. So I bought this Vocal Selection for her, and once again we cried and it was great. This also inspired me to start taking piano and vocal lessons again so that I might be able to sing for her sometime. 5/5 for sure.