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Artist: West Side Story-The New Broadway Cast RecordingEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2009-06-02
Music Label: SONY CLASSICS
Soundtracks:
- Prologue
- Jet Song
- Something's Coming
- Dance at the Gym
- Maria
- Tonight
- America
- Cool
- One Hand, One Heart
- Tonight (Quintet)
- The Rumble
- Me Siento Hermosa (I Feel Pretty)
- Somewhere
- Gee, Officer Krupke
- Un Hombre Así (A Boy Like That)/I Have a Love; Un Hombre Así (A Boy Like That)\ I Have a Love
- Finale
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Free Music Review: "West Side Story" Comes Home
Hit: 5 Stars
This recording of the new Broadway revival of "West Side Story" is a lustrous gem. Powered by a lush and expansive 30-piece orchestra, the immortal Bernstein-Sondheim score has rarely sounded so good. It's also one of the best-sung recordings in the WSS canon. Matt Cavenaugh is an attractive vocal presence who's quite effective as Tony, and while his take on "Something's Coming" is a bit on the nasal side he sails through his other songs with a clear, flowing tenor. Josefina Scaglione has a gentle if light soprano lilt, but what makes her performance so unique is that she actually sounds like a young girl, without the womanly tones that have often prevailed with former Marias. When she and Cavanaugh join forces for "Tonight" and "One Hand, One Heart" it's thrilling. The remarkable Karen Olivo brings gritty gusto to the role of Anita. Her powerful voice is full of character, which makes "America" delightful and "Un Hombre Asi" (A Boy Like That) a gut-wrencher. Cody Green also makes a strong impression as Riff, and although the other Jets tend to sound more like prep-school grads than gang members here, his wry musicality bolsters both the "Jet Song" and "Cool". When the entire cast comes together for the ominous "Quintet" they take that sometimes tricky piece and return it to its place as one of the most exhilirating moments in American musical history.
The real star of this recording, though, is Leonard Bernstein's unforgettable music. The original orchestrations by Bernstein, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal are faithfully adapted and so propulsively executed it's infectious. Bernstein gave musical theater one of its lasting treasures with WSS. Incorporating classical, jazz and latino idioms without ever relying on pastiche, he created a cohesively structured work whose seemlessness both challenges and enthralls the listener. As in almost all of Bernstein scores, he provided orchestral movements that are by no means mere underscoring and remain as memorably character driven as any of the songs, i.e., "Prologue", "Dance at the Gym" and "The Rumble". How often does one leave the theater humming the orchestra? And the crisp, full production on this recording is perfection.
Much has been made of the fact that several Stephen Sondheim lyrics have been translated into Spanish for this revival. While it makes perfect sense and is absolutely right for the characters, it doesn't always work. "I Feel Pretty" has a lyric that Sondheim often disparages but is in fact quite memorable. It's current version, "Me Siento Hermosa", is a bit of a distraction because of that fact. The same might have been said for "Un Hombre Asi / I Have a Love" were it not for the passion that Olivo and Scaglione bring to it. Still, the Spanish lyrics fit quite snugly into the "Quintet" and make "Somewhere" and the "Finale" more heart-wrenching than ever.
What a delectable suprise it is, after all these years, to have "West Side Story" back and sounding as vibrant and alive as it did in 1957. Bernstein would be pleased.
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From the first notes to the final breath, West Side Story is one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all time. Recently re-opening on Broadway to critical-acclaim, West Side Story is the masterwork of three theatrical luminaries: Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. This groundbreaking new production offers a bold new design that builds on the show's raw power and emotion and takes on new life through the inspired idea of a bilingual album and production. The Bernstein and Sondheim score considered to be one of Broadway's finest, features such classics as "Maria," "Tonight," "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere." The musical that changed the face of American Theatre over half a century ago continues to do so, remaining as brilliant and relevant as ever.Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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