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Bernstein: Symphony No. 2- Age of Anxiety / Serenade After Plato’s Symposium (1950 recording)
Despite the composer’s lofty programmatic ambitions for these two concerted works, the pieces not only stand on their own merits, but are arguably Bernstein’s most inventive and concise large-scale instrumental works. They explode with catchy tunes and carefully built climaxes … Continue reading
TCHAIKOVSKY BERNSTEIN SYMPHONY 4
Symphony No 4 in F Minor, Op 36… Price:
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 / Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein’s self-consciously Romantic approach to Mozart is not to all tastes, but the playing here is so beautiful that it really disarms criticism. In truth, there’s nothing particularly mannered about the interpretations, and the music moves along in good … Continue reading
Bernstein Century – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc. Reviews
Track 6 features Bernstein’s narrated tour through this eccentric, groundbreaking symphonic masterpiece. Sadly, the conductor’s pithy analogy between Berlioz’s musical depiction of opium-inspired visions and the dangers of a contemporary trip (“brilliance without glory”) remains as timely now as it … Continue reading
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah,” Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety”
Bernstein the symphonist is given sympathetic performances by a leading American conductor who gets his British players to sound almost like New Yorkers. The Jeremiah is graced by Michelle DeYoung’s vocalism; this outstanding young mezzo is moving in Jeremiah’s Lamentation … Continue reading
Bernstein in Vienna – Beethoven The Ninth Symphony in D Minor Reviews
“To play Beethoven’s music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first … Continue reading
Bernstein Century – Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc / Bernstein, New York PO
Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued–better even than the composer’s own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over … Continue reading
Mahler – Symphonies 7, 8 / Leonard Bernstein, Edda Moser, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Ingrid Mayr, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, Jose van Dam, Wiener Philharmoniker
MAHLER:SYM 7 & 8 – DVD Movie… List Price: $ 39.98 Price:
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture ~ Bernstein Reviews
Much as I admire Lenny, who was a genius by any standard, there’s something about Brahms that just didn’t sit well with him. He tries much too hard to do something with music that always works best when presented in … Continue reading
Liszt: Faust-Symphony / Bernstein, Riegel, Boston Symphony Orchestra Reviews
No Description Available.Genre: Classical MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 13-AUG-1996… List Price: $ 11.98 Price: