West Side Story: No. 6: Balcony Scene (Tonight)

~ Recording by Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras

Annotation

this 7:33 recording includes dialogue between Tony and Maria which is edited out from the same performance of "Tonight" (5:31) in the highlights version of this release that leaves just the duet intact.
listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/7sYdRBoLPHtLAgdGzT3heY

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-17 15:25 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11West Side Story: No. 6: Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:34Leonard 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
1.11West Side Story: No. 6: Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:34Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon415 253-2
1.11Act I: Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon457 199-2
1.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard 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
1.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard 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
1.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard 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
1.15West Side Story: Balcony Scene: "Tonight" (Tony, Maria)7:31Leonard BernsteinPanoramaLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon469 115-2
1.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn HorneAlbum + Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon477 7101
6.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard Bernstein111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors’ EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-10-05
Deutsche Grammophon00289 477 8167 GB 55
29.11West Side Story: Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard BernsteinThe Leonard Bernstein Collection, Volume OneLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-03-17
Deutsche Grammophon00289 479 1047
1.19West Side Story: Tonight: Balcony Scene7:34Leonard BernsteinBernstein: The EssentialsBernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2018-02-16
Deutsche Grammophon4799892
10.11Balcony Scene, Tonight7:33Leonard BernsteinBernstein klassieke iconenLeonard BernsteinAlbum + CompilationDeutsche Grammophon0028948058907
Pseudo-Release
6.11Balcony Scene (Tonight)7:33Leonard Bernstein111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors’ Edition, 06: Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-10-15
Deutsche Grammophon477 8383

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)
soprano vocals [Maria]:Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (on 1984-09-07)
spoken vocals [Maria]:Nina Bernstein (on 1984-09-07)
spoken vocals [Tony]:Alexander Bernstein (actor/composer) (on 1984-09-07)
tenor vocals [Tony]:José Carreras (Spanish tenor) (on 1984-09-07)
conductor:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) (on 1984-09-07)
orchestrator:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor)
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)
edits:West Side Story: Tonight by Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Leonard Bernstein
recording of:West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony) (on 1984-09-07)

West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony)

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) (in 1956)
publisher:Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
referred to in medleys:West Side Story: Overture
West Side Story Medley (Clayderman) (order: 2)
West Side Story Suite (order: 3)
West Side Story (Peter Riese arrangement) (order: 4)
later translated versions:Als ich dich sah
Tonight
אולי (ספור הפרברים)
part of:West Side Story (order: 7)
music quoted on:West Side Story: End Credits (2021 motion picture)
West Side Story: Finale (2021 motion picture version)