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

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Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - Bernstein: West Side Story (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 82:40 minutes | 1,68 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

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. Presented in a High Definition Premium Audio, this must-have album is the latest treasure from the Orchestra’s very own SFS Media label.

This Collector’s Edition 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 with the idea of a West Coast West Side Story, you might imagine some kind of unorthodox interpretation, but in fact this 2013 production, recorded live (and recorded very well indeed) for the San Francisco Symphony's in-house label falls squarely into traditions laid down by the work's composer, Leonard Bernstein. This is not to say that conductor Michael Tilson Thomas follows Bernstein's own recording of the Romeo-and-Juliet tale of the Sharks and the Jets, which had a heavily operatic tinge: this is a Broadway-style recording, not an operatic one, and the vocal qualities of Cheyenne Jackson as Tony and Alexandra Silber as Maria are not too far from those in the hit soundtrack recording of the 1960s. Instead it is Bernstein the composer who is the star of Tilson Thomas' show. Unlike the works of other Broadway composers who wrote tunes and left assistants to fill in conventional orchestration, Bernstein often made the orchestra a key partner in the action, and Tilson Thomas captures such details as the small keyboard line in "Maria" (perhaps a celesta) that is swallowed up in live performances and recordings. Tilson Thomas, like Bernstein, is comfortable with the variety of pop rhythms in the show, and the result is a recording that really represents the best of both worlds. Highly recommended.

Tracklist:

01 - Prologue
02 - Jet Song
03 - Something's Coming
04 - Dance at the Gym: Blues
05 - Dance at the Gym: Promenade
06 - Dance at the Gym: Mambo
07 - Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha
08 - Dance at the Gym: Meeting Scene
09 - Dance at the Gym: Jump
10 - Maria
11 - Balcony Scene
12 - Only You
13 - America
14 - Cool
15 - One Hand, One Heart
16 - Tonight
17 - The Rumble
18 - I Feel Pretty
19 - Ballet Sequence: Allegro agitato
20 - Ballet Sequence: Lo stesso tempo
21 - Ballet Sequence: Adagio
22 - Ballet Sequence: Scherzo
23 - Ballet Sequence: Somewhere
24 - Ballet Sequence: Procession & Nightmare
25 - Ballet Sequence: Adagio
26 - Gee, Officer Krupke
27 - A Boy Like That
28 - I Have a Love
29 - Change of Scene
30 - Jukebox, Taunting Scene
31 - Finale

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.

Analyzed: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas / West Side Story
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.20 dB -16.04 dB 3:56 01-Prologue
DR12 -0.20 dB -16.30 dB 3:38 02-Jet Song
DR13 0.00 dB -18.40 dB 2:58 03-Something's Coming
DR11 -0.20 dB -14.77 dB 2:16 04-Dance at the Gym: Blues
DR13 -1.33 dB -17.13 dB 0:29 05-Dance at the Gym: Promenade
DR9 -0.18 dB -12.28 dB 2:27 06-Dance at the Gym: Mambo
DR13 -5.68 dB -23.66 dB 0:48 07-Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha
DR13 -3.65 dB -23.67 dB 1:52 08-Dance at the Gym: Meeting Scene
DR12 -3.82 dB -23.29 dB 0:56 09-Dance at the Gym: Jump
DR11 -3.11 dB -20.40 dB 2:48 10-Maria
DR16 -8.82 dB -30.48 dB 1:40 11-Balcony Scene
DR13 -1.14 dB -19.99 dB 6:01 12-Only You
DR11 -0.20 dB -15.69 dB 5:20 13-America
DR11 -0.20 dB -16.08 dB 4:25 14-Cool
DR14 -2.54 dB -22.90 dB 5:35 15-One Hand, One Heart
DR10 -0.20 dB -15.68 dB 3:52 16-Tonight
DR10 -0.20 dB -15.53 dB 3:06 17-The Rumble
DR14 -0.20 dB -18.81 dB 4:11 18-I Feel Pretty
DR10 -14.83 dB -28.88 dB 0:41 19-Ballet Sequence: Allegro agitato
DR10 -0.20 dB -16.75 dB 0:38 20-Ballet Sequence: Lo stesso tempo
DR8 -1.76 dB -22.65 dB 0:35 21-Ballet Sequence: Adagio
DR15 -0.84 dB -22.85 dB 1:29 22-Ballet Sequence: Scherzo
DR11 -2.11 dB -22.22 dB 2:27 23-Ballet Sequence: Somewhere
DR10 0.00 dB -14.67 dB 2:21 24-Ballet Sequence: Procession & Nightmare
DR11 -3.47 dB -22.30 dB 1:24 25-Ballet Sequence: Adagio
DR13 -0.20 dB -17.74 dB 5:01 26-Gee, Officer Krupke
DR13 -0.20 dB -18.18 dB 2:30 27-A Boy Like That
DR12 -0.39 dB -18.75 dB 3:33 28-I Have a Love
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.93 dB 0:29 29-Change of Scene
DR11 0.00 dB -15.99 dB 2:26 30-Jukebox, Taunting Scene
DR12 -8.71 dB -28.19 dB 2:49 31-Finale
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Number of tracks: 31
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2525 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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