West Side Story

by Original Broadway Cast

West Side Story cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1957
  • Label: Columbia Masterworks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:31
  • Community rating: 4.5/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Leonard Bernstein's score, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents, relocates Romeo and Juliet to the gangs of New York in a cast led by Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera. 'Maria', 'America' and 'Tonight' made the recording the standard document of a landmark score.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, ensemble, orchestral, choral, dance

Tracklist

  1. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Prologue (3:49)
  2. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Jet Song (2:06)
  3. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Something's Coming (2:36)
  4. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: The Dance at the Gym (3:02)
  5. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Maria (2:37)
  6. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Tonight (3:52)
  7. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: America (4:32)
  8. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Cool (3:58)
  9. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: One Hand, One Heart (3:02)
  10. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Tonight (Quintet and Chorus) (3:38)
  11. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: The Rumble (2:43)
  12. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: I Feel Pretty (2:46)
  13. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: Somewhere (Ballet) (7:32)
  14. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: Gee, Officer Krupke (4:01)
  15. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: A Boy Like That - I Have a Love (4:15)
  16. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: Finale (1:59)
  17. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Prologue (Allegro moderato) (4:07)
  18. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Somewhere (Adagio) (3:51)
  19. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Scherzo (Vivace leggiero) (1:17)
  20. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo (Meno presto) (2:14)
  21. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Cha-Cha (Andantino con grazia) (0:53)
  22. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Meeting Scene (Meno mosso) (0:47)
  23. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Cool Fugue (Allegretto) (3:03)
  24. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Rumble (Molto allegro) (1:52)
  25. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" *: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Finale (Adagio) (2:47)

Credits

  • Stephen Sondheim - lyrics by
  • Leonard Bernstein - music by

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