Leonard Bernstein - Famous Rhapsodies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Symphonie No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 I. Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro 2. Symphonie No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 II. Andante Sostenuto 3. Symphonie No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 III. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso 4. Symphonie No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 IV. Adagio - Piu Andante - Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio 5. Serenade No. 2 in a Major for Small Orchestra, Op. 16 I. Allegro Moderato 6. Serenade No. 2 in a Major for Small Orchestra, Op. 16 II. Scherzo. Vivace - Trio 7. Serenade No. 2 in a Major for Small Orchestra, Op. 16 III. Adagio Non Troppo 8. Serenade No. 2 in a Major for Small Orchestra, Op. 16 IV. Quasi Menuetto - Trio 9. Serenade No. 2 in a Major for Small Orchestra, Op. 16 V. Rondo. Allegro

Album Tracks 1. Boléro, Ballet for Orchestra 2. Finlandia, Tone Poem for Orchestra, Op. 26 3. Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3) 4. Vltava (The Moldau), Symphonic Poem (MÁ Vlast No. 2), JB 1 112/2 5. Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' Na Lïsoy Gore), Symphonic Poem, Edited By Rimsky-Korsakov 6. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti Sorcier), Symphonic Scherzo for Orchestra

In the year of Leonard Bernstein's centenary, Sony Classical is pleased to present the perfect introduction to this legendary American musician. Many of the conductor-composer's most celebrated interpretations and works are sampled here, every track chosen to display a facet of his unparalleled dynamism and versatility. There is music by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Shostakovich and Copland, with great soloists like clarinettist Benny Goodman and mezzo Frederica von Stade, violinists Joshua Bell and Zino Francescatti, pianists Glenn Gould and Philippe Entremont, not to mention Bernstein himself playing and conducting Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Writing about these benchmark 1960s and 1970s New York interpretations, The Guardian's reviewer declared InchThere's a raw ebullience to the performances that is typical of Bernstein at his best... They are all historic performances.Inch Bernstein the composer is represented also. InchFew composers capture their time and become the iconic voice of their age,Inch wrote conductor John Mauceri, in a tribute to his late mentor. In addition to highlights from concert works such as the Age of Anxiety, Serenade and Mass, there are selections from Bernstein's ballets and musicals, including excerpts from the original Broadway cast recording of West Side Story from 1957 as well as his later New York Philharmonic recording of the InchSymphonic DancesInch. Bernstein's friend and colleague, composer Ned Rorem, summed up Leonard Bernstein's achievement admirably when he said in 1987 InchIf he were not a composer he would not be the world's best conductor. Alone among conductors he knows that the essence of music is not what it sounds like, but what the sounds are intended to communicate. Since he too is a composer, he knows that the magic lies not in the communication of sound, but in the sound of communication.Inch A