Bernstein: Candide Overture; Fancy Free; Facsimile; On the Town

1. Candide, operetta Overture
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

2. Fancy Free, ballet
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

3. Facsimile, ballet
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

4. Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town" The Great Lover
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

5. Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town" Lonely Town
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

6. Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town" Times Square 1944
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin

Tracks:

Prologue - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Somewhere: Adagio - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Scherzo: Vivace Leggerio - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mambo: Presto - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cha-Cha: Andantino Con Grazia - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Meeting Scene: Meno Mosso - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cool Fugue: Allegretto - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rumble: Molto Allegro - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Finale: Adagio - Los Angeles Philharmonic
A Musical Toast
A Little Bit In Love From 'Wonderful Town' - Rebecca Luker
The Great Lover: Allegro Pesante
Lonely Town, Pas De Dex: Andante Sostenuto
Times Square 1944: Allegro
Facsimile - Choreographic Essay For Orchestra
Prelude (For The Brass): Fast And Exact - Peter Schmidl
Fugue (For The Saxes): Exactly The Same Beat - Peter Schmidl
Riffs (For Everyone) - Peter Schmidl
Slava! A Political Overture For Orchestra 'For Mstislav Rostropovich'

Tracks:

Overture - London Symphony Orchestra
Best Of All Possible Worlds - Della Jones
Oh Happy Me - June Anderson
Glitter And Be Gay - June Anderson
I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango) - Christa Ludwig
Make Our Garden Grow - Della Jones
Big Stuff (Blues)
Opening Dance - Enter Three Sailors
Scene At The Bar
Enter Two Girls
Pas De Deux
Competition Scene
Variation I - Galop
Variation II - Waltz
Variation III - Danzon
Finale
Big Stuff Reprise (Blues)
Andante (With Dignity) - Presto Barbaro
Adagio - Allegro Molto Agitato - Alla Breve (Poco Piu Mosso) - Presto Come Prima
Andante Largamente - More Flowing - Lento
Moving Forward - Laramente - Andante Come Prima
Allegro Non Troppo, Molto Marcato - Poco Piu Sostenuto
A Tempo (Poco Piu Sostenuto)

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Bernstein.......2002-01-25

For anyone who loves Bernstein (or even for those who don't), this is the CD to purchase. Includes excerpts from some of his most famous stage and serious works.

Customer Reviews:

Mostly valuable for what's not duplicated.......2006-09-21

Once he departed for Europe, Bernstein rarely recorded again in the U.S. These recordings demonstrate his loyalty to the Israel Phil., with whom he duplicated many things he had already recorded in New York. This set is equally a testimonry to his love affair with the Vienna Phil, which sounds a little out of touch in American music. The original recordings from NY on Sony surpass the remakes in vigor and freshness. Even so, it's nice to get the Kaddish Sym. with revised narration, and to hear Gidon Kremer in the Serenade for violin and orchestra.

This 7-disc set also includes later Bernstein compositions that never appeared on Sony, in particular Songest and Jubilee Games. But the singers aren't particularly good in the former recording and the piece isn't very good in the latter. All in all, I think only a Bernstein completist would seek out this collection. Better to stick with the wonderful recordings originally made in New York in Bernstein's heyday.

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A Total Embrace: The Composer

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Binding: Audio CD

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Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Conductor

ASIN: B0000AQS3U
Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

Concert Works: I. Psalm 108 (Verse 2) & Psalm 100 (Complete) - Camerata Singers
Concert Works: II. Psalm 23 (Complete) & Psalm 2 (Verses 1-4) - Camerata Singers
Concert Works: III. Psalm 131 (Complete) & Psalm 133 (Verse 1) - Camerata Singers
Concert Works: III. Lamentation - Jennie Tourel
Concert Works: IV. Agathon (Adagio) - Isaac Stern
Concert Works: B. The Masque: Extremely Fast - Philippe Entremont
Concert Works: C. The Epilogue: Adagio; Andante; Con Moto - Philippe Entremont
Concert Works: IV. ' A Big Indian And A Little Indian' Con Brio - Leonard Bernstein
Concert Works: IV. 'Civet A Toute Vitesse (Rabbit At Top Speed)' - Leonard Bernstein
Concert Works: I. Prelude For The Brass - Benny Goodman
Concert Works: II. Fugue For The Saxes - Benny Goodman
Concert Works: III. Riffs For Everyone - Benny Goodman
Concert Works: I. Invocation. Kaddish 1 - Camerata Singers
Concert Works: Film: Love Theme - New York Philharmonic

Tracks:

Theater Works: Opening: 'New York, New York' - Adolph Green
Theater Works: 'Lonely Town'/Dance: Lonely Town - John Reardon
Theater Works: Dance: Times Square - Leonard Bernstein
Theater Works: 'Some Other Time' - Betty Comden
Theater Works: Dance: The Real Coney Island - Ensemble
Theater Works: I. Enter Three Sailors - Leonard Bernstein
Theater Works: IV. Pas De Deux - Leonard Bernstein
Theater Works: VII. Finale - Leonard Bernstein
Theater Works: 'The Pirate Songs' - Boris Karloff And The Pirates
Theater Works: 'Ohio' - Rosalind Russell
Theater Works: 'A Little Bit In Love (Never Felt This Way Before)' - Jacquelyn
Theater Works: 'A Quiet Girl' - Sydney Chaplin
Theater Works: 'Conga!' - Ensemble
Theater Works: 'Wrong Note Rag' - Ensemble
Theater Works: Overture - Original Broadway Cast
Theater Works: 'Best Of All Possible Worlds' - Chorus
Theater Works: Mazurka - Barbara Cook
Theater Works: 'Glitter And Be Gay' - Barbara Cook
Theater Works: 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Ensemble

Tracks:

Theater Works: Prologue - Orchestra
Theater Works: The Dance At The Gym - The Jets
Theater Works: 'Maria' - Larry Kert
Theater Works: 'Tonight' - Larry Kert
Theater Works: 'America' - Marilyn Cooper
Theater Works: 'Cool' - The Jets
Theater Works: 'Somewhere' (Ballet) - Reri Grist
Theater Works: 'The Community' - David Johnson
Theater Works: 'Part II: Allegretto' - Leonard Bernstein
Theater Works: Scene III/IIIa: 'I Was Standing In A Garden/Then Desire Took Hold Of Me' - Nancy Williams
Theater Works: I. Devotions Before Mass - Hymn And Psalm: 'A Simple Song' - Alan Titus
Theater Works: V. Meditation No. 1 - Alan Titus
Theater Works: VI. Gloria - Alan Titus
Theater Works: XIV. Sanctus: 'Holy! Holy! Holy!' - Alan Titus
Theater Works: XVII Pax: Communion - Final Hymn (Excerpt) - Alan Titus