Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (8)

"Officer Krupke" & "Tonight"
Everything comes to a beautiful ending.
The end.

Carl Vendler

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[Olfux]

What a disappointment. Forgive me: nothing substantial. A waste of money to by this Korean? DVD - obviously a copy af the german TV's broadcast, but in a slightly lesser quality than my 20 years old tape.

[Olfux]

Yesterday afternoon I made a playlist over MY West Side Story studio takes. I can't wait to see what differences there will be, because my videos together make up all, what was sent on the german TV. Now We shall see, what they have excluded.

[sirpickles]

thanks for this, its only a shame that it couldnt be watched in proper order as olfux confused us with a number then a number followed by a letter, and sometimes two letters, we didnt know which one to look at first, its was all a little too messy. whatever happened to simple 1 2 3...? thanks for posting anyway.

[Olfux]

OK Here is the proper order:

1-1a-2-2a-3-4-4a-4ab-5-5a-6-7-­7a-8

But notice: The piece' different sections were'nt taped in the right order, but not put in order until the takings were ended!

The reason for MY numbering is, that when I had posted 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, I thought that this was it. But then I was requested to post the minutes of the takings, that I had skipped in between these numbers - hence this odd numbering! :o) olfux

[amjhutton]

The piece is titled "Tonight", not "Good Night"

[Olfux]

Of course. Thank you!!

[mwp2paris]

To even hear Lenny think his music won't just go on forever...he was our composer, our artist, our conductor, our "it"...he was all that...and yet more. He left us too frick'n soon and to watch him in action conducting Candide or West Side Story or anything he composed...but it was his moments of just glory between him on the podium and his artists..first violins, singers, actors...it didn't matter...he loved all of them that brought his music to life...he is an amazing miracle that we all miss.

[TachieBillano]

ROTFL. Love these guys doing "Officer Krupke".

[camomile988]

Thank you for posting, I always wanted to see this recording!! Officer Krupky!

[contranimal]

@amjhutton actually the name of it is not Tonight, The 2nd song in this specific video is called " Balcony Scene " ... " Tonight " is later on in the actual show ( earlier in this recording session )

[joshpick18]

3 People have social diseases.

[Nanatchka]

This is so wonderful--all of it. Thank you for the time you took to make this available!

[korinaxan]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJponkthispartay]

i love when the singer on the left is like "i have a social di-SEASE"

so jokes

[mateyboy07]

i wonder if lenny dropped his baton on purpose to get everyone in the funny mood he wanted them to be in?

[drongovids]

Kurt Ollmann's voice acting is brilliant in this

[drongovids]

psychologically distoibed

[0090david]

@mwp2paris What a beautiful and, yea, true, sentiment. Thank You writer.