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WESTSIDE STORY (set of 2)

$29.50

Songs from West Side Story [accompaniment] features 17 songs from the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical.
This album plays in any CD player and features Guide Vocals & Accompaniment Tracks in the original show key and show tempo.

Detailed Description:
Composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story is a collaboration by two masters of the American musical. Nominated for seven Tony Awards in 1958, West Side Story gave Stephen Sondheim his first Tony Award nomination. Leonard Bernstein had already won the Tony Award in 1953 for composing the musical Wonderful Town. This recording of songs from West Side Story features 17 of the songs from the stage musical.

There are 34 tracks on this album: Tracks 1-17 contain the background tracks and guide vocals; tracks 18-34 contain the accompaniment tracks alone. This album is a re-recording in the original show key and show tempo. The tracks on this album are fully-orchestrated.

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Songs included are:
Complete Tracks & Background Tracks Song and length
1./18. Prologue 4:05
2./19. The Jet Song 2:11
3./20. Something's Coming 2:26
4./21. The Dance at the Gym 3:13
5./22. Maria 2:39
6./23. Tonight (duet) 3:31
7./24. America 4:47
8./25. Cool 4:12
9./26. One Hand, One Heart 2:44
10./27. Tonight (quintet) 3:35
11./28. The Rumble 2:34
12./29. I Feel Pretty 3:11
13./30. Somewhere 5:38
14./31. Procession and Nightmare 3:27
15./32. Gee, Officer Krupke 3:49
16./33. A Boy Like That 4:07
17./34. Finale 1:20

All albums include professionally recorded guide vocals. Each song appears on the album twice: once with music and vocals, and once with accompaniment tracks alone. This allows the performer to learn a song by singing along with the vocals and music, then to practice their technique accompanied only by the background tracks.

This album is recorded in CD, not CD+G format. There are no on-screen lyrics or lyric booklet provided.

Stage Stars Cast Members:
Riff…Booth Daniels
Tony…Rob Langeder
Action…Jason Wynn
Baby John…Kristopher Monroe
Bernardo…Ryan Andes
Maria…Emily Grundstad
Anita…Dara Seitzman
Rosalia…Vicky Modica
Consuelo…Tauren Hagan
Teresita…Dana Mierlak
Francisca…Mara Jill Herman