The Composer

Columbia stereo-recordings: 1960 - 1974, album rimasterizzati dagli originali analogici con tecnologia 24 bit / 192 kHz.
Un cofanetto di grande formato (lp size) con 25 cd che documentano la ricchissima attività di Leonard Bernstein come compositore.
Uno sguardo d’insieme esteso anche al jazz, al balletto e alle canzoni. in questo cofanetto le opere di bernstein sono affidate alla direzione del maestro e di grandi interpreti della sua musica.
Contiene:
DISC 1: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” (March 6, 1961)
Symphonic Suite from the film “On the Waterfront” (May 16, 1960)
DISC 2: Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish” (April 14 & 17, 1964) with Felicia Montealegre, speaker; Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
DISC 3: Fancy Free - Ballet (June 11, 1963) Overture to “Candide” (September 28, 1960 )
Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town” (June 18, 1963) Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble (May 6, 1963) with Benny Goodman, clarinet
DISC 4: Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra (July 26, 1965) Facsimile - Choreographic Essay for Orchestra
DISC 5: Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” for Piano and Orchestra (July 19, 1965) with Philippe Entremont, piano Serenade after Plato's “Symposium” for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion (July 22, 1965) with Zino Francescatti, violin
DISC 6/7: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers (August & September, 1971)
DISC 8: Dybbuk (Complete Ballet) (June 7, 1974)
DISC 9: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” (May 20, 1961) with Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano - I Hate Music! A Cycle of Five Kid Songs for Soprano (Tourel, soprano; Leonard Bernstein, piano La Bonne Cuisine (Four Recipes) (November 18, 1960) with Jennie Tourel, soprano; Leonard Bernstein, piano Afterthought - Study for the Ballet "Facsimile" (December 24, 1947) with Blanche
Thebom, mezzo-soprano Seven Anniversaries (September 17, 1947)
DISC 10: On the Town - Studio Cast Recording (May 31, 1960), conducted by Leonard Bernstein plus: Overture to On the Town
DISC 11: Peter Pan - Original Cast Recoding
DISC 12: Trouble in Tahiti (August 11, 13, 14, 15, 1973), conducted by Leonard Bernstein
DISC 13: Wonderful Town - Television Cast Recording (November 16, 1958)
DISC 14: Candide - Original Broadway Cast - First Version (December 9, 1956)
DISC 15/16: Candide - New Broadway Cast - Chelsea Version (March 18, 1974)
DISC 17: West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast (September 29, 1957)
DISC 18: West Side Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (August 9, 1960)
DISC 19: Compilation: The Bernstein Songbook – Songs from his Theatre Works plus: Take Care of This House from "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"
DISC 20: Songfest - A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra (1992): Opening Hymn Three Solos Three Ensembles Sextet Three Solos Closing Hymn Seven Anniversaries: No. 5 In Memoriam: Nathalie Kossevitzky
Marilyn Horne sings Bernstein (1996): My House from “Peter Pan” So Pretty Greeting Take Care of this House from “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” Rabbit at Top Speed Sonnet: What Lips my Lips have Kissed Nachspiel Dream with Me
DISC 21: Harolyn Blackwell Sings Bernstein (1994) A Simple Song from “Mass” A Little Bit in Love from “Wonderful Town”
I Hate Music – Cycle of 5 Kid Songs 1. I Hate Music 2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons 3. My Name is Barbara
4. A Big Indian and a Little Indian 5. I'm a Person Too Glitter and Be Gay from “Candide” Who Am I from “Peter Pan”
Peter, Peter from “Peter Pan” My House from “Peter Pan” Songfest, Song Cycle for Singers and Orchestra: Three Solos, II.
A Julia de Burgos, No. 3 Sean Song (for Sean Lennon) Dream with Me from “Peter Pan” America from “West Side Story”
A Boy Like That from “West Side Story” I Have a Love from “West Side Story” Somewhere from “West Side Story”
DISC 22: West Side Story Suite (2000) with Joshua Bell, violin Overture to “Candide”, arr. Sobol (2015) with Sabine Meyer, clarinet Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1994) with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet Rondo for Lifey (for trumpet and piano) (1992) with Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Clarinet Sonata, arr. Ma (arr. for Cello) (1992) with Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sonata for Clarinet, arr. Ramin (Orchestral Version) (1993) with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet Olympic Hymn (1996)
DISC 23: The Canadian Brass Plays Bernstein (1996)
DISC 24/25: Bernstein played by Dave Brubeck, Gary Burton, Aaron Bell, Eldar Djanirov, J.J. Johnson,
Brandford Marsalis, Gerry Mulligan, André Previn, Martial Solal, Richard Stoltzman, ECC.