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· This program has long been on the market as the acclaimed documentary of the recording sessions in full flow. The electric and "live” filming of the camera team famously capture Bernstein and his fellow musicians in takes that did and also did not make it to the final CD. Fascinating interviews with the artists alongside coverage of Bernstein in rehearsal and in discussion offer an all embracing portrait of the recording.
· With the advent of DVD-Video and the consequently full audio quality of the musical passages, this program can now be enjoyed from the musical as well as the documentary angle.
· The Insights section offers an article by Bernstein's official biographer Humphrey Burton and "Excerpts from a West Side Story Log” by the composer / conductor himself on how this work came to be composed and first performed.
· Watch the clip of "Tonight” featuring Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras and Leonard Bernstein.