Wonderful Town

Album by Leonard Bernstein & London Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle & Alysha Umphress & Nathan Gunn

Wonderful Town is a 1953 original cast album of the musical composed by Leonard Bernstein. The score blends Broadway musical theatre with jazz and classical influences, featuring lively rhythms, orchestral colour and theatrical melodies that reflect a transitional moment in Bernstein's career as he moved between concert, symphonic and stage work.

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  1. 1.
    Wonderful Town: No. 1, Overture
    5:10
  2. 2.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 2. Christopher Street
    5:05
  3. 3.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 3. Ohio
    3:42
  4. 4.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 4. Conquering New York
    4:11
  5. 5.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 5. One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man
    3:48
  6. 6.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 6. What a Waste
    3:40
  7. 7.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 8. A Little Bit in Love
    3:09
  8. 8.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 9. Pass the Football
    4:04
  9. 9.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 10. Conversation Piece
    4:01
  10. 10.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 11. A Quiet Girl
    4:04
  11. 11.
    Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 12. Conga!
    3:47
  12. 12.
    Wonderful Town: No. 13: Entr'acte
    3:50
  13. 13.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 14. My Darlin' Eileen
    3:54
  14. 14.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 15. Swing!
    5:24
  15. 15.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 16. Quiet Incidental
    0:49
  16. 16.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 16a. Ohio (Reprise)
    1:24
  17. 17.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 17. It's Love
    3:31
  18. 18.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 18. Ballet at the Village Vortex
    2:47
  19. 19.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 19. Wrong Note Rag
    2:22
  20. 20.
    Wonderful Town, Act II: No. 19a. It's Love (Reprise)
    1:27

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