The Making of WEST SIDE STORY 1985

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Award-winning 1985 Documentary Film of the recording of ‘West Side Story’ for Deutsche Grammophon directed by Christopher Swann. • Leonard Bernstein conducts his own composition and the lyrics of Stephen Sondheim based on the concept of Jerome Robbins with the following cast of operatic voices: • MARIA – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa • TONY – José Carreras • ANITA – Tatiana Troyanos • RIFF – Kurt Ollman • • 0:00:00 - Opening Titles • 0:00:42 - Arrival of the principal singers, blending off • 0:02:33 - I Feel Pretty (Piano Rehearsal) • 0:03:22 - First Session: Introduction of the principals • 0:06:11 - Jet Song (Recording) • 0:08:29 - “Cool (Recording) • 0:13:36 - “Tonight (Piano Rehearsal) • 0:15:23 - Something's Coming (Recording/Retakes) • 0:21:07 - Tonight (Recording) • 0:25:51 - I Feel Pretty (Recording) • 0:31:36 - Dance at the Gym (Recording Playback) • 0:38:43 - “Somewhere (Recording) • 0:47:40 - “America (Rehearsal Recording) • 0:54:20 - One Hand, One Heart (Recording) • 1:00:50 - Maria (Piano Rehearsal) • 1:02:31 - Maria (Recording) • 1:11:32 - A Boy Like That / I Have Love (Recording) • 1:17:53 - “Gee, Officer Krupke (Recording) • 1:23:03 - Balcony Scene (Recording) • 1:26:58 - End Titles • • © COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: • I do not own the original recording or the rights to it. The material was available for public broadcast and not subject to copyright restrictions in its’s country of origin. • Furthermore, under United Kingdom copyright law; ‘Fair Dealing’ is an exception which allows for the use of copyrighted works without licensing in certain circumstances. It is governed by Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which provide three types of situation in which fair dealing is a valid defence: (i) where the use is for the purposes of research or private study, (ii) where it is to allow for criticism or review, and (iii) where it is for the purpose of reporting current events. • Sufficient acknowledgement to the original author is also necessary for all works where the fair dealing exception is applied. Under Section 30(3), however, this is not required for reporting via a sound recording, film or broadcast where it would be impossible for reasons of practicality or otherwise . • #WestSideStory #LeonardBernstein #KiriTeKanawa

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