LoginWest Side Story: Highlights (1985 Studio Recording)
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The world becomes a better place as Leonard Bernstein conducts his first West Side Story with the abandon, genius, and intimate knowledge of every detail he, as composer, imagined. The crisp orchestra and slower tempos maximize the colors of the orchestral landscape and create magic. This recording falls just one tenor's diction short of perfection. Te Kanawa's scrumptious soprano deliciously graces Maria's music, realizing the virtuosity often unattainable in theater singers' renditions. Troyanos combines a ferocious chestiness with classically trained savvy. The only weakness is Carreras's diction, which he so obviously works
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 11 August 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0028945719924 UPC: 028945719924
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Release date: 11 August 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0028945719924 UPC: 028945719924
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