In remembrance of his 90th birthday Deutsche Grammophon releases a magnificent 6-DVD-BOX with Maestro Leonard Bernstein conducting and talking about the work of Ludwig van Beethoven.

From splendid places in Vienna and Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.

This ambitious and accomplished box includes all of Ludwig van Beethoven´s nine symphonies, the piano concertos with Krystian Zimerman, the monumental Missa solemnis and overtures together with the string quartet Op.131, excerpts from “The Creatures of Prometheus”, the choral fantasy op. 80 and Leonard Bernstein gives engaging introductory remarks on the programmes.

Leonard Bernstein says about these recordings from the late 70ies and 80ies, all directed by Humphrey Burton, that there is “no single body of work in the universe of orchestral music that is in any way comparable to this one.”

“I offer [this cycle] to all music-loving ears as a testament of faith and of my most profound reactions to this greatest of all composers." (Leonard Bernstein)

“Conducted with intense dedication and soaring spirits by Mr. Bernstein, these recordings are superb, both visually and aurally.” (The New York Times)

6-DVD-BOX (7 discs) in 5.1 DTS Surround Sound (also available separately)

“Bernstein on form is without peer and, since his component volumes are available separately, you may want to go for the highlights. Two instalments stand out. DG 073 4497GH takes in a fun-packed First Symphony indebted to Haydn and a self-consciously earth-shattering Ninth... DG 073 4502GH contains a controversially fleshed-out Op 131, stunningly dispatched by the strings of the Vienna Philharmonic, plus a smattering of overtures including a Bernstein favourite, König Stephan. If you don't know it, you should.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2009

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Bernstein - Beethoven Cycle Part 4

Beethoven:

Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Edda Moser (soprano), René Kollo (tenor) & Kurt Moll (bass)

Chorus of Radio Hilversum & Concertgebouw Orchestra

Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80

Homero Francesch (piano)

Wiener Jeunesse-Chor & Wiener Philharmoniker

The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: excerpts

Wiener Philharmoniker

Leonard Bernstein & Humphrey Burton (director)

Recording Place & Date:

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, February/March 1978 (Missa solemnis)

Musikverein, Vienna, October/November 1985 (Choral fantasy)

Musikverein, Vienna, November 1978 (The Creatures of Prometheus)

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Bernstein - Beethoven Cycle Part 5

Beethoven:

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

König Stephan Overture, Op. 117

String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Transcription for String Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein & Humphrey Burton (director)

with introductions to the King Stephen overture and String Quartet from Leonard Bernstein

Recording Place & Date:

Musikverein, Vienna, February 1981 (Egmont, Coriolan)

Musikverein, Vienna, November 1978 (King Stephen, Leonore III)

Konzerthaus, Vienna, September 1977 (String Quartet)

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Tchaikovsky - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

Tchaikovsky:

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Boris Belkin (violin)

Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & Humphrey Burton (director)

Recording Place & Date:

Avery Fisher Hall, New York, April 1975 (Symphony no. 4, Violin Concerto, Andante Cantabile)

Tanglewood, July 1974 ( Symphony no. 5)

Penguin Guide

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DG Unitel - 0734511

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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (complete)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & Humphrey Burton (director)

Recording Place & Date:

Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, October 1984 (Sinf. 1, 3)

Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, October/November 1985 (Sinf. 2)

Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, February 1984 (Sinf. 4)

“Bernstein's outstanding complete DVD set of the Schumann symphonies (on a single disc) shows him at his very finest - electrifying in controlling tension, spirited and genial in bringing out Schumann's rich lyricism, powerful in creating the music's drama....Most remarkable of all is the Fourth, played with enormous zest.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

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Bernstein conducts Gershwin & Ives

Gershwin:

An American in Paris, tone poem

Rhapsody in Blue

Ives, C:

Symphony No. 2

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

The Unanswered Question

New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Introduction: Bernstein on Ives' Symphony No. 2

Recording Place & Date:

Royal Albert Hall, London, June 1976 (American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Unanswered Question)

Congress Hall of the Deutsche Museum, Munich, June 1987 (Symphony no. 2)

“An indispensable DVD. To watch Bernstein conduct these supreme masterpieces of American music is a joy and a privilege in itself...there is an authentically spontaneous command of idiom here; Bernstein is both a superb soloist and conductor in the Rhapsody and the New Yorkers respond in a proprietorial way.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

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