Bernstein: Serenade; Dutilleux: Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des Songes

On this CD:

1. Serenade (after Plato's Symposium), for violin & orchestra
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Performed by Symphony of the Air with Isaac Stern
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2. Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des Songes"
Composed by Henri Dutilleux
Performed by Orchestre National d' Ile de France with Isaac Stern
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

Editorial Reviews
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You can't beat Isaac Stern at anything. He invests Bernstein's Serenade for Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp and Percussion, after Plato's Symposium with characteristic feeling, and all this is backed up by Leonard Bernstein's conducting of the Symphony of the Air in a 1956 recording. (Both works here are reissues--but don't let that stop you.) The Bernstein may sell this disc, but the Dutilleux is the more interesting composition. Dutilleux's brand of music is polymorphic--shifting tonalities and fluxuating textures, and both of these soli as well as tutti. Fans of Alfred Schnittke will take to this music easily. --Paul Cook

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Bernstein: Serenade; Dutilleux: Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des Songes
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  • Great Stern, but Shame on Sony
 Bernstein: Serenade; Dutilleux: Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des Songes

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ASIN: B000002A8O
Release Date: 1995-07-25

Tracks:

  1. Serenade For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion, After Plato's Symposium: I. Phaedrus (Lento - Allegro)
  2. Serenade For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion, After Plato's Symposium: II. Aristophanes (Allegretto)
  3. Serenade For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion, After Plato's Symposium: III. Erixymathus (Presto)
  4. Serenade For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion, After Plato's Symposium: IV. Agathon (Adagio)
  5. Serenade For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion, After Plato's Symposium: V. Socrates (Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace)
  6. L'Arbre des songes: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: I. Librement - Interlude
  7. L'Arbre des songes: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: II. Vif - Interlude 2
  8. L'Arbre des songes: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: III. Lent - Interlude 3
  9. L'Arbre des songes: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: IV. Large et anime

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You can't beat Isaac Stern at anything. He invests Bernstein's Serenade for Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp and Percussion, after Plato's Symposium with characteristic feeling, and all this is backed up by Leonard Bernstein's conducting of the Symphony of the Air in a 1956 recording. (Both works here are reissues--but don't let that stop you.) The Bernstein may sell this disc, but the Dutilleux is the more interesting composition. Dutilleux's brand of music is polymorphic--shifting tonalities and fluxuating textures, and both of these soli as well as tutti. Fans of Alfred Schnittke will take to this music easily. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Stern, but Shame on Sony.......2003-09-01

Volume 15 of the "Isaac Stern: A Life in Music" series focuses on two 20th Century Violin Works by Leonard Bernstein and Henri Dutilleux. Stern's account of the Bernstein Serenade is a 1956 stereo recording with the composer leading the Symphony of the Air. The performance of Dutilleux's L'Arbre des songes: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was made in 1985 with Lorin Maazel leading the Orchestre National de France. Despite the fact that these recordings are separated by nearly thirty years, the sound (even though one is analog and the other digital) and Stern's playing on both are remarkably consistent and thoroughly enjoyable. My only problem with this CD is that this very same recording of the Bernstein Serenade is included on Volume Two of the Isaac Stern Early Concerto Recordings Collection (see my review). I know that these are two different series featuring Stern's recordings, but surely Sony should have known that serious collectors would most likely get both and as a result have unwanted and unnecessary duplication. Shame on you Sony -- you could have come up with a better solution!
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