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Details Lead Performances: Leonard Bernstein and Various Artists; Genre: Classical

VARIOUS ARTISTS Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch) Leonard Bernstein's New York is a great romantic's Gotham, brought to you by six top cabaret singers and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Of all Bernstein's music, his Apple-inspired work — West Side Story, On the Town, and Wonderful Town, all represented here — is the most likely to last. Audra McDonald captures your heart with ''A Little Bit in Love,'' Dawn Upshaw and Richard Muenz break it with ''One Hand, One Heart,'' and nobody wears a coating of shtick as winningly as Mandy Patinkin. Lovely and sumptuous. A

Originally posted Aug 23, 1996 Published in issue #341-342 Aug 23, 1996 Order article reprints

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