VA - The Music Of America - Leonard Bernstein (2010)

Tracklist:

CD 1
01. Overture to Candide - 04:09
02. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): I. Prologue (Allegro moderato) - 04:07
03. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): II. Somewhere (Adagio) - 03:51
04. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): III. Scherzo (Vivace leggiero) - 01:17
05. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): IV. Mambo (Meno presto) - 02:14
06. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): V. Cha-Cha, "Maria" (Andantino con grazia) - 00:53
07. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): VI. Meeting Scene (Meno mosso) - 00:47
08. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): VII. Fugue, "Cool" (Allegretto) - 03:03
09. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): VIII. Rumble (Molto allegro) - 01:52
10. Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story"): IX. Finale (Adagio) - 02:46
11. Prelude, Fugue & Riffs: I. Prelude - 01:49
12. Prelude, Fugue & Riffs: II. Fugue - 01:47
13. Prelude, Fugue & Riffs: III. Riffs - 04:10
14. Serenade: I. Phaedrus - Pausanias. Lento - Allegro - 07:00
15. Serenade: II. Aristophanes. Allegretto - 04:18
16. Serenade: III. Erixymachos. Presto - 01:29
17. Serenade: IV. Agathon. Adagio - 07:09
18. Serenade: V. Socrates - Alcibiades. Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace - 10:33

CD 2
01. Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108:2 "Urah, hanevel, v'chinor!" - Psalm 100 "Hariu l'Adonai kol haarets" - 03:30
02. Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 "Adonai ro-i, lo e?sar" - Psalm 2:1-4 "Lamah rag'shu goyim" - 05:34
03. Chichester Psalms: III. Psalm 131 "Adonai, Adonai" - Psalm 133:1 "Hineh mah tov" - 09:12
04. Songfest: Opening Hymn: I To the Poem - 02:49
05. Songfest: 3 Solos: II. The Pennycandystore Beyond the El - 01:36
06. Songfest: 3 Solos: III. A Julia de Burgos - 03:30
07. Songfest: 3 Solos: IV. To What You Said - 05:32
08. Songfest: 3 Ensembles: V: I, Too, Sing America - 03:33
09. Songfest: 3 Ensembles: VI. Trio "To My Dear and Loving Husband" - 03:27
10. Songfest: 3 Ensembles: VII. Storyette H.M. - 01:50
11. Songfest: Sextet: VIII. "If you can't eat you got to" - 02:07
12. Songfest: 3 Solos: IX. Music I Heard With You - 03:41
13. Songfest: 3 Solos: X. Zizi's Lament - 02:23
14. Songfest: 3 Solos: XI: What My Lips Have Kissed - 04:30
15. Songfest: Closing Hymn: XII. Israfel - 03:58
16. Mass A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers I: 2. Hymn and Psalm: "A Simple Song" - 04:41
17. Nachspiel (From "Arias and Barcarolles") - 02:03
18. Dream with Me (From "Peter Pan") - 03:32

CD 3
01. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Maria - 02:37
02. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Tonight - 03:53
03. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): America - 04:43
04. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act II: Somewhere (Ballet) - 07:33
05. On the Town: Act I: Lonely Town - 06:44
06. On the Town: Act I: Lucky to Be Me - 02:55
07. On the Town: Act II: Some Other Time - 04:21
08. Wonderful Town: Act I: Ohio - 02:54
09. Wonderful Town: Act I: A Little Bit in Love - 01:37
10. Wonderful Town: Act I: A Quiet Girl - 02:23
11. Wonderful Town: Act I: Conga! - 03:24
12. Candide, Act I: Paris Waltz - 01:37
13. Candide, Act I: The Best of All Possible Worlds - 03:23
14. Candide, Act I: It Must Be So - 01:50
15. Candide, Act I: Glitter and Be Gay - 05:43
16. Candide, Act I: I'm Easily Assimilated - 03:31
17. Candide, Act II: Finale - Make Our Garden Grow - 04:16

Performers:
Benny Goodman (clarinet), Hilary Hahn (violin), John-Paul Bogart, John Bogart (alto), Walter Planté (tenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano, alto), Wendy White (mezzo-soprano), John Cheek (bass), Linda Hohenfeld (soprano), Vernon Hartman (baritone), Alan Titus, Maurice Peress (director), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano), Larry Kert (vocal), Carol Lawrence (vocal), Karen Olivo (vocal), Jennifer Sanchez (vocal), West Side Story Ensemble (2009) (vocal), New Broadway Cast of West Side Story (2009), West Side Story Orchestra (2009), West Side Story Ensemble, Reri Grist (vocal), Betty Comden (vocal), John Reardon (vocal), Nancy Walker (vocal), On the Town Orchestra (1960), On the Town Ensemble (1960) (vocal), Adolph Green (vocal), Cris Alexander (vocal), On the Town 1960 Studio Cast Recording, John Battles, Sono Osato, Sydney Chaplin (vocal), Rosalind Russell (vocal), Wonderful Town Orchestra (1958), Wonderful Town Ensemble (1958) (vocal), Jacquelyn McKeever (vocal), Lehman Engel (director), Candide Orchestra, Max Adrian (vocal), Barbara Cook (vocal), Robert Rounseville (vocal), Candide Ensemble (vocal), Irra Petina (vocal), George Blackwell (vocal), Thomas Pyle (vocal)

New York Philharmonic, Columbia Jazz Combo, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Singers, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Norman Scribner Choir, The Berkshire Boy Choir, Berkshire Boys Choir, Leonard Bernstein, David Zinman, Leonard Slatkin, West Side Story Original Broadway Cast, Patrick Vaccariello, Max Goberman, Lehman Engel, Samuel Krachmalnick