Leonard Bernstein: Historic Broadcasts 1946-1961
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Label: Music and Arts
Cat No: WHRA6048
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 12
Release Date: 8th April 2013
Contents
Works
Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125 'Choral'
Symphony no.4 'Sinfonia romantica'
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion
Symphony no.2 'Short Symphony'
Symphony no.8
Serious Song
American Creed
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Concerto for orchestra
Piano Concerto in G major
Symphony no.2 in C major, op.61
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.60 'Leningrad'
United Nations on the March (arr. Langendoen)
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
Artists
Leonard Bernstein (piano)Adele Addison (soprano)
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Irma Gonzales (soprano)
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Raoul Jobin (tenor)
Nicola Moscona (bass)
Lukas Foss (piano)
Marc Blitzstein (narrator)
Lotte Lenya
Joe Sullivan
David Brooks
Jennie Tourel
Collegiate Chorale
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Leonard BernsteinWorks
Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125 'Choral'
Symphony no.4 'Sinfonia romantica'
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion
Symphony no.2 'Short Symphony'
Symphony no.8
Serious Song
American Creed
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Concerto for orchestra
Piano Concerto in G major
Symphony no.2 in C major, op.61
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.60 'Leningrad'
United Nations on the March (arr. Langendoen)
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)
Artists
Leonard Bernstein (piano)Adele Addison (soprano)
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Irma Gonzales (soprano)
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Raoul Jobin (tenor)
Nicola Moscona (bass)
Lukas Foss (piano)
Marc Blitzstein (narrator)
Lotte Lenya
Joe Sullivan
David Brooks
Jennie Tourel
Collegiate Chorale
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Leonard BernsteinAbout
This set demonstrates what it was about his music making and in his personality that led the New York Philharmonic’s directors to choose him. It includes extensive recorded documentation of Bernstein’s career up to the time of his nomination in New York, mostly in live performances and rehearsal segments, working on music ranging from Mozart to Messiaen.
Bernstein’s work after his appointment to the NYP is represented in this set by performances of American music given as part of his “Survey of American Music” in the 1958–9 season (Fine, Harris and Piston), along with Copland in 1957 and Diamond in 1961; the 1959 recording sessions for two of his favourite twentieth-century classics (Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Copland’s Billy the Kid) which show conductor and orchestra at their most efficient and effective; and hitherto unpublished live performances of music by Bartók, Beethoven, Chávez and Mahler.
Contents:
CD 1: 67:05
Schumann: Symphony no.2 in C
23 March 1946, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
Shostakovich: Symphony no.7 in C (rehearsal)
22 Dec. 1948, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
CD 2: 69:35
Shostakovich: Symphony no.7 in C
22 Dec. 1948, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
CD 3: 78:44
Mahler: Symphony no.2 (rehearsal)
21 Nov. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
Mozart: Piano Concerto no.15, K450 (rehearsal); Leonard Bernstein (piano)
21 Nov. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (rehearsal)
28 Nov. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
CD 4: 79:53
Mahler:
Symphony No.2 in c, “Resurrection”
Adele Addison (soprano); Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
25 Nov. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
CD 5: 73:16
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (rehearsal), Leonard Bernstein (piano)
5 Dec. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall, Boston
Copland: Preamble for a Solemn Occasion; Laurence Olivier (narrator) [premiere]
10 Dec. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York
Shostakovich arr. Langendoen: United Nations on the March
Boston Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York, 10 Dec. 1949
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Leonard Bernstein (piano)
10 Dec. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d, “Choral”: Finale excerpt
With Collegiate Chorale & Irma Gonzales (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)
10 Dec. 1949, Boston Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York
CD 6: 64:49
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.1 in C, Op.15; Bernstein (piano), (19 Feb. 1950, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York)
CD 7: 66:07
Bernstein: Symphony no.2, The Age of Anxiety; Lukas Foss (piano)
26 Feb. 1950, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
18 Feb. 1951, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
CD 8: 67:02
Weill: Three-Penny Opera [Blitzstein version]
Marc Blitzstein (narrator); Lotte Lenya (Jenny); Joe Sullivan (Polly); David Brooks (Macheath)
14 June, 1952 at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA [world premiere]
CD 9: 52:36
Copland: Short Symphony, “Symphony no.2”
27 Jan. 1957, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
Harris: American Creed
7 Feb. 1959, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
Piston: Concerto for Orchestra
Rec. 15 Feb. 1959, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
Fine: Serious Song
19 Apr. 1959, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
CD 10: 62:57
Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 (rec. session)
Copland: Billy the Kid (rec. session)
20 Oct. 1959, New York Philharmonic in Symphony Hall, Boston
CD 11: 69:18
Chávez: Symphony no.4 “Sinfonia Romántica”
Mahler: Songs: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen; Das irdische Leben; Um Mitternacht
Jennie Tourel
8 February 1960, New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
Diamond: Symphony no.8
9 October 1961 New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, New York
CD 12: [texts]
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