Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Soprano
Angelina Reaux
Soprano
Louise Edeiken
Soprano
Stella Zambalis
Mezzo-Soprano
Leonard Bernstein
Choir Conductor
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra
Orchestra
Adrienne Albert
Vocals
Alexander Bernstein
Actor
Carmen Cornier
Vocals
Charles Magruder
Vocals
Darryl Tookes
Vocals
David Livingston
Vocals
David Stahl
Conductor
John Kuether
Vocals
José Carreras
Tenor
Juliana Gondek
Vocals
June Magruder
Vocals
Kurt Ollmann
Baritone
Marilyn Horne
Mezzo-Soprano
Marty Nelson
Vocals
Nina Bernstein
Speaker
Peter Thom
Vocals
Richard Harrell
Vocals
Stephen Bogardus
Vocals
Tatiana Troyanos
Mezzo-Soprano
Todd Lester
Vocals
Tony Wells
Vocals
West Side Story Ensemble (2009)
Choir
West Side Story Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics
Alain Jomy
Translation
David Stahl
Copyist
Dennis Collins
Translation
Eva Zöllner
Translation
Irwin Kostal
Orchestrator
Jacques Fournier
Translation
Peter Weiser
Translation
Roger L. Stevens
Arranger
Sid Ramin
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jobst Eberhardt
Recording Engineer
Hanno Rinke
Producer
John McClure
Producer
Karl-August Naegler
Balance Engineer
Wolf-Dieter Karwatky
Recording Engineer
Christian Steiner
Photography
Ellen Darby
Photography
Fred Fehl
Photography
Inga Böse
Photography
Merle Kersten
Creative Director
Susesch Bayat
Photography
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and bright
And I pity any girl who isn't me tonight
[Verse 2]
I feel charming, oh so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty that I hardly can believe I'm real
[Verse 3]
See the pretty girl in that mirror there
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face, such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile, such a pretty me!
[Verse 4]
I feel stunning and entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I'm loved by a pretty wonderful boy
[Verse 5]
Have you met my good friend Maria
The craziest girl on the block?
You'll know her the minute you see her
She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock
[Verse 6]
She thinks she's in love
She thinks she's in Spain
She isn't in love
She's merely insane
[Verse 7]
It must be the heat
Or some rare disease
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it's fleas
[Verse 8]
Keep away from her! Send for Chino!
This is not the Maria we know
Modest and pure, polite and refined
Well-bred and mature, and out of her mind!
[Verse 9]
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee should be organized to honor me
(La la la la la la la, la la la)
[Verse 10]
I feel dizzy, I feel sunny
I feel fizzy and funny and fine
And so pretty; Miss America can just resign
(La la la la la la la, la la la la la)
[Verse 11]
See the pretty girl in that mirror there
(What mirror where?)
Who can that attractive girl be?
(Which? What? Where? Whom?)
Such a pretty face, such a pretty dress (Whom? Whom?)
Such a pretty smile, such a pretty me (Whom?)
(Such a pretty me, such a pretty me, such a pretty me)
[Verse 12]
I feel stunning (I feel stunning)
And entrancing (And entrancing)
Feel like running and dancing for joy (Feel like running and dancing for joy)
For I'm loved by a pretty wonderful boy (For I'm loved by a pretty wonderful boy)
Written by: Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein