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West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $7.97
Audio CD - 15 September, 1998
Sony
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Number of Media: 1
CD Tracks:
Act I: Prologue
Act I: Jet Song
Act I: Something's Coming
Act I: The Dance At The Gym
Act I: Maria
Act I: Tonight
Act I: America
Act I: Cool
Act I: One Hand, One Heart
Act I: Tonight (Qnt And Chor)
Act I: The Rumble
Act II: I Feel Pretty
Act II: Somewhere(Ballet)
Act II: Gee, Officer Krupke
Act II: A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Act II: FInale
Sym Dances: Prologue(Allegro Moderato)
Sym Dances: Somewhere(Adagio)
Sym Dances: Scherzo(Vivace E Leggiero)
Sym Dances: Mambo(Meno Presto)
Sym Dances: Cha-Cha(Andantino Con Grazia)
Sym Dances: Meeting Scene(Meno Mosso)
Sym Dances: Cool Fugue(Allegretto)
Sym Dances: Rumble(Molto Allegro)
Sym Dances: Finale(Adagio)
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Features:- Cast Recording
- Original recording remastered
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| Audio CD Description What is there left to say about this musical, deservedly one of the most famous in the canon? Created by what lyricist Stephen Sondheim described as "a unique concatenation of people" (Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins), the show remains as explosively vibrant, daring, and modern as it was decades ago. Bernstein integrated Latin percussion and jazz into his electrifying score, dazzlingly translating New York's unique vitality into a musical idiom. |
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Bernstein and Sondheim. Need I say more? A combination of two of the most talented composers of the modern era (if not THE best modern composers), West Side Story could not have gone wrong. It hit Broadway and people scratched their heads, not sure of the proper reaction. Luckilly it was adapted as a movie, and will live on forever in that media form.
A Masterpiece! When "West Side Story" arrived on Broadway in 1957, few people knew what to make of it.
One of Broadway's finest scores...but not the best recording Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story" ranks among my top 3 favorite Broadway scores ever. The beautiful, soaring music beautifully captures the passion and emotion of the simple, somewhat-dated, but ultimately compelling update of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Somewhat unusually for me, however (since I usually prefer the original cast recordings over others), this is not my favorite recording of the score--there's nothing particularly wrong with any of the performances, but the production just seems to rob the music of its energy. The "Tonight" quintet, for example, is one of the most exciting and tension-filled moments in the show, but here it just comes across as flat and lifeless. Overall however if one is able to find a better recording or, ideally, see a live performance, they will experience first-hand the beauty, the passion, the energy of "West Side Story." |
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