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Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side Story : the making of the recording

Title
Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side Story : the making of the recording / produced by Humphrey Burton, Thomas P. Skinner ; directed by Christopher Swann.
Publication
New York,, N.Y. : Deutsche Grammophon ; PolyGram Records, Inc. [distributor], [1988], ℗1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome.
  • Ollmann, Kurt.
  • Troyanos, Tatiana.
  • Carreras, José.
  • Te Kanawa, Kiri.
  • Billingham, Howard.
  • McClure, John.
  • Else, Jon, 1944-
  • Skinner, Thomas P.
  • Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
  • Laurents, Arthur.
  • Sondheim, Stephen.
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
  • Swann, Christopher.
  • Video Music Productions.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
  • PolyGram Records, Inc.
  • Deutsche Grammophon Video.
Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color; 12 in. +
Summary
A film showing the making of the Deutsche Grammophon recording of West Side Story in New York in September, 1984, with Leonard Bernstein conducting.
Alternative Title
West Side Story.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Music videos.
Note
  • A production of the BBC in association with UNITEL ... and Video Music Productions, Inc., New York.
  • Orignally produced in 1985.
  • Soundtrack digitally remastered for CD Video.
  • LaserVision.
  • Extended play, CLV.
Credits (note)
  • Music and orchestration by Leonard Bernstein ; book by Arthur Laurents ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on a conception by Jerome Robbins ; chief cameraman, John Else ; musical supervision, John McClure ; film editor, Howard Billingham.
System Details (note)
  • Laserdisc; NTSC, Stereo, CX encoded.
OCLC
  • ocn477201584
  • 477201584
  • SCSB-5520132
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries