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Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side story

Title
Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side story [videorecording] / music by Leonard Bernstein ; book by Arthur Laurents ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; based on a conception by Jerome Robbins ; a production of BBC Television, London, in association with UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich and Video Music Productions, Inc., New York.
Publication
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, c2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
  • Laurents, Arthur.
  • Sondheim, Stephen.
  • Robbins, Jerome.
  • Te Kanawa, Kiri.
  • Carreras, José.
  • Troyanos, Tatiana.
  • Ollmann, Kurt.
  • Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
  • Skinner, Thomas, 1934-
  • Swann, Christopher
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. prd
  • Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. prd
  • Video Music Productions. prd
  • Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Conducting his musical for the first time 27 years after its Broadway premiere, Leonard Bernstein rehearses and records West Side story.
Alternative Title
Making of West Side story
Subjects
Note
  • Originally produced in 1985.
  • Program notes by Humphrey Burton (8 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Producers, Humphrey Burton, Thomas P. Skinner; director, Christopher Swann.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Sept. 1984, New York.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; region 0; picture format: 4:3; PCM stereo.
Language (note)
  • In English; optional subtitles in Chinese, French, German. and Spanish.
Call Number
*LDV 455
LCCN
044007340547
OCLC
62384562
Title
Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side story [videorecording] / music by Leonard Bernstein ; book by Arthur Laurents ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; based on a conception by Jerome Robbins ; a production of BBC Television, London, in association with UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich and Video Music Productions, Inc., New York.
Imprint
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, c2005.
Performer
Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann; with supporting singers, chorus, and orchestra.
Credits
Producers, Humphrey Burton, Thomas P. Skinner; director, Christopher Swann.
Event
Recorded Sept. 1984, New York.
System Details
DVD; region 0; picture format: 4:3; PCM stereo.
Language
In English; optional subtitles in Chinese, French, German. and Spanish.
Local Note
Broadcast also on WNET/13 as an episode #1129 of Great performances series, May 17, 1985.
Added Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Conductor
Laurents, Arthur. Librettist
Sondheim, Stephen. Lyricist
Robbins, Jerome.
Te Kanawa, Kiri. Performer
Carreras, José. Performer
Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer
Ollmann, Kurt. Performer
Burton, Humphrey, 1931- producer.
Skinner, Thomas, 1934- producer.
Swann, Christopher, director.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story. Selections.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. Production personnel
Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. Production personnel
Video Music Productions. Production personnel
Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Other Standard Identifier
044007340547
Publisher No.
B0004666-09 Deutsche Grammophon
Research Call Number
*LDV 455 Notes on file
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