by Leonard Bernstein, Katia & Marielle Labèque · Sony Classical · CD · EAN 5099704553122
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«West Side Story: Symphonic Dances And Songs» is the album by Leonard Bernstein with Katia and Marielle Labèque, released on CD by Sony Classical in 1995.
The album offers an instrumental reading of West Side Story: the symphonic dances in an arrangement for two pianos and percussion by Irwin Kostal and the songs from the musical in a version for two pianos. Katia and Marielle Labèque perform numbers such as Mambo, Somewhere and America, maintaining the theatrical and rhythmic pulse of Bernstein's score.
Recorded at Studio Davout in Paris in November 1988, with Jean-Pierre Drouet and Sylvio Gualdo on percussion and Trilok Gurtu on drums. The CD has 18 tracks and a total duration of 48'50.
Aimed at fans of classical music, the two-piano repertoire and the musical West Side Story.
