Bernstein: West Side Story (Original Score) - Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn

Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein's multifarious talents. He has been lionized for his abilities as concert pianist, conductor, composer, author and teacher. Others have argued that his diverse musical interests prevented him from reaching his full potential as a serious composer. It was his extraordinary versitility that enabled West Side Story to elevate musical theater to new heights. The ability to combine serious ballet music and classically constructed fugues with memorable popular melodies, jazzy, finger-snapping tunes, heart wrenching love songs and vaudevillian humor could only have come from one man, the true Renaissance musician of the 20th century.

1 Prologue 4:18

2 Jet Song 2:30

3 Something's Coming 2:49

4 Blues 1:54

5 Promenade 0:22

6 Mambo 2:39

7 Maria 3:07

8 Balcony Scene / Tonight 7:21

9 America 4:59

10 Cool 4:35

11 One Hand, One Heart 4:58

12 Tonight 3:56

13 The Rumble 3:08

Act II

14 I Feel Pretty 3:57

15 Ballet Sequence 1:32

16 Transition To Scherzo 0:41

17 Scherzo 1:40

18 Somewhere 2:38

19 Procession And Nightmare 3:37

20 Gee Officer Krupke 4:20

21 A Boy Like That / I Have A Love 6:05

22 Taunting Scene 1:07

23 Finale 2:52