West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)

West Side Story
Soundtrack album by Original Broadway cast of West Side Story
Released	1957
Recorded	9/29/1957 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	cast recording
Length	78:04
Label	Columbia
Producer	Goddard Lieberson Sylvia Drulie

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West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) is the 1957 recording of a Broadway production of the musical West Side Story. Recorded 3 days after the show opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, the recording was released in October 1957 in both mono and stereo formats. In 1962, the album reached #5 on Billboard's "Pop Album" chart. It certified "gold" by the RIAA on January 12, 1962. The album was reissued in 1973 and made its first appearance on CD in 1986. A 1997 remastered edition includes nine additional tracks of Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic through symphonic versions of the songs at the Manhattan Center on March 6, 1961.

It was recorded at the CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Track listing

All tracks by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

1. "Prologue" – 3:50
2. "Jet Song" – 2:10
3. "Something's Coming" – 2:40
4. "The Dance at the Gym" – 3:06
5. "Maria" – 2:40
6. "Tonight" – 3:53
7. "America" – 4:35
8. "Cool" – 4:01
9. "One Hand, One Heart" – 3:03
10. "Tonight (Quintet and Chorus)" – 3:40
11. "The Rumble" – 2:45
12. "I Feel Pretty" – 2:50
13. "Somewhere (Ballet)" – 7:35
14. "Gee, Officer Krupke" – 4:05
15. "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" – 4:18
16. "Finale" – 2:02

Bonus tracks

17. "Prologue (Allegro Moderato)" – 4:07
18. "Somewhere (Adagio)" – 3:51
19. "Scherzo (Vivace E Leggiero)" – 1:17
20. "Mambo (Meno Presto)" – 2:14
21. "Cha-Cha (Andantino con Grazia)" – :53
22. "Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso)" – :47
23. "Cool Fugue (Allegretto)" – 3:03
24. "Rumble (Molto Allegro)" – 1:52
25. "Finale (Adagio)" – 2:47

Personnel

Performance

Jon Eggert – cast Leonard Bernstein Orchestra – orchestration Hank Brunjes – cast Mickey Calin – cast Erne Castaldo – cast Martin Charnin – cast Wilma Curley – cast Grover Dale – cast Carole d'Andrea – cast Al de Sio – cast Marilyn d'Honau – cast Gene Gavin – cast Frank Green – cast Lowell Harris – cast Larry Kert – cast

Irwin Kostal Orchestra – orchestration Carol Lawrence – cast Ronnie Lee – cast Ken Leroy – cast George Marcy – cast Tony Mordente – cast Jack Murray – cast Jay Norman – cast Julie Oser – cast Chita Rivera – cast Eddie Roll – cast Nanette Rosen – cast Jamie Sanchez – cast Noel Schwartz – cast

Production

• Sylvia Drulie – associate producer
• Gerald Freedman – assistant director
• Peter Gennaro – choreographer
• Max Goberman – director, musical director

Jon Eggertarranger

• Howard Jeffrey – assistant
• Goddard Lieberson – producer
• Harold Prince – arranger
• Jean Rosenthal – lighting
• Irene Sharaff – costume design
• Wallace Siebert – assistant

Release history

• Columbia LP: OS 2001 (stereo) also OL 5230 (mono)—issued 1957
• Columbia LP: S 32603—issued 1973
• Columbia CD: CK 32603—issued 1986
• Columbia Broadway Masterworks CD: SK 60724—issued 1997
• Hallmark CD: 709782—issued 2010