|
No. |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
On the Town: New York, New York (featuring Adolph Green, Betty Comden, John Reardon, The Orchestra, Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander) |
3:57 |
| 2. |
On the Town: Lonely Town (featuring Adolph Green, Betty Comden, John Reardon, The Orchestra, Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander) |
2:14 |
| 3. |
On the Town: Carried Away (featuring Adolph Green, Betty Comden, John Reardon, The Orchestra, Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander) |
2:57 |
| 4. |
Peter Pan: Build My House (featuring Boris Karloff, The Orchestra, Joe E. Marks, Peg Hillias, Jean Arthur) |
1:22 |
| 5. |
Peter Pan: Plank Song (featuring Boris Karloff, The Orchestra, Joe E. Marks, Peg Hillias, Jean Arthur) |
0:44 |
| 6. |
Trouble In Tahiti: I Was Standing In a Garden (featuring Michael Clark, Mark Brown, Antonia Butler, Julian Patrick, Nancy Williams) |
7:21 |
| 7. |
Trouble In Tahiti: What a Movie! (featuring Michael Clark, Mark Brown, Antonia Butler, Julian Patrick, Nancy Williams) |
4:37 |
| 8. |
Wonderful Town: Conga (featuring Sydney Chaplin, The Orchestra, Rosalind Russell, Jordan Bentley, Cris Alexander, Isabella Hoopes, Jack Fletcher, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff, Michele Burke, Sam Kirkham, Ted Beniades) |
3:23 |
| 9. |
Wonderful Town: Ohio (featuring Sydney Chaplin, The Orchestra, Rosalind Russell, Jordan Bentley, Cris Alexander, Isabella Hoopes, Jack Fletcher, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff, Michele Burke, Sam Kirkham, Ted Beniades) |
2:53 |
| 10. |
Wonderful Town: Wrong Note Rag (featuring Sydney Chaplin, The Orchestra, Rosalind Russell, Jordan Bentley, Cris Alexander, Isabella Hoopes, Jack Fletcher, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff, Michele Burke, Sam Kirkham, Ted Beniades) |
2:26 |
| 11. |
Candide: Best of All Possible Worlds (featuring Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Robert Rounseville, Chorus, Max Adrian, Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian) |
3:23 |
| 12. |
Candide: Oh, Happy We (featuring Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Robert Rounseville, Chorus, Max Adrian, Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian) |
1:49 |
| 13. |
Candide: Glitter and Be Gay (featuring Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Robert Rounseville, Chorus, Max Adrian, Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian) |
5:33 |
| 14. |
Candide: Make Our Garden Grow (featuring Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Robert Rounseville, Chorus, Max Adrian, Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian) |
3:57 |
| 15. |
West Side Story: America (featuring Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Carol Lawrence, Reri Grist, Larry Kert, Chorus) |
4:32 |
| 16. |
West Side Story: Maria (featuring Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Carol Lawrence, Reri Grist, Larry Kert, Chorus) |
2:36 |
| 17. |
West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (featuring Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Carol Lawrence, Reri Grist, Larry Kert, Chorus) |
3:51 |
| 18. |
West Side Story: Somewhere (featuring Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Carol Lawrence, Reri Grist, Larry Kert, Chorus) |
2:14 |
| 19. |
Mass - Hymn and Psalm: A Simple Song |
4:43 |
| 20. |
Some Other Time (From "On the Town") (featuring The Orchestra, Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander) |
4:20 |
| 21. |
Take Care of This House (From "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue") (featuring Frederica Von Stade, National Symphony Orchestra) |
3:05 |
This is a compilation of Leonard Bernstein's music for the theater drawn from a variety of sources, mostly cast albums. To wit, there are two songs from the 1950 original Broadway cast recording of Peter Pan; three songs from the 1956 original Broadway cast recording of Candide; four songs from the 1957 original Broadway cast recording of West Side Story; three songs from a 1958 television soundtrack of the 1953 musical Wonderful Town, featuring Rosalind Russell from the original Broadway cast; four songs from a 1960 studio cast recording of the 1944 musical On the Town, featuring Cris Alexander, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green from the original Broadway cast; one song from the 1973 original cast recording of Mass; two songs from a 1973 studio cast recording of the 1952 opera Trouble in Tahiti; and a 1977 live recording by Frederica von Stade of "Take Care of This House" from the 1976 musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (for which no original cast recording was ever made). Some of Bernstein's best-known songs are featured, including "New York, New York," "Ohio," "Glitter and Be Gay," "Maria," "Tonight," and "Somewhere," and the material, brought together, has a remarkable consistency. Bernstein's mixture of classical, theater, and popular influences is exhilarating, sounding like no other classical, theater, or popular music, and it is thrillingly performed here by many of the performers who introduced these songs on-stage.
