5013929336834

An American In New York

Leonard Bernstein

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: ACME368CDX

Release Date:  19 May 2023

Label:  El Records / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  5013929336834

Genres:  Classical  Soundtracks  

  • Description

    4CD set celebrating the work of the hugely influential composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.


    “The violence is senseless, but Bernstein's score makes us feel what we do not understand” - The Washington Post review of ‘West Side Story’.


    Composer, conductor, concert pianist, cultural icon and visionary, who's admiration for Lennon and McCartney (“The Beatles were the best songwriters since Gershwin.”) was almost as great as his regard for the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Leonard Bernstein's versatility was legendary. In this one supremely gifted man, all the great currents of twentieth century music were to collide and ferment in a rich stylistic melting pot.


    In 1944, he burst onto the stage with the exciting jazz ballet ‘Fancy Free’, and proceeded to captivate Broadway with three big musicals: ‘On The Town’, ‘Wonderful Town’ and the monumental ‘West Side Story’ (co-written with the gifted young lyricist Stephen Sondheim), while teasing Hollywood with his score for Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront, which - like the stage productions - offered an eloquent musical portrait of life and love in New York.


    This edition includes both the 1944 and 1956 recordings of ‘Fancy Free’, alongside Bernstein's symphonic suite of the themes from On the Waterfront, the historic original cast recordings of each of the musicals; complemented by jazz interpretations of their most enduring songs performed by - amongst others - such giants as Bill Evans, Frank Sinatra, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. FANCY FREE Ballet (1956 Recording): BILLIE HOLIDAY Big Stuff (Prologue from Fancy Free)
      • 2. Enter Three Sailors
      • 3. Scene At The Bar
      • 4. Enter Two Girls
      • 5. Pas de deux
      • 6. Competition Scene
      • 7. Variation 1: Galop
      • 8. Variation 2: Waltz
      • 9. Variation 3Danzon
      • 10. Finale
      • 11. Enter Three Sailors
      • 12. Scene At The Bar
      • 13. Enter Two Girls
      • 14. Pas De Deux
      • 15. Competition Scene
      • 16. Variation 1: Waltz
      • 17. Variation 2: Danzon
      • 18. Variation 3: Galop
      • 19. Finale 1.45
      • 20. On The Town Opening: I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet / New York New York (Lyn Murray Chorus)
      • 21. I Get Carried Away (Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
      • 22. Lucky to Be Me (Mary Martin)
      • 23. Lonely Town (Mary Martin)
      • 24. I Can Cook Too (Nancy Walker)
      • 25. Ya Got Me (Nancy Walker)
      • 26. ON THE TOWN Ballet Music (1945 Recording): Lonely Town - Pas de deux
      • 27. Times Square
      • 28. Subway Ride
      • 29. The Great Lover Displays Himself
      • 30. Ivy and Gabey - Pas de deux

      Disc 2

      • 1. ON THE TOWN Musical - Studio Cast Recording (1960): I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet (Michael Kermoyan)
      • 2. New York, New York (Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander, Chorus)
      • 3. Dance: Miss Turnstiles' Variations
      • 4. Taxi Number: Come Up to My Place (Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander)
      • 5. Carried Away (Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
      • 6. Lonely Town (John Reardon)
      • 7. Carnegie Hall (Do-Do-Re-Do) (Chorus)
      • 8. I Can Cook, Too (Nancy Walker)
      • 9. Lucky to Be Me (John Reardon, Chorus)
      • 10. Dance: Times Square
      • 11. So Long, Baby (Chorus)
      • 12. I'm Blue (Nightclub Singer)
      • 13. Ya Got Me (Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Cris Alexander)
      • 14. Ballet: The Imaginary Coney Island: Subway Rider
      • 15. Dance of the Great Lover
      • 16. Ballet: The Imaginary Coney Island: Pas de Deux
      • 17. Some Other Time (Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Cris Alexander)
      • 18. Dance - The Real Coney Island
      • 19. Overture to On the Town "Curtain Going Up" Orchestra / Lehman Engel
      • 20. Jazz interpretations of numbers featured in ON THE TOWN: BILL EVANS Lucky to Be Me
      • 21. BLOSSOM DEARIE Lonely Town
      • 22. FRANK SINATRA Lonely Town
      • 23. BOBBY SCOTT New York New York
      • 24. BILL EVANS TRIO Some Other Time

      Disc 3

      • 1. WONDERFUL TOWN Musical - Original Cast Recording (1953): Christopher Street (Warren Galjour and the Villagers Chorus)
      • 2. Ohio (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams)
      • 3. One Hundred Easy Ways (Rosalind Russell)
      • 4. What A Waste (George Gaynes, Warren Galjour, Albert Linville)
      • 5. A Little Bit In Love (Edith Adams)
      • 6. Pass The Football (Jordan Bentley)
      • 7. Conversation Piece (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams, Cris Alexander, Dort Clark)
      • 8. A Quiet Girl (George Gaynes)
      • 9. Conga! (Rosalind Russell and The Cadets)
      • 10. My Darlin' Eileen (Edith Adams, Delbert Anderson and Police)
      • 11. Swing! (Rosalind Russell and the Villagers Chorus)
      • 12. It's Love (Edith Adams, George Gaynes and the Villagers Chorus)
      • 13. Ballet At The Village Vortex (Orchestra)
      • 14. Wrong Note Rag (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams and the Villagers Chorus)
      • 15. Jazz interpretations of numbers featured in WONDERFUL TOWN: DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET A Quiet Girl
      • 16. LENA HORN It's Love
      • 17. MARIAN MCPARTLAND It's Love
      • 18. ON THE WATERFRONT Symphonic Suite: Andante (with Dignity) - Presto barbaro
      • 19. Adagio - Allegro molto agitato - Alla breve (Poco più mosso) - Presto come prima
      • 20. Andante largamente - (More Flowing - Still More Flowing) - Poco meno mosso - Lento
      • 21. Moving Forward (with Warmth) - Largamente - A tempo - Calmato -
      • 22. Allegro non troppo, molto marcato - Poco più sostenuto - Meno mosso
      • 23. A Tempo
      • 24. PRELUDE FUGUE AND RIFFS for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble: Prelude
      • 25. Fugue
      • 26. Riffs

      Disc 4

      • 1. WEST SIDE STORY Musical - Original Broadway Cast (1957 Recording) - Act I: Prologue (Orchestra)
      • 2. Jet Song (Mickey Calin, The Jets)
      • 3. WEST SIDE STORY Musical - Original Broadway Cast (1957 Recording) - Act I: Something's Coming (Larry Kert)
      • 4. The Dance at the Gym (The Jets, The Sharks)
      • 5. Maria (Larry Kert)
      • 6. Tonight (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence)
      • 7. America (Marilyn Cooper, Chita Rivera, Shark Girls)
      • 8. Cool (Mickey Calin, The Jets)
      • 9. One Hand, One Heart (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence)
      • 10. Tonight (Quintet and Chorus) (The Jets, The Sharks, Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, Mickey Calin, Carol Lawrence)
      • 11. The Rumble (Orchestra)
      • 12. WEST SIDE STORY Musical - Original Broadway Cast (1957 Recording) - Act II: I Feel Pretty (Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elizabeth Taylor)
      • 13. Somewhere (Ballet) (Larry Kert, Reri Grist (offstage), Carol Lawrence)
      • 14. Gee, Officer Krupke
      • 15. A Boy Like That - I Have a Love (Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence)
      • 16. Finale (Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Ensemble)
      • 17. Jazz interpretations of numbers featured in WEST SIDE STORY: STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA America
      • 18. CAL TJADER QUINTET Tonight
      • 19. THE HI-LO'S Something's Coming
      • 20. ANDRÉ PREVIN AND HIS PALS Maria
      • 21. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Maria
      • 22. OSCAR PETERSON TRIO Somewhere