The Making of West Side Story

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Arts Documentary with no narration published by BBC in 1985 - English language

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Award-winning 1985 Documentary Film of the recording of 'West Side Story' for Deutsche Grammophon directed by Christopher Swann. The World's leading opera singers gather to make a recording of the celebrated musical, conducted for the first time by its composer Leonard Bernstein. This documentary explores, in great detail, the making of the acclaimed recording. Leonard Bernstein was a pianist, composer and one of the greatest conductors America has produced. In 1984—27 years after the Broadway premiere of his legendary musical "West Side Story," Leonard Bernstein went into a New York studio for Deutsche Grammophon and recorded an opera version of the entire score of his most famous work with a star cast, the first complete recording of the West Side Story. The making of follows the participating artists up close for four days - from the first rehearsals to the final recording. In selecting his cast he "decided to go for sound" with the sumptuous operatic voices of Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras and Tatiana Troyanos. This spellbinding film, winner of the Prix Italia and the British Academy's Flaherty Award, documents the stresses and strains, exhilaration and eventual triumph in the making of a landmark recording. "The result is terrific, not just musically, but as video verite" (Variety). The documentary features Bernstein's narration, interviews with the singers, and the passion of the film. Original idea: Jerome Robbins, Music: Leonard Bernstein, Script: Arthur Lorenz, Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein/Sid Ramin/Irwin Kostal, Maria: Kiri Te Kanawa, Tony: Jose Carreras, Anita: Tatiana Troyanos, Riff: Kurt Ollmann, Rosalia: Louise Edeiken, etc., Orchestra, Chorus, Conductor: Leonard Bernstein Directed by Christopher Swann ; A Production of BBC Television, London, in Association with Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktiongesellschaft mbH & Co AG, Munich, and Video Music Productions, Inc. New York

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 2 256 Kbps
Video Resolution: 716x538
Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Frames Per Second: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 384 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 1 h 28 min
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.63 GB
Source: DVD
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