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.
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