LEONARD BERNSTEIN – MAESTRO – THE VERY BEST OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN [2CD]

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: 4865491
Barcode: 028948654918
Release Date: 01 Dec 2023
Genre: Classical

Electrifying conductor, brilliant composer, gifted pianist, inspiring teacher: Leonard Bernstein is one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time. Highlights of this two-disc / eAlbum of the Maestro’s legendary recordings for Deutsche Grammophon include his incandescent interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler, composers for whom he felt a profound affinity. And Bernstein’s lifelong dedication to American music is vividly illustrated with Gershwin, Barber and, of course, his own iconic ‘West Side Story’. This compilation offers a perfect introduction to Bernstein as conductor. Highlighting some of classical music’s most beloved works: Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’; Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No.5; Barber’s Adagio for Strings; the finale of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony; Gerswhin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’; Dvořák’s ‘From the New World’; and excerpts from Mahler’s Symphony No.2 — a work of huge significance to the new Netflix Bradley Cooper biopic, are also included.

TRACKLIST:
CD 1
BERNSTEIN: Candide: Overture
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNSTEIN: West Side story

Symphonic Dances: Finale
Maria JOSÉ CARRERAS, tenor
Somewhere Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ELGAR: Enigma Variations Op. 46

Theme (Enigma)
Var. 9 (Nimrod)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BARRBER: Adagio for Strings
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, piano • LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
MAHLER Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’
Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht— "0 Röschen rot!"

Mit Aufschwung, aber nicht eilen - "0 Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer"
BARBARA HENDRICKS SOPRANO • CHRISTA LUDWIG ALTO
THE WESTMINSTER CHOIR • NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC


CD 2

HAYDN: Symphony No. 88: Finale. Allegro con spirito Hob. I:88/4
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto: Adagio K 622/2
PETER SCHMIDL clarinet • WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
MOZART: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale. Presto K 385/4
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute op. 68/3
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto: Langsam op. 129/2
MISCHA MAIKSY cello • WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Scherzo. Molto vivace op. 38/3
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique": Adagio — Allegro non troppo op. 74/1
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Scherzo. Molto vivace op. 95/3
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dance No. 8 op. 46
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance: March op. 39/1
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’: Allegro energico e ben marcato op. 125/4f
‘Seid umschlungen Millionen’ / ‘Freude schöner Götterfunken’
JUNE ANDERSON, soprano • SARAH WALKER, mezzo-soprano • KLAUS KÖNIG, tenor • JAN-HENDRIK ROOTERING, bass
CHOR DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS • Members of the RUNDFUNKCHOR BERLIN • PHILHARMONISCHER KINDERCHOR DRESDEN
SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS • Members of the STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN • Members of the ORCHESTRA OF THE KIROV THEATRE
Members of the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • Members of the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC • Members of the ORCHESTRE DE PARIS

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