The 1st work based on a conception of Jerome Robbins ; book by Arthur Laurents ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; orchestration by Leonard Bernstein with Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal ; sung in English. The 2nd work adapted from Voltaire and the book by John Wheeler ; lyrics by Richard Wilbur ; additional lyrics by John La Touche [and others] ; orchestrations by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, arranger of music, composer, conductor.
Title
Bernstein conducts Bernstein : West Side story ; Candide.
Publisher
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [1991]
Copyright date
℗1991
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Kiri Te Kananwa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, and Marilyn Horne ; other soloists ; orchestra and chorus (1st work) ; Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Adolph Green, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Della Jones, Kurt Ollmann, Clive Bayley ; other soloists ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra (2nd work) ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor (both works).
Event
2nd work recorded 1989 December Abbey Road Studio, London.