Sunday 14 March 2010

Bernstein: West Side Story - Te Kanawa, Carreras

DG 415 253-2
Deutsche Grammophon
2CD

Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side Story (1985)
MARIA - Kiri Te Kanawa
TONY - Jose Carreras
ANITA - Tatiana Troyanos
RIFF - Kurt Ollmann
and Marilyn Horn sings "Somewhere"
ROSALIA - Louise Edeiken
FRANCISCA -Angelina Reaux
CONSUELA - Stella Zambalis
ACTION - David Livingston
DIESEL - Marty Nelson
BABY JOHN - Stephen Bogardus
A-RAB - Peter Thom
SNOWBOY - Todd Lester
BERNARDO - Richard Harrell

dialogue
Nina Bernstein (Maria), Alexander Bernstein (Tony)

Symphonic Suite from the film "On the Waterfront" (1982)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Leonard Bernstein

MY COMMENT: Fantastic, except the dialogue.

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