Bernstein West Side Story Recording

Symphonic dances recorded at manhattan center nyc on march 6 th 1961.

Bernstein west side story recording. Leonard bernstein west side story original sound track recording. This wasn t a typical cast recording everybody was recruited espe due to global production fulfillment delays some customers may experience longer wait times for deliveries on this store. Remastered using 20 bit technology sbm super bit mapping. We thank you.

Notice the angry look from the maestro. One of the most lauded musicals ever written west side story with music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim is a timeless classic. 2007 was the 50th anniversary of west side story so universal decca decided to record a new studio version hoping a cast of popera stars might capture the best of both the original broadway cast recording and leonard bernstein s 1984 recording with opera singers. A documentary which shows in great detail the making of the 1985 bernstein conducted recording of the entire score of west side story featuring operatic stars.

Reopened april 27th 1960 at the winter garden theatre 249 performances. The famous 1984 recording included kiri te kanawa here the part of maria is passed to fellow new zealander hayley westenra paired up with italian tenor vittorio grigolo as tony. When tensions grow too high the producer i presume it is interferes to calm things down. Barcode and other identifiers.

Bernstein s focus and energy the way he literally danced the numbers on the podium drawing everyone into the experience made the music he d composed 27 years earlier come to life. West side story cd deutsche grammophon s recording of west side story made in new york in september 1984 represents bernstein s final vision for his great american musical.