West Side story the original score / [sound recording] :
Leonard Bernstein.
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos, p2002.
- 1 sound disc (75 min., 16 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 011516
- American classics .
- American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label)) .
Musical. "This recording of his theatrical masterpiece presents Bernstein's score as he originally conceived it, prior to its film and Broadway renditions"--Container. Based on a conception of Jerome Robbins; book by Arthur Laurents; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; orchestration by Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. Compact disc. Program notes in English with German and French translations, biographical notes on the performers and synopsis in English (12 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Taunting scene -- Something's coming -- Blues -- Promenade -- Mambo -- Maria -- Balcony scene/ Tonight -- America -- Cool -- One hand, one heart -- Quintet/ Tonight -- Rumble -- I feel pretty -- Ballet sequence -- Transition to scherzo -- Scherzo -- Somewhere -- Procession and nightmare -- Gee Officer Krupke -- Boy like that/ I have a love -- Taunting scene -- Finale. Finale.
Betsi Morrison (Maria) ; Mike Eldred (Tony) ; Marianne Cooke (Anita) ; Michael San Giovanni (Bernardo) ; Robert Dean (Riff) ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra ; Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor.
Recorded Sept. 17-18, 2001, Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tenn.