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 enlarge | Artists: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $7.39
You Save: $4.59 (38%)
New (43) Used (23) Collectible (9) from $3.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 3325
Format: Cast Recording, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 60724
UPC: 074646072424
EAN: 0074646072424
ASIN: B000056TB2
Release Date: September 15, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
West Side Story June 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is like reviewing the bible. West Side Story is so fundemental to modern musical theater that it stands on its own.
Beautiful April 1, 2007
I saw West Side Story on Broadway with this cast. It was wonderful to revisit this exceptional play and brilliant score. I always felt that the movie was schlock compared to the original play. I recommend this to anyone and everyone who loves beautiful music performed by exceptionally talented performers
Gorgeous Music! March 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm in love with this OBCR, and for good reason. It's West Side Story! How could you not love it?
But, for a more realistc review, this is an amazing cast recording. If you just take into consideration how long ago this was (50 years) and think about how far it's come, how much this musical has impacted the world, you already have an idea of how amazing this how must have beem. Beyond that, the orchestrations are beautiful, the performances wonderful and Mr. Sondheim's lyrics will make your breath catch in your throat.
What more could you want in a musical?
Best version of the best Musical March 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first heard the original Broadway cast album of West Side Story when I was 8 years old. Since then I have heard the album from the motion picture and the album recorded with opera stars including Kiri Te Kanawa. Although the latter two are excellent efforts, I think (and always will) that the original Broadway cast album with Carol Lawrence and Larry Kern is the definitive treatment. The energy, freshness, enthusiasm and feeling are at once captivating, exciting and uplifting. The sense of character and atmosphere is incomparable. It is possibly a help that this album was recorded at the time when the reality of New York and its demographics (including the street gangs) portrayed in the work was still fresh and relevant. I could rattle on for ages about this wonderful work but I will spare the patient reader. All I can say is, if you love this wonderful piece of art and don't possess this version, do yourself the biggest of favours and buy it. Listen to it again and again and let it work its magic on you. You won't regret it! Ole!
Fantastic CD!!!!!! January 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The high pitched click on the 12/13 second mark that was mentioned in a previous review is, I believe, just the sound of Riff and Bernardo pulling out their knives. As for any confusion about the difference in song order and lyric changes for those used to the movie, in the Broadway play the song "Cool" was sung before the war council and the song "Gee, Officer Krupke" was sung after the Rumble. In the movie they switched these two songs. (Appropriately, I think.) In the movie they also changed where the song "I Feel Pretty" was. Which is why the lyrics changed from: "I feel pretty and witty and bright! And I pity any girl who isn't me tonight!" to the words "gay" (meaning happy of course) and "day". In the movie some changes (mostly slight ones) were made to the lyrics in most of the songs. Bernardo and the Sharks were also added to the song "America". The "Somewhere Ballet" was not done in the movie due to the budget and time. If you are used to the movie version the Broadway version might seem a bit odd. Overall it is a wonderful CD with lovely singing, and music.
-A reviewer (though not necessarily a child)
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