Overture (5:11) -- Christopher Street (5:06) -- Ohio (3:42) -- Conquering New York (4:11) -- One hundred easy ways to lose a man (3:49) -- What a waste (3:41) -- A little bit in love (3:09) -- Pass the football (4:04) -- Conversation piece (4:01) -- A quiet girl (4:05) -- Conga! (3:48) -- Entr'acte (3:51) -- My darlin' Eileen (3:55) -- Swing! (5:24) -- Quiet incidental (:50) -- Reprise: Ohio (1:25) -- It's love (3:31) -- Ballet at the Village Vortex (2:47) -- Wrong note rag (2:22) -- Reprise: It's love (1:27) -- Conga! (with audience participation) (3:48).
Note
Musical in two acts.
Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; based upon the play My sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov and the stories by Ruth McKenney.
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, composer.
Title
Wonderful town / Bernstein.
Publisher
London, United Kingdom : LSO Live, [2018]
Copyright date
℗2018
Playing time
010646
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Danielle de Niese (Eileen) ; Alysha Umphress (Ruth) ; Nathan Gunn (Bob Baker) ; Duncan Rock (Wreck/Second Associate Editor) ; David Butt Philip (Lonigan) ; Ashley Riches (Guide/Frank/First Editor) ; various supporting soloists ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
Event
Recorded live December 2017 in the Barbican Hall, London.