Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (5)

"America"
The maestro and the chorus girls

To be continued . . . .

Carl Vendler

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[Olfux]

Yes!I'm absolute sure.Bernstein had an unbelivable sure ear for every simgle note as all the great conductors.

[cellotennis]

thank you soooo much!

have been trying to hunt down this tape for years - no luck. and then they are re-issuing a beautified version on dvd - not the same, haha...

[Olfux]

You are very welcome !

Well, my videos come from a twenty years old VHS-tape with a one hour video taken from TV !

:o)

[maestralala]

This is for cellotennis.

My understanding of the inside story is this: Carreras was the 4th tenor hired for this recording. The previous 3 all cancelled out, one by one, for various reasons (Shicoff, Hadley, Domingo). Only days before the 1st session, Carreras agreed to learn the show from scratch and fly to NYC to record it. Carreras SAVED the project from extinction by agreeing to learn this difficult score overnight. The documentary did not present any of this back story.

[jmahlon]

Troyanos is so freaking awesome.

[bucks8789]

Beautiful !

[karlehagen]

I love that his chock at 3:56 when he forgets to point to the congas and that he starts shaking his head to get back into focus =)

It's like he had forgot that he was conducting, just enjoying the music there for a while

[JOEdoesThings22]

@Olfux and as the composer...

[adamastorBassBar]

I remember this video from telly in the 80s: just love the lady 4th in from the left - just watch her expression at 4:56- she knows it's gone well, and she's just willing Lenny to like it! x

[ainonosaint]

@shaneu1 Sensational.

[MrLProfeta]

Bernstein, Robbins and Sondheim, a masterpiece of New York, I'm proud to be here with great talent gathered on Broadway, because it's ours.

[Gandul70]

QUE HONOR PARA ESOS CANTANTES Y MUSICOS MARAVILLOSOS ESTAR FRENTE A UNO DE LOS GRANDES GENIOS DE LA MUSICA DEL SIGLO XX, Y QUE EL MISMO LOS DIRIJA. QUE MAS SE PUEDE DECIR, SI BERNSTEIN LO DICE AL FINAL: SENSACIONAL!

[Michelmarianodasilva]

trash , horrivel ....I don't belive this video .... very ugly !

[arsnio7]

Bernstein is a fantastic musician!!

[MgcMrMistoffelees]

@cellotennis "beautified" -- hm, I love that word!