West Side Story: No. 7: America (1984 studio cast)

~ Recording by Tatiana Troyanos, Louise Edeiken

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12West Side Story: No. 7: America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon415 253-2
1.12Act I: America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon457 199-2
2.5America4:49Leonard BernsteinBernstein FestivalLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon435 510-2
8.14West Side Story: VII. America4:49Leonard BernsteinCentenary Collection 1978-1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998
Deutsche Grammophon459 070-2
6.12America4:49Leonard Bernstein111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors’ EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-10-05
Deutsche Grammophon00289 477 8167 GB 55
28.12West Side Story: Act I: 7. America (Anita, Rosalia, Girls)4:49Leonard BernsteinComplete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & DeccaLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-02-23
Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon0289 479 8418 4

Relationships

recording engineer:Jobst Eberhardt (sound engineer, mainly for Deutsche Grammophon) (on 1984-09-07)
Wolf‐Dieter Karwatky (on 1984-09-07)
miscellaneous support:Alison Ames (task: Coordination)
Claudia Hamann (task: Coordination)
executive producer:Hanno Rinke
producer:John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
editor:Jobst Eberhardt (sound engineer, mainly for Deutsche Grammophon)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Anita]:Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano) (on 1984-09-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Rosalia]:Louise Edeiken (mezzo-soprano) (on 1984-09-07)
conductor:Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1984-09-07)
orchestrator:Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
Irwin Kostal
Sid Ramin
balance engineer:Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1985)
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
recorded at:RCA Studio A (New York) in New York (on 1984-09-07)
recording of:West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls) (on 1984-09-07)

West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls)

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim
composer:Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:Jalni Publications Inc.
Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC (in 1957)
referred to in medleys:West Side Story Suite (order: 2)
West Side Story Medley (Clayderman) (order: 3)
West Side Story (Peter Riese arrangement) (order: 5)
The-Special-Latin-Non-Stop-Disco-Mix (order: 6)
The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 40)
later parody versions:West Side Story (live)
later translated versions:America (West Side Story, German version)
America (West Side Story, Japanese version)
Amerika (West Side Story, Swedish version)
Amerika je Amerika (West Side Story, Czech version)
Die Melodie von Amerika
later versions:America
part of:West Side Story (order: 8)
is the basis for:Beautiful America
arrangements:"West Side Story" Suite: III. America (for violin and piano, Penaforte)
America from West Side Story (for concert band, arranged by Michael Brown)
West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio: III. America
West Side Story Suite for Violin and Piano: III. America
music quoted in:Don’t Tread on Me
West Side Story: End Credits (2021 motion picture)
West Side Story: Taunting Scene