Artist: Leonard Bernstein
Title Of Album: An American in Paris
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC {Tracks, 24bit/96kHz} / WEB Flac (Tracks)
Time: 06:40:49 min
Full Size: 7,25 Gb/1,94 Gb
This 7CD set is the fruit of the love affair that developed in Paris between Leonard Bernstein and the Orchestre National de France in the 1970s. Beside long-admired studio recordings, featuring Mstislav Rostropovich and Alexis Weissenberg among the soloists, it presents live performances completely new to the catalogue: a 1975 programme to celebrate Ravel’s centenary – with Bernstein himself as soloist in the G major piano concerto – and orchestral suites taken from two of Bernstein’s most celebrated and brilliant works, both infused with jazz: the film score On the Waterfront and the landmark Broadway musical West Side Story. 25th August 2018 marks the centenary of the birth of American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). He was one of the most celebrated and charismatic musicians of his time, an artist who transcended conventional boundaries between genres. Warner Classics owns the treasurable and substantial catalogue of recordings made in Paris in the latter part of the 1970s during Bernstein’s ‘love affair’ with the Orchestre National de France (ONF). A key selling point of this box is that it complements these well-known studio recordings with previously unreleased live recordings (radio broadcasts) that Bernstein made with the ONF in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Among these are two famous works by Bernstein himself, including Symphonic Dances of West Side Story. The project will be highly supported by The Bernstein Office, running the Leonard Bernstein at 100 website (https://leonardbernstein.com/ in which you can find events related to the Bernstein year all over the world) and socials (400k likes on Facebook, 6k followers on Twitter, etc.) The Artist Leonard Bernstein, born near Boston in 1918, was one of the most prominent musicians of the mid-to-late 20th century. The Los Angeles Times recently described Bernstein as “the most celebrated, most multitalented and most American musician of his time”. -As a composer, Bernstein is best known for the landmark Broadway musical West Side Story, which is represented in this set. In addition to other musicals and the score for the 1954 film On the Waterfront (also represented here) he wrote a substantial and artistically ambitious body of compositions for the concert hall, two operas and two ballet scores. As a conductor, Bernstein had a 47-year relationship with the New York Philharmonic. He also enjoyed close links with the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and of course the Orchestre National de France where he remains, 40 years after their collaboration, a musical and human hero Bernstein was the first conductor to give a series of television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954 and continuing until his death. Leonard Bernstein died in October 1990. On Christmas Day 1989 he had conducted Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the former East Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. This ‘Ode to Freedom‘ was described by Die Welt’s writer Klaus Geitel as marking “the absolute climax in the public life of the world citizen Leonard Bernstein”. The Repertoire Two works by Bernstein himself feature in the box: The Symphonic Dances from West Side Story The symphonic suite drawn from his jazz-influenced film score On the Waterfront Live recordings that are receiving their world premiere release with this box. Both works were recorded at a concert in Paris in 1979. A significant emphasis on French music: Berlioz (including the Symphonie fantastique) Ravel (all but Sh?h?razade are previously unreleased live recordings from concerts given at the Th??tre des Champs-?lys?es in 1975 to mark Ravel’s centenary). Bernstein himself is soloist in Ravel’s G major piano concerto Milhaud (including La Cr?ation du monde and Le B?uf sur le toit, both works with a strong element of jazz) Legendary Concertos albums with Rostropovich (Schumann-Bloch), and Weissenberg (Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3) The set also includes 3 rehearsal sequences (of music by Ravel) which showcase Bernstein’s passion as a musician and demonstrate the close relationship between him and the Orchestre National de France Remastering.
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Symphonie fantastique, Op 14, H 48: I Reveries - Passions
2. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: II. Un bal
3. Symphonie fantastique, Op 14, H 48: III Scene aux champs
4. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: IV. Marche au supplice
5. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat
Disc: 2
1. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 68: I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo (Harold in the mountain)
2. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 68: II. Allegretto (Procession of Pilgrims)
3. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 68: III. Allegro assai - Allegretto (Serenade)
4. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 68: IV. Allegro frenetico (Orgy of the Brigands)
Disc: 3
1. La Creation du monde, Op 81
2. Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: VII. Corcovado
3. Saudades do Brasil, Op 67: IX Sumare
4. Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: VIII. Tijuca
5. Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: XI. Larenjeiras
6. Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
Disc: 4
1. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: I. Nicht zu schnell - Mstislav Rostropovich
2. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam - Mstislav Rostropovich
3. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft - Mstislav Rostropovich
4. Schelomo - Mstislav Rostropovich
Disc: 5
1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo (Adagio)
3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale (Alla breve)
4. Miroirs, M. 43: IV. Alborada del gracioso (Rehearsal Session)
5. Sheherazade, M 17 (Rehearsal Session)
6. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (Rehearsal Session)
7. La Valse, M. 72 (Rehearsal Session)
Disc: 6
1. Miroirs, M. 43: IV. Alborada del gracioso
2. Sheherazade, M 41: I Asie
3. Sheherazade, M 41: II La Flute enchantee
4. Sheherazade, M 41: III L'Indifferent
5. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: I. Allegramente
6. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
7. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto
8. Tzigane, M. 76
Disc: 7
1. La Valse, M. 72
2. Bolero, M 81
3. On the Waterfront: I. Andante - Presto barbaro
4. On the Waterfront: II. Adagio - Allegro molto agitato - Alla breve
5. On the Waterfront: III. Andante largamente - More flowing - Lento
6. On the Waterfront: IV. Moving forward - Largamente - Andante come prima
7. On the Waterfront: V Allegro non troppo, molto marcato - Poco piu sostenuto
8. On the Waterfront: VI A tempo (Poco piu sostenuto)
9. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": I. Prologue (Allegro Moderato)
10. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": II. "Somewhere" (Adagio)
11. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": III. Scherzo (Vivace e Leggiero)
12. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": IV. Mambo (Meno Presto)
13. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": V. Cha-Cha (Andantino Con Grazia)
14. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": VI. Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso)
15. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": VII. "Cool", Fugue (Allegretto)
16. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": VIII. Rumble (Molto Allegro)
17. Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": IX. Finale (Adagio)
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