West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)
1957 original cast recording
West Side Story is the original Broadway cast album of the 1957 musical of the same name. Recorded at the CBS 30th Street Studio three days after the show opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, the album was released in October 1957 in both mono and stereo formats. The album reached the top five of the Billboard Pop Album chart in 1962 and was certified gold by the RIAA the same year.
A remastered 1998 release was augmented with the orchestral suite Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, conducted by composer Leonard Bernstein and performed by the New York Philharmonic, recorded at the Manhattan Center on March 6, 1961.
Track listing
All tracks written by Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics).
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