Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) album flac

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 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

Leonard Bernstein's musical update of Romeo and Juliet, with a young Stephen Sondheim's brilliant lyrics, had already galvanized Broadway with its vivid reinvention as a parable of racial intolerance and generational conflict. But director Robert Wise's lavish widescreen presentation broke fresh ground by taking the story to its most impressionable audience, the teenagers who could identify directly with Tony and Maria, and opened up Jerome Robbins's kinetic choreography through bravura camera work

Music from Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins' film "West Side Story". Recorded in Hollywood, California, August 9-10, 1960 35-mm mag tracks transferred to digital at Power Station Recording Studios. Printed on back inlay: "Contains previously released material" (in medium weight type) "Contains previously unreleased material" (in bold type). This recording was mastered using 20-bit technology for "high definition sound". 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Ⓟ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The "A7" part of the matrix number.

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The soundtrack of the West Side Story film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained long-term popularity beyond a specialized l musical audience.

West Side Story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film by the same name. All music is composed by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim. When released, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's album charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Including 4 tracks previously unreleased on vinyl. PVC protective sleeve. More ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.