Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (7)

Harmony is restored.
"One hand one heart"
To be continued . . . .
Carl Vendler

[@silvanosalvucci]

We love you Carreras

[@kathymarik1932]

I just can’t get enough of the music from this movie.

[@CCConservatory]

Julius Baker's flute is an exquisite complement to this masterpiece. We miss you, Lenny. THANK YOU for ALL that you gave us.

[@lisanoele7996]

Agreed. Juli was my mentor.

[@williamdonahue6617]

One of the central cultural figures of the 20th century. So nice to see him remembered, and now commemorated in "Maestro", a terrific film.

[@Eric_M_]

If you stumble upon this video, you'll be in tears before the end of it. Absolutely incredible.

[@cindymaceda2999]

I’m crying listening to Carreras right now.😢

[@sharonziegler4029]

Agreed@

[@valeriezuniga]

This is pure genious. Leonard Bernstein with a ragtag group of musicians and a handful of famous singers makes this an incredible collection.

[@swanningaround]

How I love this! Jose and Kiri sing this so well together. I love her little looks of encouragement around 01:46. She is such a sweet character. The charisma of these two is what makes this. Leni's admiration of the performance also helps. Two great great singers.

[@MarxianVideos]

My heart breaks every time I hear this. Such beauty.

[@toodlepip990]

i love it when kiri just turns to jose and smiles when he starts singing. It's exactly the response i have. It's truly magical.

[@joemoloney3]

at 1:43. Goosebumps.

[@cindymaceda2999]

A brilliant talent acknowledging an equal. 😮

[@IndustrialDesigner4U]

Phenominal interpretation and performance - renders one into tears tis so beautiful!

[@cindymaceda2999]

Omigosh. I never saw Carreras young! He was deliciously handsome! 😮

[@PDSulyok]

Every once in a while there is a special moment in music - one that can not be topped by another. Whether it is Itazak Perlman playing the theme to Schindler's List or Beverly Sills singing "Vilia". Here is the most tender version of "One Hand, One Heart" from the studio recording with Leonard Bernstein the composer and conductor leaving us a musical moment. The choice of opera singers was criticized by some, but hearing Jose Carreras and Kiri te Kanawa sing this duet is an exception. A gem of a performance.

[@cindymaceda2999]

“Just destroyed me.” Lenny, you were perfection.

[@LizN90]

Fabulous! I remember when they recorded this back in the 80s. It was my introduction to Dame Kiri's singing, which I have listened to ever since. Nobody can sing like she can!

[@cindymaceda2999]

Am so lucky to have heard her in concert at the Millennium Dome many years ago. So honoured.😢

[@tanyakelly800]

I love watching talented musicians & singers rehearse, collaborate together like this. It's so brilliant & powerful.

[@Mieke234]

I usually find one hand one heart a rather boring song but with this performance I just held my breath till the very end! amazing!

[@cindymaceda2999]

It was never boring.😮

[@Redflowers9]

His music is so rich and it makes me feel so alive. Gifted doesn't describe it.

[@maadjuh1900]

Wow I've got this recording on cd. Love it !! Leonard Bernstein had a lot of patience and that's allso the reason why so much people could work with him. The people who where involved with those recordings had much luck to work with Leonard Bernstein

[@emilyhutjes]

Oh how glorious. I shall only watch the 1961 version. Thank you so much for this video. 🌷🌷🌷 (Netherlands-eu)

[@Nannenstein]

This is music :))) especially when we see the artists and the composer !!!!!

[@nannensteinnani1254]

I'am always coming back to this

[@BlueSea23]

Such lovely voices..a very beautiful performance!

[@lenanona-p1x]

Ahhh, the halcyon days of opera singing...when singers sang in tune, and that was the norm. What a concept [heavy sigh].

[@SaphirSouenEstherG]

R.I.P. LEONARD BERNSTEIN - 25.08.1918 - 14.10.1990 - Shared on G+ 25.08.2016.

[@myfaveshoes]

This is one of the most glorious sounds to ever enter my ears. Perfection!

[@cindymaceda2999]

Mind-blowing how beautiful it is.😮

[@pam0626]

God really does bestow a certain few with pure genius.

[@countalucard4226]

I was 10 when my aunt took me and my cousin to see original release of movie and we all just were floored it was so good.

[@blackstationthree]

i just found this video to do my mother a favour but as i heard this while my mother was crying because of happiness ich started to feel well hearing this song (:

[@Imperatore1]

Fabulous!

[@tukilala]

Carreras , Eres el Mas Grande !!!!!!!!!

[@christianpetyt2469]

Hello I really enjoyed the videos of west side story recorded in the studio Leonard Bernstein is truly an exceptional composer musicians and the talent of Jose Carreras and Tiri Kanawa I lachance great to own this DVD I watch it often, always with the same you also enjoy other videos that are very good, music is an art so wonderful it with you in difficult times but also when all is well Greetings from France

[@Dan474834]

The instrumental introduction is simply overwhelming.

[@Buzaglod]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written ahhh! this is amazing!!!!!

[@darkprose]

This song doesn't make me tear up at all. Nope, not at all. Not even a little. Every time I hear it I don't cry.

[@Redflowers9]

It's been a long time since I've cried like that.

[@JulienNeel]

Very moving and enjoyable moment to watch. Thanks for the upload.

[@SooziinCa]

Amazing & truly beautiful video. Thanks for the post.

[@mauricioortiz2215]

Soozi inCasA

[@AndreaCamilliani]

La pareja perfecta, no deja nunca de impresionarme esta canción, tan bella, tan sublime, gracias Leonard ❤

[@gpgara]

I can't go back to listening to the original movie soundtrack version. I just can't. These two ruined that for me. These recordings are the gold standard for this score, in my opinion.

[@bilit26]

The maetsro himself.as kiri said like havn mozart or handel conductin his own work. I dont understand why some hav critisized the wrk!

[@drsmith6595]

Totally agree, It doesn’t get any better than this !

[@mona2242]

Agree!

[@CECS1]

One Hand, One Heart was never intended to be in this show. This was written for Candide, but some "crosspolinations" took place due to the fact that they were being written at the same heart. What a genius to make it work on so many levels of intellect

[@saxpride100]

One Hand One Heart is my favorite ballad from West Side Story. So much feels...!

[@Astroknot3]

Jose's phrasing in this is just killer.

[@coolmint9970]

Beautiful

[@bradhamon4423]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” ― Plato . . . . Amen, Will

[@yvettecenteno]

Não há palavras para tanta beleza...

[@massimocavallina1882]

Grande musica, grandi interpreti, lavoro interessantissimo da seguire! -sembra di essere lì con loro- grazie-

[@justinivor1916]

Such beauty! Heart-stopping!

[@katerinamarieburton7440]

Such beautiful music.

[@MultiMusicfan99]

What artistic role models these are for succeeding generations! A contemporary composer, lyricist, or vocalist in this genre for the 21st century is...?

[@pam0626]

MultiMusicfan99 I hear you. The only modern-day lyricist who comes to mind is Lin-Manuel Miranda. But the Bernstein/Sondheim collaboration will never be duplicated.

[@aditsme3361]

this is where the hand of God came to earth

[@Dionysosable]

Bernstein is a magician!! My god What a beautiful version!! I never liked any of the singers here. But thats ofcorse a matter of taste!! I would have loved to here Lucia Popp and Placido Domnigo sings this duet!! But what an orchestra here And a super emtional conducting, This man was a genius. And what a composition , one of the most beautiful Ballads ever.

[@CreativeFilmMaker]

This reminds me of songs i sang in catholic church in lent growing up

[@altongrimes]

an oasis of pure genius.....

[@SexyHogwarts]

This brings me to tears every time I hear this particular recording! This is just so beautiful and perfect! Gosh it's just amazing! This is beautiful music that just comes from the heart!

[@BJC621]

a performance to melt a heart of stone

[@pwthcim]

God-given talents

[@bazzaf60]

beautiful song perfectly sung,

[@allisonbishop9365]

bernstein’s face of pure joy @3:20 it’s so wonderful to see ^.^

[@havemofun]

Wow. That is just too go for words...really.

[@swanningaround]

Rockand Roll. Thank you so very much for your kind comments. You are right. These are probably amongst the two most beautiful voices on the planet. These two are such modest people too. That's why Leni chose them.

[@mcknighty11]

Kiri was born in New Zealand. Her father was of irish decent and her mother was of aboriginal decent. I think she still lives in New Zealand

[@MultiMusicfan99]

An insurmountable illustration of one small slice of American history in musical form from masters of the art: Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

[@SexyHogwarts]

SO Beautiful! They're so cute!

[@GUSTAVOMARZANO]

MARAVILLOSO, MIL GRACIAS

[@Celtokee]

This take represents a pinnacle. Have been watching it for several years, and it never fails to give me gooseflesh. Carreras was a perfect match for Kiri; his voice is beautiful but not overpowering, which is a good thing for this kind of song. For example, Placido Domingo would have been a horrible choice for this. In fact, Kiri overpowers Carreras slightly in several spots, so the mixer might have brought out Carreras' voice a little more in those few spots. But i'm nit-picking. It's as close to perfection as a duet has ever been, to my ear.

[@harmoniabalanza]

that's a duet that has to really match dynamics-wise.

[@mona2242]

Enjoyed your take and totally agree. Moreover, to see a young Carreras is just wonderful.

[@cindymaceda2999]

@@mona2242😍😍😍

[@01foote01]

STUNNING!!!

[@dinahlima2813]

Magnifíco !!!

[@swanningaround]

No problem. We can get carried away on the internet. We have to all remember that there are people out there we are communication with. Actually they are both singing well.

[@clskmstg]

No doubt - completely brilliant.

[@gutjahrmusic]

Now that is great orchestration.

[@vxla]

That reassuring nod at 1:45

[@JonathanHo13]

Thanks Olfux! This is sick stuff. I never got to see Bernstein at work (born after he died.)

[@kendevitt4613]

She was willing him on with that smile.....that's all!

[@pauljessful]

i love all of this and im male and married lol its just perfect

[@Rockin77]

brilliant......

[@JonathanHo13]

DUDE, I was just watching The Three Tenors! That's hella crazy!

[@TheHankster30]

That last note by Kiri seems to go on forever (even with the incredible crescendo). Spine-shivering stuff. Some singers can move you with just the sheer sound of their voice. Dame Kiri had this quality.

[@nfinn42]

I could watch Lenny conduct all day. :)

[@verdi17]

Hermoso...........

[@43SUE]

The man is a genius

[@loguebernie]

2 dislikes? How could anyone dislike this?

[@snarldarl]

no, it's primarily The Greatest new York Studio Musicians, with some Symphony players added. Most of whom we had the honor to worl\k with our entire Careers.

[@swanningaround]

Kiri is in awe of Jose.

[@messengersharon7695]

I’ve seen Maestro and the pride Bernstein takes in West Side Story’s songs. He talked as if they were all his work. Could anyone forget lyrics like Maria, say it soft and it’s almost like praying or all the lyrics of I Want to Live in America. They are the genius of Steven Sondheim. Bernstein’s narcicism shows in the movie. He conducted a lot of classical music anyone could have. But he abused his wife Felicia by his infidelity with men and women, as if to prove to the public he was bisexual. This was his alone.

[@freemind1120]

Bellissimo....

[@ANICKAJANICKA]

@blackstationthree helo I'm Ann and i found this video with my mother too, she crying after she reading yours comment =)

[@pian314]

Before saying since(as,like) he(she) sings in a language that is not his(her,its), think like it you do ..... and in the effort that it(he,she) does for it, I believe that it(he,she) makes it very well each one in his(her,your) place

[@Loejyrrab]

@sockington1 THANK YOU in capital letters!! REAL art on display.

[@darkblueyank]

beautiful, but why is only one artist listed. it looked to me like there were two vocalists, not to mention that guy with the stick in his hand

[@martilewis44356]

Clarinetist looks like Charlie Russo to me, but so much younger than he was when he was our quintet coach at MSM in 1974-75. I could be wrong, of course.

[@dannugentactorfilmmaker]

jose carreras sings maria like no one i have every heard period. that's why Lb chose him.

[@AimeeGrayNZ]

Oh wow... Kiri's note at 2:57. Gor. Geous.

[@Nannenstein]

agree entirely !

[@TheAlongorino]

it's so beautiful, i love this song but i think it would be better off just outside the taxation and the final he talk

[@vocalpianist]

oh brother, its a documentary, not a performance. I see where you're coming from, but the actual recording is lovely.

[@kboyer1]

Well my god, Carreras tried his best. If Bernstein wanted an american tenor then he should have picked them. I personally think that Jose did a marvalous job.

[@thecontendingforthefaith]

@00:38 is that Woody Allen? I know he plays the clarinet

[@mrawesome425]

Who is the 1 fool who disliked this?

[@Nannenstein]

me too

[@vocalpianist]

hi sorry- was that reply meant for me or someone else? cause I didn't mean in any way to reference those sort of politics. I was just saying the recording sounded very nice =]