West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
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Brand: WestEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-09-15
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Prologue
- Jet Song
- Something's Coming
- The Dance at the Gym
- Maria
- Tonight
- America
- Cool
- One Hand, One Heart
- Tonight [Quintet and Chorus]
- The Rumble
- I Feel Pretty
- Somewhere (Ballet)
- Gee, Officer Krupke
- A Boy Like That/I Have a Love
- Finale
- Prologue (Allegro Moderate) [*]
- Somewhere (Adagio) [*]
- Scherzo (Vivace E Leggiero) [*]
- Mambo (Meno Presto) [*]
- Cha-Cha (Andantino con Grazia) [*]
- Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso) [*]
- Cool Fugue (Allegretto) [*]
- Rumble (Motto Allegro) [*]
- Finale (Adagio) [*]
Free Music Notes for West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: Romeo and Juliet on the West Side
Hit: 5 Stars
Although the idea of a modern ROMEO AND JULIET, set as a conflict between two gangs, one American and one Puerto Rican, is itself inspired, it is really Leonard Bernstein's score, enhanced by young Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, that makes WEST SIDE STORY special. In his excellent liner notes, Ken Mendelbaum suggests that the original 1957 cast of WEST SIDE STORY will never be surpassed, and listening to the original cast recording I am tempted to agree. What makes these singer-actors so ideal is the fact that their youthful vitality goes with voices that do full justice to Bernstein's brilliantly integrated and complex score, which, though sometimes "jazzy," is classically based and often operatic (the conflict in the score between jazz and opera represents the conflict in the story between violence and love). Larry Kert as Tony, for example, has a boyish yet wide-ranging tenor that deals effortlessly with the tricky rhythms of "Something's Coming" and the long lines of "Maria" (what a beautiful pianissimo at the close of this song!), "Tonight" (ditto), and the Bellini-esque "One Hand, One Heart." His sound is complemented by the perfect purity of Carol Lawrence's (Maria) soprano. As the been-around Anita, Chita Rivera (who became a star with this role) makes a strong impression in "(I Like to Be in) America" and "A Boy Like That," which is set against Maria's "aria," "I Have a Love," with potent results. Not only are the two "fight scenes" electrifying to hear, but the entire recording has a theatrical energy typical of all the cast albums produced for Columbia by Goddard Lieberson (GYPSY, starring Ethel Merman, is another that I'd highly recommend). And it is wonderful to have, as bonus tracks, Bernstein's own symphonic suite based on the show's dance music. This CD is a priority for any musical theatre-lover.
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No Description Available.Genre: Original Cast Recordings
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 15-SEP-1998
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. West Side Story has been adapted for jazz and interpreted by pop and opera singers, but you owe it to yourself to check out the original version to see what the fuss was all about. This new reissue adds over 20 minutes of "symphonic dances" as well as liner notes and production photos. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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