Annotation
penultimate orchestral piece, begins with a reprise of the "Mambo" segment from the "Dance at the Gym" and continues further with "America", ending with the gunshot that eventually kills Tony (in the finale).
Annotation last modified on 2022-07-23 09:14 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) |
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| part of: | West Side Story (order: 19) |
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| quotes music from: | West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls) West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Mambo |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1961-04-11 | Taunting Scene | Stan Kenton | 3:57 | |
| 1984-09-07 | West Side Story: No. 16: Taunting Scene | Leonard Bernstein | 1:25 | |
| 1993 | Taunting Scene | Brian Greene, Caroline O’Connor, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards | 2:47 | |
| 1993 | Taunting Scene (West Side Story, 1993 London studio cast) | partial | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth | 0:56 |
| 2001 | West Side Story: Taunting Scene | Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn | 1:07 | |
| 2013-06-27 – 2013-07-02 | West Side Story: Act II. Jukebox, Taunting Scene | live | San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas | 2:26 |