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Leonard Bernstein - Composer and Conductor (Bernstein, Beethoven, Ravel, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Bellini)
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10 CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (image) + cue + log | 2.3 Gb, 3% Recovery
Complete scans | Classic, Symphonic, Opera | Label: Membran Music Ltd | Playing time: 9:41:22 | Release date: 2010
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. He was probably best known to the public as the longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, for conducting concerts by many of the world's leading orchestras, and for writing the music for West Side Story, Candide, Wonderful Town, and On the Town. Bernstein was the first classical music conductor to make numerous television appearances between 1954 and 1989. He had a formidable piano technique and as a composer also wrote symphonies and other concert music. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
Bernstein was highly regarded as a conductor among many musicians, including the members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, evidenced by his honorary membership; the London Symphony Orchestra, of which he was President; and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he appeared regularly as guest conductor. He was considered especially accomplished with the works of Gustav Mahler; with his own compositions; and with American composers Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, William Schuman, and George Gershwin. His recordings of Rhapsody in Blue (full-orchestra version) and An American in Paris with the Philharmonic, released in 1959, are considered definitive by many, although for reasons unknown Bernstein always cut the Rhapsody slightly. Unfortunately, he never conducted a performance of Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F, nor did he ever conduct Porgy and Bess. However, he did discuss Porgy in his article, Why Don't You Run Upstairs and Write a Nice Gershwin Tune?, originally published in The New York Times and later reprinted in his 1959 book The Joy of Music.
He had a gift for rehearsing an entire Mahler symphony by acting out every phrase for the orchestra to convey the precise meaning and by emitting a vocal manifestation of the effect required.
Bernstein had a notably exuberant conducting style. He strayed far from classic conducting techniques, using his whole body to coax the best out of his orchestra, and had evident fun doing so.
Bernstein influenced many conductors who are performing now, such as Marin Alsop, Alexander Frey, John Mauceri, Seiji Ozawa, Carl St.Clair, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Ozawa made his first network television debut as the guest conductor on one of the Young People's Concerts.
"Leonard Bernstein" is famously one of the only lines of the verses of R.E.M.'s single It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) which can easily be heard.
Leonard Bernstein - CD 1 - West Side Story
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Complete scans | Classic, Symphonic, Opera | Label: Membran Music Ltd | Playing time: 56:48 | Release date: 2010
Tracklist:
1. Akt / Act 1
1. Prologue (The Jets, The Sharks) 3:49
2. Jet Song (Mickey Calin, The Jets) 2:06
3. Something‘s Coming (Larry Kert) 2:36
4. The Dance at the Gym (The Jets, The Sharks) 3:02
5. Maria (Larry Kert) 2:36
6. Tonight (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence) 3:52
7. America (Marylin Cooper, Chita Rivera, Shark Girls) 4:32
8. Cool (Mickey Calin, The Jets) 3:58
9. One Hand, One Heart (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence) 3:02
10. Tonight 3:38
(The Jets, The Sharks, Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, Mickey Calin, Carol Lawrence)
11. The Rumble (The Jets, The Sharks) 2:38
2. Akt / Act 2
12. I Feel Pretty 2:45
(Carol Lawrence, Marylin Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elisabeth Taylor)
13. Somewhere (Larry Kert, Reri Grist, Carol Lawrence) 7:32
14. Gee, Officer Krupke 4:01
(Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, Hank Brunjes, Tony Mordente, David Winters, The Jets)
15. A Boy Like That, I Have A Love 4:15
(Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence)
16. Finale (Tutti) 1:59
Riff: Mickey Calin, Tony: Larry Kert, Action: Eddie Roll, A-Rab: Tony Mordente, Baby John: David Winters,
Snowboy: Grover Dale, Diesel: Hank Brunjes, Maria: Carol Lawrence, Anita: Chita Rivera,
Rosalia: Marylin Cooper, Consuelo: Reri Grist, Teresita: Carmen Gutierrez, Francisca: Elisabeth Taylor
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (Dirigent / conductor), aufg. / recorded in: 1957
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