| West Side Story Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents |
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| Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert star in the 1957 original-cast recording of West Side Story. This is my favorite of the various recordings of this music, but each of the recordings has interesting aspects. At amazon.com. |
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| Leonard Bernstein conducted a somewhat operatic recording with Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Carreras. Kiri sounds as if she should be singing Anna in The King and I, and Carreras has a Spanish accent that isn't appropriate for his character. Still, the performance is pleasant. At amazon.co.uk. |
| A new recording, with Hayley Westenra and Vittorio Grigolo, was released in 2007. amazon.co.uk |
