Leonard Bernstein - Composer And Conductor (2010) [10CD Box Set]

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. His music was an eclectic mix of theatre music, jazz and neoclassicism. This diverse Modern period composer created works in virtually all genres. As already stated, Bernstein was an eclectic composer whose music fused elements of jazz, theatre music and neoclassicism, the latter inspired by composers like Copland, Stravinsky, Milhaud, and Gershwin. Some of his works, especially his score for West Side Story, helped bridge the gap between classical and popular music. His music was rooted in tonality but in some works like his Kaddish Symphony and the opera A Quiet Place he mixed in 12-tone elements. Bernstein himself said his main motivation for composing was 'to communicate' and that all his pieces, including his symphonies and concert works, 'could in some sense be thought of as theatrical pieces'.


Tracks:

CD 1 :

Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story

Tony: Larry Kert,
Action: Eddie Roll,
A-Rab: Tony Mordente,
Baby John: David Winters,
Snowboy: Grover Dale,
Diesel: Hank Brunjes,
Maria: Carol Lawrence,
Anita: Chita Rivera,
Rosalia: Marylin Cooper,
Consuelo: Reri Grist,
Teresita: Carmen Gutierrez,
Francisca: Elisabeth Taylor
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

CD 2 :

Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story, Symphonic Dances

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis

Facsimile – A Choreographic Essay

RCA Victor Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

On The Town, Ballet Music

“On The Town”- Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”

St. Louis Symphony London, Leonard Bernstein

CD 3 :

Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 2 for piano and orchestra “The Age of Anxiety” (after the poem by W. H. Auden)

Lukas Foss - piano
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

“On The Waterfront”, Symphonic Suite

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis

CD 4 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major, op. 19

Glenn Gould - piano
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra London, Leonard Bernstein

CD 5 :

Antonín Dvorák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 “From the New World”

New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

CD 6 :

Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 74 “Pathétique”

New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

CD 7 - 8 :

Georg Friedrich Händel
Messiah

Adele Addison - soprano, Russell Oberlin - altus, David Lloyd - tenor, William Warfield - baritone, William Vacchiano - trumpet
Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

CD 9 - 10 :

Vincenzo Bellini
La Sonnambula

Amina: Maria Callas - soprano
Elvino: Cesare Valletti - tenor
Rodolfo: Giuseppe Modesti - bass
Teresa: Gabriella Carturan - mezzo-soprano
Lisa: Eugenia Ratti - soprano
Alessio: Pierluigi Latinucci - bass
Notar / A Notary: Giuseppe Nessi - tenor
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Leonard Bernstein