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Bernstein was initially dubious about conducting a recording of West Side Story, but when he realized that he had never conducted a full production of the show or a recording of the complete score, he recognized it as an opportunity that he could not pass up.
The project also allowed Bernstein to create a studio recording whose casting would be entirely based on the voices rather than requiring a cast who had to both sing and dance. Produced in September 1984 for Deutsche Grammophon, the recording featured opera and Broadway stars Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, and Kurt Ollmann. The recording was released in 1985 to great acclaim. This documentary of the week-long recording session was filmed by the BBC and shown on the PBS series “Great Performances.”
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