West Side Story: Overture
~ Overture
Annotation
orchestral medley of: Quintet / Tonight / Maria / Dance at the Gym: Mambo / Quintet
from the 1961 Mirisch/Seven Arts film, West Side Story, credited to "Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green" in the release Movie Music: The Definitive Performances.
Annotation last modified on 2013-02-21 04:30 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) |
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| medley of: | West Side Story: Maria (Tony) West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Mambo West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony) West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (Jets, Sharks, Anita, Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo) |
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| part of: | West Side Story (order: 1) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1960-08-09 | Overture (West Side Story, 1961 film cast, remastered 1992) | Johnny Green & Orchestra | 4:41 | |
| 1966-10-10 | West Side Story Medley | live and medley | Buddy Rich | 10:49 |
| 1993 | Overture (West Side Story, 1993 Leicester Haymarket Theatre cast) | National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards | 5:16 | |
| 2017-05-07 | Overture from the film (West Side Story) | live | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet‐Séguin | 5:30 |
| On the Broadway | instrumental | Franz Lambert | 6:32 | |
| West Side Story (Overture) | [unknown] | 4:41 | ||