West Side Story (Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras and others)

by Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story (Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras and others) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:28:29
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary composer conducts his own iconic musical score for the first time in the recording studio, employing operatic superstars like Kiri Te Kanawa and Jos茅 Carreras. This ambitious project bridges the gap between Broadway theatricality and rigorous classical discipline, presenting the work as a fully realized operatic piece.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, orchestral, melodic, violence, technical, complex, operatic, ensemble, theatrical, vocal

Tracklist

  1. No. 1 Prologue (4:05)
  2. No. 2 Jet Song (3:11)
  3. No. 3 Something's Coming (2:32)
  4. No. 4 The Dance At The Gym: Blues - Promenade - Mambo - Cha-Cha (7:45)
  5. No. 5 Maria (15:19)
  6. No. 6 Balcony Scene (7:29)
  7. No. 7 America (4:48)
  8. No. 8 Cool (4:36)
  9. No. 9 One Hand, One Heart (5:38)
  10. No. 10 Tonight (3:40)
  11. No. 11 The Rumble (3:03)
  12. No. 12 I Feel Pretty (3:21)
  13. No. 13 Ballet Sequence (9:04)
  14. No. 14 Gee, Officer Krupke (4:20)
  15. No. 15 A Boy Like That / I Have A Love (5:36)
  16. No. 16 Taunting Scene (1:26)
  17. No. 17 Finale (2:36)

Credits

  • Jerome Robbins - concept by [conception, original production directed and choreographed by]
  • David Stahl - conductor [musical preparation and rehearsal conductor]
  • Jobst Eberhardt - edited by [editing]
  • Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - edited by [editing]
  • Arthur Laurents - libretto by [libretto copyright 漏 1956 by], script by [book by]
  • Stephen Sondheim - libretto by [libretto copyright 漏 1956 by], lyrics by [song lyrics]
  • Jim Stenborg - piano [rehearsal pianist and coach]
  • Marilyn Horne - vocals [a girl, singing "somewhere"]

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