The recording that Bernstein did of the West Side Story soundtrack when he was 70 or so is remembered mostly for how badly Jose Carreras fucks it up. (And rightly so. He fucks it up good and kipper - a dreadful choice for lead.)

But, having just been reminded of this documentary of the recording, this is a great excuse to break out a bit of Youtube of the orchestra rocking bells - and Bernstein being a sassy old bastard to the producers.

Don’t miss this clip of one of the takes of America - on which embedding has been disabled for some reason.

And, finally, my favourite, only because it captures a lovely moment of everyone at the top of their game (ignore the duff voice acting at the beginning.)