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
  • DE1985-03-19
Deutsche Grammophon415 253-2
1.5America4:49Leonard BernsteinEdition Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Highlights (club edition)Leonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Marilyn Horne, José Carreras, Kurt OllmannAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon77 484 4
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
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
1.5America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story: HighlightsLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1986-04-02
Deutsche Grammophon415 963-2
2.5America4:49Leonard BernsteinBernstein FestivalLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon435 510-2
1.16West Side Story: America4:50Leonard BernsteinGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances & America / Barber: Adagio for StringsGershwin, Bernstein, BarberAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-03-29
Deutsche Grammophon427 806-2
1.7West Side Story: America4:51Leonard BernsteinSomewhereLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon439 251-2
1.12America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1998-08-04
Deutsche Grammophon457 199-2
1.12America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1998-08-10
Deutsche Grammophon457 199-2
1.12America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-08-11
Deutsche Grammophon457 199-2
1.18West Side Story: America4:55Leonard Bernstein100 Years of Great Artists and RecordingsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon459 064-2
1.18West Side Story: America4:55Leonard BernsteinBerühmte Künstler und Aufnahmen aus 100 Jahren Deutsche GrammophonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon459 064-2 GCC
1.3America (From West Side Story)4:49Tatiana TroyanosGotta Get It Hits: ClassicalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets3145600892
1.16West Side Story: "America" (Anita, Rosalia, Consuelo, Francisca, Chorus)4:50Leonard BernsteinPanoramaLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon469 115-2
1.16West Side Story: America4:50Leonard BernsteinBernstein: On the Town / West Side Story / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Gershwin: Rhapsody in BlueBarber, Bernstein, GershwinAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-09-02
Deutsche Grammophon471 737-2
1.9West Side Story: America4:46Angelina Réaux, Louise Edeiken, Stella Zambalis, Tatiana Troyanos, Leonard BernsteinComposers on Broadway: Leonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-01-01
Decca Broadway
1.12America4:49Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon477 7101
6.12America4:49Leonard Bernstein111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors’ EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-10-05
Deutsche Grammophon00289 477 8167 GB 55
29.12West Side Story: America4:49Leonard BernsteinThe Leonard Bernstein Collection, Volume OneLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-03-17
Deutsche Grammophon00289 479 1047
1.5West Side Story: America4:51Leonard BernsteinBernstein: The EssentialsBernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2018-02-16
Deutsche Grammophon4799892
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
10.12America4:49Leonard BernsteinBernstein klassieke iconenLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon0028948058907
1.7West Side Story: America4:51Leonard BernsteinSomewhere (BMG club edition)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)439 251-2, D125461
2.8West Side Story: America4:54Leonard BernsteinTo Lenny With Love: Hommage á Leonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon431 946-2
Promotion
1.5America4:50Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (Selección)Leonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Marilyn Horne, José Carreras, Kurt OllmannAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon441 103-2

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 (on 1984-09-07)
orchestrator:Leonard Bernstein
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, New York, United States (on 1984-09-07)
recording of:West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls) (on 1984-09-07)

Related works

West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls)

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim
composer:Leonard Bernstein
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 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 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