West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)

West Side Story
Cast recording by the original Broadway cast of West Side Story
Released 1957
Recorded 9/29/1957
CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Cast recording
Length 78:04
Label Columbia
Producer Goddard Lieberson
Sylvia Drulie
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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 the Winter Garden Theatre, the recording 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.[2]

It was recorded at the CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Track listing

All tracks written 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

Bonus tracks

  1. "Prologue (Allegro Moderato)" 4:07
  2. "Somewhere (Adagio)" 3:51
  3. "Scherzo (Vivace E Leggiero)" 1:17
  4. "Mambo (Meno Presto)" 2:14
  5. "Cha-Cha (Andantino con Grazia)"  :53
  6. "Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso)"  :47
  7. "Cool Fugue (Allegretto)" 3:03
  8. "Rumble (Molto Allegro)" 1:52
  9. "Finale (Adagio)" 2:47

Personnel

Performance

Reri Grist cast (Consuelo of The Sharks) - lead vocals (Track 13), background vocals (12)
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra orchestration
Hank Brunjes cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Michael Callan cast (Riff), lead vocals (Tracks 8, 10)
Erne Castaldo cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Martin Charnin cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Wilma Curley cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Grover Dale cast (Snowboy of the Jets), lead vocals (Track 14)
Carole d'Andrea cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Al de Sio cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Marilyn d'Honau cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Gene Gavin cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Frank Green cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Lowell Harris cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Larry Kert cast (Tony), lead vocals (Tracks 3, 5-6, 9-10, 13)
Irwin Kostal Orchestra orchestration
Carol Lawrence cast (Maria), lead vocals (Tracks 6, 9-10, 12-13, 15)
Ronnie Lee cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Ken Leroy cast (Bernardo), lead vocals (Track 10)
George Marcy cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Tony Mordente cast (A-Rab of The Jets), David Winters lead vocals cast (the Jets): lead vocals (Track 14), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10)
Jack Murray cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Jay Norman cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Julie Oser cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Chita Rivera cast (Anita), lead vocals (Tracks 7, 10, 15)
Eddie Roll cast (The Jets), lead vocals (Track 14), background vocals (2, 8, 10, 14)
Nanette Rosen cast (The Jets), background vocals (Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14)
Jamie Sanchez cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)
Noel Schwartz cast (The Sharks), background vocals (Track 10)

Production

Release history

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. West Side Story The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Accessed September 24, 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.