Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (2)

The maestro and the boys (here a jung José Carreras). Subtitle: Danish.

To be continued . . . .

Carl Vendler

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Leonard
• Bernstein
• West
• Side
• Story
• studio-takes
• José
• Carreras

[snowXwhiteXdancer]

As fantastic as it would be, I would be terrified to work with Bernstein.

[triondrummer]

Its the Jazz Phrasing that Jose just cant deliver...! And Lenny gets pissed!!! Jose is a trained Opera-Singer and just too unexperienced with this kind of Music. It doesn´t "groove"! And unfortunately...WSS has to Groove like HELL!!! :-)

[Lockemeister]

Bernstein at the very end, "i'm afraid we need a retake" CLASSIC!!!!!

[djjas79]

Seems to me that the slower you sing / perform this song the harder it gets. The film score was performed much quicker than this.

[Dhyahbolical]

@ehkaisy

Completely bias and a plain idiotic statement. Jose Carreras is a LEGEND. Sure, I'll say, Jazz might not be his area of expertise but to just flat out call him "shitty" just shows exactly how uneducated you are.

Go watch Carreras in Boheme or Carmen. Listen to him in Madama Butterfly.

You'll quickly eat your words.

[camomile988]

@scrmtrumpet

I thought Bernstein shouted at the mixer guy who instructed Jose for accent between takes. Difficult pieces to sing really.

[TheU2BigO]

wow they are real dicks to him

[AuditoryEden]

His accent is awful in this song. Not that it's actually a bad accent, just a terrible match for this song.

[joeboo36]

I'm almost happy that I don't have any sort of discernable genius. Berstein probably couldn't enjoy hearing "Happy Birthday" at a kiddie party. Amazing what he hears.

[ehkaisy]

Shitty singers all the way (in this version). No groove at all...

[tuadolcefanciulla]

@princetrumpet I grew up a Jewish girl of a Holocaust survivor - in The Bronx (Pelham Parkway.) My first 2 boyfriends were Puerto Rican. I was 18, my 1st boyfriend in college was 20, & my 2nd, 17 in HS, & a drummer. This was late 1960's. My parents loved Larry because he'd play on the heat pipes (we had a gorgeous 6th floor apt. overlooking Bronx Zoo & Botanical Gardens) in the winter until the super finally sent up some decent steam! Good memories! YES! an apology from Sean is due you!!!!

[tuadolcefanciulla]

@SeanMcGibbon They're ALL VERY wealthy and sought after. I HIGHLY doubt Bernstein was thinking about money, just perfection of his music. I have never heard of Carreras being called 'hard to work with' or a 'primo uomo'. He is also a perfectionist. They are two (3 with Te Kanawa) perfectionists doing their jobs.