West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)
West Side Story | |
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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 | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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.
- "Prologue" – 3:50
- "Jet Song" – 2:10
- "Something's Coming" – 2:40
- "The Dance at the Gym" – 3:06
- "Maria" – 2:40
- "Tonight" – 3:53
- "America" – 4:35
- "Cool" – 4:01
- "One Hand, One Heart" – 3:03
- "Tonight (Quintet and Chorus)" – 3:40
- "The Rumble" – 2:45
- "I Feel Pretty" – 2:50
- "Somewhere (Ballet)" – 7:35
- "Gee, Officer Krupke" – 4:05
- "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" – 4:18
- "Finale" – 2:02
Bonus tracks
- "Prologue (Allegro Moderato)" – 4:07
- "Somewhere (Adagio)" – 3:51
- "Scherzo (Vivace E Leggiero)" – 1:17
- "Mambo (Meno Presto)" – 2:14
- "Cha-Cha (Andantino con Grazia)" – :53
- "Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso)" – :47
- "Cool Fugue (Allegretto)" – 3:03
- "Rumble (Molto Allegro)" – 1:52
- "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
- Sylvia Drulie – associate producer
- Gerald Freedman – assistant director
- Peter Gennaro – choreographer
- Max Goberman – director, musical director
- Jon Eggert – arranger
- Howard Jeffrey – assistant
- Goddard Lieberson – producer
- Harold Prince – arranger
- Jean Rosenthal – lighting
- Irene Sharaff – costume design
- Wallace Siebert – assistant
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
- Hallmark CD: 709782—issued 2010
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ West Side Story The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Accessed September 24, 2007.