West Side Story

VA - West Side Story (2007)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 18, 2023
VA - West Side Story (2007)

VA - West Side Story (2007)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:34:36 | 353 / 795 Mb
Genre: Classical Soundtrack, Jazz / Label: Sony Classical

The soundtrack of the West Side Story film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained long-term popularity beyond a specialized soundtrack/theatrical musical audience. (It is an entirely different recording, it should be emphasized, from the original Broadway cast recording, which was also a massive-selling album.) Its widespread impact could be attributed to a few factors: the wide range of compositional and orchestral styles, from cool swing jazz and shades of Latin pop to classical; the universality of the storyline, pitting underdog lovers against the world; and an assortment of songs that goes well beyond the sentimental love odes that are the staples of musicals (though it has some of those, too), including some downright tough posturing and sardonic social commentary. "Jet Song," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "Tonight," "Cool," "Maria," "I Feel Pretty," and "Something's Coming" are all among the most famous and oft-sung soundtrack numbers ever.
VA - West Side Story: Jazz Impressions/Unique Perspectives (2015)

VA - West Side Story: Jazz Impressions/Unique Perspectives (2015)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 690 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 365 MB
2:37:19 | Jazz | Label: EL records

Collection of West Side Story's greatest musical moments reinterpreted by jazz greats such as Cal Tjader, Stan Kenton, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio, Andre Previn with Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell, Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan, Marian McPartland and others. Never before had there been a musical whose protagonists were 'youths of the street whose speech is acrid and ugly', and whose conduct is 'neurotic and savage'. This was not a show meant to entertain and to amuse with a romantic story and lifting music but one of revolt, struggle and tragedy. That it became such an astounding success all over the world is due to the breath-taking sequence of scenes of an ever-changing character and mood, in which melodrama, solo and ensemble singing, dialogue, ballet, and instrumental interludes follow each other in stark dramatic succession.
VA - West Side Story: Jazz Impressions/Unique Perspectives (2015)

VA - West Side Story: Jazz Impressions/Unique Perspectives (2015)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 690 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 365 MB
2:37:19 | Jazz | Label: EL records

Collection of West Side Story's greatest musical moments reinterpreted by jazz greats such as Cal Tjader, Stan Kenton, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio, Andre Previn with Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell, Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan, Marian McPartland and others. Never before had there been a musical whose protagonists were 'youths of the street whose speech is acrid and ugly', and whose conduct is 'neurotic and savage'. This was not a show meant to entertain and to amuse with a romantic story and lifting music but one of revolt, struggle and tragedy. That it became such an astounding success all over the world is due to the breath-taking sequence of scenes of an ever-changing character and mood, in which melodrama, solo and ensemble singing, dialogue, ballet, and instrumental interludes follow each other in stark dramatic succession.
Gwendolyn Masin, Melisma Saxophone Quartet - Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) (2020

Gwendolyn Masin, Melisma Saxophone Quartet - Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) (2020
FLAC tracks | 42:02 | 176 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Orchid Classics

The GAIA Music Festival takes place annually in Oberhofen in Switzerland. The brainchild of violinist Gwendolyn Masin, the Festival is named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, and in just a few years has grown into a thriving and captivating series.
Gwendolyn Masin - Bernstein West Side Story (Arr. H.Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) (2020) [Official Digital Download]

Gwendolyn Masin - Bernstein West Side Story (Arr. H.Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) (2020) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 42:00 minutes | 428 MB
Classical | Label: Orchid Classics, Official Digital Download

The GAIA Music Festival takes place annually in Oberhofen in Switzerland. The brainchild of violinist Gwendolyn Masin, the Festival is named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, and in just a few years has grown into a thriving and captivating series of events. Concerts from the Festival have been recorded in collaboration with Orchid Classics, capturing the energy and spontaneity of these special live performances.

(Drama_Musical) WEST SIDE STORY (DVDrip) 1961 BivX  Movies

Posted by galmuchet at Sept. 19, 2007
(Drama_Musical) WEST SIDE STORY (DVDrip) 1961 BivX

WEST SIDE STORY (DVDrip) 1961
RIP+UP | XviD-1080 | mp3@128 | 608x336 | 2 Trx Francais_1 English_2 | DVD Cover & Sticker | 2h26 | 1.4 Gb
USA 1961/Benelux Reedit 2004
Directed by Robert WISE, Jerome ROBBINS
Musique Leonard BERNSTEIN

Avec/Cast Natalie WOOD, Richard BEYMER, George CHAKIRIS …
Musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in New York City, where rival street gangs (the Jets and the Sharks) battle for territory and respect. Is the love affair between former Jets leader Tony, and Maria, sister to Sharks' leader Bernardo, doomed to failure?

Dans les bas-fonds de New York, Les Jets, américains blancs, et les Sharks, des Portoricains sont deux bandes rivales qui se disputent le West Side… Jusqu'au jour ou un ami du chef des Jets tombe amoureux de Maria, la soeur du leader des Sharks. Ils vont cacher leur idylle aux yeux de leurs clans respectifs, jusqu'au jour où une guerre ouverte éclate… Rien ne pourra les séparer.
Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - The Great Bernstein (2025)

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - The Great Bernstein (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:49:29 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical

No figure in 20th century American classical music had as prominent or controversial a career – or did more to sell classical music to the general public as something genuinely exciting and worth getting into a sweat over – than Leonard Bernstein. For more than 30 years, from his assumption of the post of Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958 until the final concerts that he conducted in obviously failing health near the end of his life in 1990, he was the most widely recognized American-born conductor in the world, and the dominant personality in American classical music as both a conductor and, to a lesser degree, a composer.
Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - The Great Bernstein (2025)

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - The Great Bernstein (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:49:29 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical

No figure in 20th century American classical music had as prominent or controversial a career – or did more to sell classical music to the general public as something genuinely exciting and worth getting into a sweat over – than Leonard Bernstein. For more than 30 years, from his assumption of the post of Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958 until the final concerts that he conducted in obviously failing health near the end of his life in 1990, he was the most widely recognized American-born conductor in the world, and the dominant personality in American classical music as both a conductor and, to a lesser degree, a composer.

VA - The Songs of West Side Story (1996)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at Feb. 4, 2021
VA - The Songs of West Side Story (1996)

VA - The Songs of West Side Story (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 520 MB | Scans
Genre: Musical, Pop | Label: RCA Victor Records | Catalog Number: 09026-62707-2

All-star tribute albums are popping up as frequently as gourmet coffee houses, saluting the music of such artists as Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix to KISS and the Carpenters. But “The Songs of ‘West Side Story’ ” is different. Instead of paying homage to a performer, the album honors one of the most successful musicals in Broadway and film history. “The Songs of ‘West Side Story,’ ” due Jan. 30 on RCA Victor Records, brings together more than two dozen pop stars from rock, country, R&B; and jazz to offer their versions of the celebrated works by composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
Houston Symphony Orchestra & Andrés Orozco-Estrada - Bernstein: West Side Story Suite (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Houston Symphony Orchestra & Andrés Orozco-Estrada - Bernstein: West Side Story Suite (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 23:47 minutes | 406 MB
Classical | Label: Pentatone, Official Digital Download

Bernstein illuminates the story of two rival gangs in New York by juxtaposing a jazz-blues ‘American’ idiom with a more ‘Latin American’ Puerto Rican sound, in which the Cuban mambo and cha-cha, and the Mexican huapango are also integrated.