Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra pay homage to Leonard Bernstein with a recording of Wonderful Town that captures the energy and excitement of sold-out performances from December 2017. Bernstein’s five-time Tony award-winning musical follows sisters Ruth and Eileen on their quest to make it big. Fresh from rural Ohio, the sisters quickly realize that life in the Big Apple is not as glamorous as they had hoped …
BBC Music Magazine‘This is a cracking release from Simon Rattle and the LSO. Wonderful Town is, if I may borrow and adapt words from the earlier Bernstein/Comden/Green collaboration, a helluva show about a helluva town ...