West Side Story Symphonic Dances and Songs

Album by Leonard Bernstein & Katia & Marielle Labèque

West Side Story Symphonic Dances and Songs is an orchestral suite by Leonard Bernstein, arranged in 1961 for concert performance. The work adapts material from his stage musical into a concert-format composition that blends orchestral writing with jazz and Latin-inflected dance rhythms, marking a point where Bernstein bridged Broadway and the symphonic repertoire.
First released: 19th June 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Overture
    2:00
  2. 2.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Scherzando
    1:56
  3. 3.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Blues
    1:51
  4. 4.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Somewhere
    3:17
  5. 5.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: (Scherzo): Andante con moto - Vivace il legero
    3:04
  6. 6.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo
    2:09
  7. 7.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Cha-Cha
    1:44
  8. 8.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Cool
    3:45
  9. 9.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Rumble
    1:50
  10. 10.
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: I Have a Love (Finale)
    3:22
  11. 11.
    Songs from West Side Story: Something's Coming
    2:40
  12. 12.
    Songs from West Side Story: Maria
    3:03
  13. 13.
    Songs from West Side Story: America
    2:21
  14. 14.
    Songs from West Side Story: Jet Song
    2:12
  15. 15.
    Songs from West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart
    2:16
  16. 16.
    Songs from West Side Story: I Feel Pretty
    2:35
  17. 17.
    Songs from West Side Story: Tonight
    2:48
  18. 18.
    Songs from West Side Story: A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
    5:50

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