Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (1a)

I like the movie voices better

Grew up listening to this version of the soundtrack. the energy felt amazing then as it does seeing behind the scenes!

I love Murray from Stranger Things kickin’ it on the drum kit! 😂

Thats some trumpet he has tgere

Was an employee at music manufacturing n distribution. Deutche Gramaphone was one of the labels we handled.

It's fascinating that documentary cameras were there to record the creation of this project, as I'm sure the producers of the doc had no idea it was going to turn into a debacle

I doubt the general public will detect the phasing or lack of togetherness in that one bar. Close enough for jazz.

"We're going to restore bar 110. Promises retracted, just like the Republican Party". Hilarious comment.

I was there in the listening booth not this session but for "America" . What a gift.

Still my favorite soundtrack of all!

Thank you for posting this exceptional rehearsal.

This is priceless footage! Thank you for sharing. 😊

Wow. American music really is a low point in the history of music. I hate this musical rubbish.

wow

I taught English in a secure NYS Division for Youth facility for boys in the 1980s. We read Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story. My students viewed the full documentary on this recording. It was magical. The students, who were participating in an arts program with actors and musicians absolutely loved watching Leonard and the performers create this masterpiece. They particularly enjoyed experiencing the creative tension among the players.

How could anyone listen to this? Bernstein... take in limited doses.

Abdolutely love the fact that the lead singer has a feel for the genre, and only once or twice produces his voice formally. Carreras, wonderful OPERA singer that he is, has no feel for musical theatre and approaches everything as though he were singing at La Scala.

Opera singers have a hard time being "EDGY"... as was a REQUISITE !

What's this 240p shit ?

RIVETING

This was 👍 great

uah! ✨✨✨🐻✨✨✨

These are the professionals of professional musicians.. no nutting up here tolerated. (Except for Bernstein)

This is absolutely intense and wonderful!

this writing….truly otherworldly composition. language of music at its finest. maestro, maestro, you are a god, sir!

I never liked this recording. I thought it was stilted and Carreras was terribly miscast.

En qué año bse hizo esta grabacion!!

Thank you for posting this masterpiece. It is a joy to watch the legend , LBernstein, conducting these amazing musicians and singers and expecting perfection.

Is the guitar player warming up with Donne Lee in the beginning? Or is he just trying to show off for Berntsein as he enters lol. "Practicing my pentatonic ya ya ya, OH SHIT LENNY...**doodly do do da da da ba ba buh da dalala na na na na**...hope he noticed"

True, great artists like Bernstein are extinct.

See you guys on another 10 years later.

Cool! Just incredible. Who is the drummer? That is as difficult as it can be for a drummer, following a classical director plus soloing.

Damn, wasn’t Lenny a genius! And very cool, too!

Before there was Williams, Zimmer, Elfman, Shaefer...There was the Legend, Leonard Bernstein. He's up there with the Great Composers, Bethoven, Chopin, Mozart... R.I.P. Let's see how Spielberg's version going to hold up to this "true" motion picture classic. GL, Steven. 👏

Carreras’s face was beaming with joy in the beginning. Little did he know what was to come......counting.

why do camera guys leave out the basses?

What privilege work with him.

" Tonight ( Nov. 3rd, 2020 ) " , Remix " Tonight Quintet and Chorus " - West Side Story - words and music by Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein .
( Biden , Kamala , Obama , Hillary , The DNC , MSM Et Al. )
Joe Biden's going to have his day , tonight
The Neoliberal's are going to have their way , tonight
Donald Trump is gonna stumble , fair fight
But if he calls a recount , we'll recount him so right
We're going to hand him a surprise , Tonight
We're going to cut him down to size , Tonight
We ' said ' ok , no mail-in ballot stuffing , no tricks
But just in case He Wins It , We're ready to Fix It , Tonight !
We're getting to rock it tonight , we're going to jazz it for the Inaugural ball

Trump's going to get it , tonight , the more he'll turn it on , the harder he'll fall
Well He began it ! Well He began it !
And we're the ones to stop Him once and for all , Tonight !

( CNN , MSNBC & MSM )
News Media going to get their kicks , tonight
They'll get to say their favorite riffs , tonight
The people are broke and tired , poor sheep
Don't matter if they're tired , as long as they believe us , Tonight !
( Kamala & MSM )
Tonight , tonight , won't be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star
Tonight ,tonight , Deep State comes out tonight
And for us , stars will stop where they are
Today , the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly ,
And still the sky is light
Oh , moon grow bright
And make this endless day , 'endless night'
( Biden , Kamala , Obama , MSM & DNC )
Joe Biden's coming out on top tonight
We're going to make The Donald
Flop tonight
That Deplorable MAGA punk , will go down
And when he's hollered uncle , we'll tear up Georgetown
We own that Black vote boy, right
We're gonna flatten him good, right
2 , 7 , 0 , 2 , 7 , 0
I'll bet we'll have us a ball, tonight
We're gonna rock it tonight, we're going to jazz it tonight
We're gonna fix it tonight
( Kamala , Biden , Obama , MSM & The Neoliberal / Neoconservative league of ubiquity )
Today the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly
And still the sky is light
( We'll stop Him once and for all !
We'll stop Him once and for all ! )
Joe Biden's gonna rule this day
The Neoliberal's always get their way
So now moon grow bright
And make this endless day , 'endless night'
We're gonna win it tonight ,
TONIGHT !

Bernstein introduced me to classical music when I was 4yrs old: Peter and the Wolf. I've been a fan of his ever since. What a talent!

What year was this production?

Great

I re-watch these about once a year and I thank you!

🎹🎼👏

Trumpet player's name?

"Just like the Republican party" LOL!

amazing

I've revisited these recordings so many times, but never thanked you. THANK YOU