emilio_n
Señor Miembro
I am just watching this wonderful video and I am wondering if the score of West Side Story is available somewhere.
I am ordering right now....I've got the hardback version with Bernstein' initials embossed on the front cover, it cost £74.50. It's a real treat to sit back with nice headphones, put on the CD from the above 'Making of' sessions and follow the score from start to finish. The only downside is Carreras.
yes, that's my view too. I'm only just ok with Kiri Te Kanawa. But the band...oh yes.I am ordering right now.
Carreras is not bad, but don't fit with this style...
In 2014, Michael Tilson Thomas re-recorded the entire musical with The San Francisco Orchestra. Alexandra Silber and Cheyenee Jackson in the lead roles.
Much better, in my view, than Bernstein’s ghastly, embarrassingly miscast remake with Te Kanawa and Carreras. It’s beyond my understanding what possessed the man to ruin his own work like that, robbing the piece of all its freshness, soul and power. (This and his Elgar recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, also on Deutsche Grammophon, are, in my opinion, the worst things he's ever done.)
If you don't care much for the entire musical but are interested in the Symphonic Dances drawn from it, there's a pretty good recent recording (which also includes the "Candide Overture", "Fancy Free" and the suite from "On The Waterfront") by the Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by Yutaka Sado, released on the orchestra's label.)
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Same here - great singers but not a match-made-in-heaven IMVHO!yes, that's my view too. I'm only just ok with Kiri Te Kanawa. But the band...oh yes.
Thanks for that - I wasn't aware of that particular recording. Great stuff!!!In 2014, Michael Tilson Thomas re-recorded the entire musical with The San Francisco Orchestra. Alexandra Silber and Cheyenee Jackson in the lead roles.
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