San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – West Side Story (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – West Side Story (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:40 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SFS Media

Michael Tilson Thomas and the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony present a new live recording of the first-ever concert performances of Leonard Bernstein’s complete score for the beloved musical West Side Story. The recording boasts a talented cast of Broadway actors led by Alexandra Silber (Maria) and Cheyenne Jackson (Tony) alongside members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. This Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Set includes a 100-page booklet featuring a new interview with MTT, notes from Rita Moreno and Jamie Bernstein, as well as a West Side Story historical timeline, archival photographs, complete lyrics, and rehearsal and performance photos. Presented in a High Definition Premium Audio Hybrid SACD* Set, this must-have album is the latest treasure from the Orchestra’s very own SFS Media label.

The performances were recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall in late June and early July 2013 after Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony became the first orchestra to receive permission from all four West Side Story rights-holders to perform and record the musical score in its entirety in a concert setting. Of the new recording, Michael Tilson Thomas said, “This is a new and rare opportunity to hear Bernstein’s complete score sung by a sensational young cast and a knock-your-socks-off orchestra. The San Francisco Symphony totally understands and feels this music. We show the Broadway roots of the piece and how its universal qualities translate into the way we think about it today.”

Recorded live in PCM 96 kHz/24-bit audio June 27 – July 2, 2013 at Davies Symphony Hall — a venue of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, City and County of San Francisco.

“It may prove to be the most significant recording of the show since the Original Broadway cast.”
—Huffington Post

Tracklist:

01. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Prologue (03:56)
02. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Jet Song (03:37)
03. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Something’s Coming (02:57)
04. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Blues (02:16)
05. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Promenade (00:29)
06. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Mambo (02:27)
07. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha (00:47)
08. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Meeting Scene (01:52)
09. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Dance at the Gym: Jump (00:56)
10. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Maria (02:48)
11. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Balcony Scene (01:39)
12. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Only You (06:01)
13. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – America (05:19)
14. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Cool (04:24)
15. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – One Hand, One Heart (05:35)
16. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Tonight (03:52)
17. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – The Rumble (03:05)
18. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – I Feel Pretty (04:10)
19. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Allegro agitato (00:41)
20. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Lo stesso tempo (00:37)
21. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Adagio (00:34)
22. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Scherzo (01:28)
23. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Somewhere (02:27)
24. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Procession & Nightmare (02:20)
25. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Ballet Sequence: Adagio (01:24)
26. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Gee, Officer Krupke (05:00)
27. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – A Boy Like That (02:30)
28. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – I Have a Love (03:33)
29. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Change of Scene (00:29)
30. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Jukebox, Taunting Scene (02:25)
31. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas – Finale (02:48)

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