"In 1984, Bernstein decided to re-record the musical, conducting his own music for the first time. Generally known as the "operatic version" of West Side Story, it stars Kiri Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollmann as Riff, and Marilyn Horne as the offstage voice who sings "Somewhere". It won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1985 and the recording process was filmed as a documentary."
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story#Recordings
Other versions of this cast recording include:
complete versions:
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (disc 1) (16 tracks)
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (disc 2) (11 tracks, plus 6 bonus tracks from On the Waterfront), and
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (single disc, 27 tracks)
(Bernstein, Leonard; Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria); José Carreras (Tony); Tatiana Troyanos (Anita); Kurt Ollmann (Riff); Marilyn Horne (offstage, "Somewhere"); Nina Bernstein (Maria in dialogues); Alexander Bernstein (Tony in dialogues); 09/07/84: NYC, RCA Studio
Deutsche Grammophon 4152531; CD: 4152532 GH2)
highlights version:
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story: Highlights (15 tracks)
(Bernstein, Leonard; West Side Story (Selections); Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria); José Carreras (Tony); Tatiana Troyanos (Anita); Kurt Ollmann (Riff); Marilyn Horne (offstage, "Somewhere"); Nina Bernstein (Maria in dialogues); Alexander Bernstein (Tony in dialogues); 09/07/84: NYC, RCA Studio
Deutsche Grammophon ; CD: 4159632 GH; 4478982 GH)
full vocal performer list:
A-rab - Peter Thom
Action - David Livingston
Anita - Tatiana Troyanos
Baby John - Stephen Bogardus
Bernardo - Richard Harrell
Consuelo - Stella Zambalis
Diesel - Marty Nelson
Francisca - Angelina Réaux
Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa
Riff - Kurt Ollmann
Rosalia - Louise Edeiken
Snowboy - Todd Lester
Tony - José Carreras
Dialogue - Maria - Nina Bernstein
Dialogue - Tony - Alexander Bernstein
numbers of CD:
477 8167 CD Box Set
477 8473 CD 1
477 8379 CD 2
477 8380 CD 3
477 8381 CD 4
477 8382 CD 5
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477 8428 CD 50
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477 8431 CD 53
477 8432 CD 54
477 8433 CD 55
Front cover photograph by Ken Veeder.
Annotation last modified on 2018-12-05 18:49 UTC.