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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Brilliant I have known this album since i was 4 years old. Had In on vinyl for a long time. Got all the pretend versions (kiritikanawa or what ever you call her, and all the others) This is the best. So to all the knockers. YOU HAV'NT GOT A CLUE. Or get a decent Hi Fi system. I thank you. Good delivery service from Amazon as usual.
Dissapointing I love West Side Story, and decided to buy the soundtrack to such a good musical. I assumed this would be the best money could buy. Oh boy was I wrong! Decent oechestral playing masks the first couple of tracks, then the Jets enter. Unfortunately, most of them have fairly poor voices and fail to pitch the notes very well at all. Most chorus numbers are like this on the CD. Whoever sings Maria (I belive it is not Natalie Wood) is, however, a good singer, and so is Toni. Whilst their voices are a... more info
An outstanding 'classic' recording So much has been said about West Side Story, which is universally regarded as one of the best recordings ever made, that it needs little in the way criticism. Suffice to say that there are a number of releases of the original soundtrack - of which this is clearly (pun intended) the best. The 2004 20-bit remastered and extended version is a failure and best avoided, with the energy, presence and detail of the original transfer sucked out of it.
An all-time classic, still technically outstanding after more... more info
ONE OF THE BEST MUSICALS OF ALL TIME... Bernstein wrote himself into the annals of musical history with the score that he composed for West Side Story, a nineteen fifties version of Romeo and Juliet, and Stephen Sondheim did it justice with the terrific lyrics he wrote, which made the music soar even higher. This a musical that has entered the popular consciousness with good reason. Who hasn't heard the beauty and poetry of "Maria", the expectant poignancy of "Tonight", or the eternally hopeful "Somewhere" and not been touched, especially when... more info
Tracks:
Something's Coming
Boy Like That
Maria
Prologue-Jet Song
Tonight
Cool
Somewhere
America
I Feel Pretty
One Hand, One Heart
Gee Officer Krupke
I Have A Love
Prelude To The Rumble
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