West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)

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West Side Story
Studio album by Original Broadway cast of West Side Story
Released	1957
Recorded	9/29/1957
Genre	cast recording
Length	78:04
Label	Columbia
Producer	Goddard Lieberson Sylvia Drulie
Professional reviews
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West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) is the 1957 recording of a Broadway production of the musical West Side Story. Recorded 3 days after the show opened at teh Winter Garden Theatre, the rceording was released in October 1957 in both mono and stereo formats. In 1962, the album reached #5 on Billboard's "Pop Album" chart. It certified "gold" by the RIAA on January 12, 1962. The album was reissued in 1973 and made its first appearance on CD in 1986. A 1997 remastered edition includes nine additional tracks of Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic through symphonic versions of the songs at the Manhattan Center on March 6, 1961.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks 2 Personnel 2.1 Performance 2.2 Production 2.3 Release History 3 References

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

1. "Prologue" – 3:50
2. "Jet Song" – 2:10
3. "Something's Coming" – 2:40
4. "The Dance at the Gym" – 3:06
5. "Maria" – 2:40
6. "Tonight" – 3:53
7. "America" – 4:35
8. "Cool" – 4:01
9. "One Hand, One Heart" – 3:03
10. "Tonight (Quintet and Chorus)" – 3:40
11. "The Rumble" – 2:45
12. "I Feel Pretty" – 2:50
13. "Somewhere (Ballet)" – 7:35
14. "Gee, Officer Krupke" – 4:05
15. "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" – 4:18
16. "Finale" – 2:02

[edit] Bonus tracks

17. "Prologue (Allegro Moderate)" – 4:07
18. "Somewhere (Adagio)" – 3:51
19. "Scherzo (Vivace E Leggiero)" – 1:17
20. "Mambo (Meno Presto)" – 2:14
21. "Cha-Cha (Andantino con Grazia)" – :53
22. "Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso)" – :47
23. "Cool Fugue (Allegretto)" – 3:03
24. "Rumble (Motto Allegro)" – 1:52
25. "Finale (Adagio)" – 2:47

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performance

Lee Becker – cast Leonard Bernstein Orchestra – orchestration Hank Brunjes – cast Mickey Calin – cast Erne Castaldo – cast Martin Charnin – cast Wilma Curley – cast Grover Dale – cast Carole d'Andrea – cast Al de Sio – cast Marilyn d'Honau – cast Gene Gavin – cast Frank Green – cast Lowell Harris – cast Larry Kert – cast

Irwin Kostal Orchestra – orchestration Carol Lawrence – cast Ronnie Lee – cast Ken Leroy – cast George Marcy – cast Tony Mordente – cast Jack Murray – cast Jay Norman – cast Julie Oser – cast Chita Rivera – cast Eddie Roll – cast Nanette Rosen – cast Jamie Sanchez – cast Noel Schwartz – cast

[edit] Production

• Sylvia Drulie – associate producer
• Gerald Freedman – assistant director
• Peter Gennaro – choreographer
• Max Goberman – director, musical director
• Robert E. Griffith – arranger
• Howard Jeffrey – assistant
• Goddard Lieberson – producer
• Harold Prince – arranger
• Jean Rosenthal – lighting
• Irene Sharaff – costume design
• Wallace Siebert – assistant

[edit] Release History

• Columbia Lp: OS 2001 (stereo) also OL 5230 (mono) - issued 1957
• Columbia Lp: S 32603 - issued 1973
• Columbia Cd: CK 32603 - issued 1986
• Columbia Broadway Masterworks Cd: SK 60724 - issued 1997

[edit] References

1. ^ West Side Story The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Accessed September 24, 2007.