Best recording of "I Have A Love" from West Side Story?

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Best recording of "I Have A Love" from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 10:41am

I was just wondering what you guys thought was the best recording of this beautiful song in "West Side Story"? I saw an amateur production of the show last week and realised that the only recording I have is from the film and, to me, it kind of stinks! Any suggestions/recommendations?

Thank you!

Mary P x

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 10:51am

Oddly enough, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett do a magnificent job with the song on the recording and video titles JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL.

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 11:15am

I love Lisa Vroman's interpretation of this song. It also has A Boy Like That before I Have A Love. It is gorgeous. It is on her CD Broadway Classic, very good CD too.

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:43pm

I personally like David Hasselhoff and Bea Arthur's version from the Brady Bunch Variety Show.

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 12:52pm

Best I've heard is Julie Andrews from JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL.

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 1:02pm

I second Lisa Vroman's interpretation. It can be found on her album broadway classic. It's gorgeous

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:01pm

Are you saying the film version stinks because of the phony accents?

If you want to hear a good version of it, you should hear either Millicent Martin and Julia McKenzie's version on SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, Chita Rivera and Carol Lawrence's version on the OBC, or Vanessa Williams and Harolyn Blackwell singing the song.

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:18pm

How do you hear Vanessa Williams and Harolyn Blackwell singing it? I would love to hear that!

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 2:22pm

It's on Harolyn's Bernstein album and it's gorgeous. I weep when gets to the lyrics "Hold him, hold him, forever."

But my favorite is Julie and Carol.

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 3:41pm

OK, gotta get a hold of that, I love them both (especially V. Williams).

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 3:45pm

Julie and Carol, definitely. Something about the fact that it's part of a (mostly humorous) medley really makes them pulling off their suddenly dramatic interpretation of "I Have A Love" that much more thrilling.

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 3:51pm

Kiri Te Kanawa and Tatiya Troyanos

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 6:18pm

You haven't really lived until you've heard the Emily Skinner/Alice Ripley "demo" version - it's a "hidden" track on Unsuspecting Hearts.

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 6:23pm

Vanessa sang it well

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 7:22pm

This one! Look for the red arrow for the download.
A Boy Like That/I Have A Love

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Posted: 1/30/07 at 9:14pm

I like Patti LuPone's verison, where she sings "A Boy Like That" AND "I Have a Love". (You can find it on the site that shall not be named)
But my favorite is the Chita Rivera/Carol Lawrence verison

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re: Best recording of 'I Have A Love' from West Side Story?

Posted: 1/30/07 at 11:11pm

Here is the clip from the special where they sing it. IT"S PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Song Selection Including; A Boy Like That / I Have A Love; JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL

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Updated On: 1/30/07 at 11:11 PM