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Leonard Bernstein - Reflections
RecommendedA film by Peter Rosen
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
…we see Bernstein reflecting on his life and music, shot in Carnegie Hall (scene of his legendary 1943 debut) and his studio overlooking New York's Central Park. What a charismatic talker he... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - DVD Documentary
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedGundula Janowitz (Leonore), Rene Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Hans Helm (Fernando), Karl Terkal (First Prisoner), Alfred Sramek (Second Prisoner)
Wiener Staatsoper, Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein had a special rapport with Beethoven's opera and indeed with Vienna, where Otto Schenk's 1989 production is given further conviction by a top-quality cast led by Gundula Janowitz's... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Video Documentary
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn
RecommendedJudith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes H. Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven's last quartet, expanded for full strings, sounds nicely urgent but unsuitably Romantic. Haydn's Mass is almost upstaged by its glorious setting, the Baroque basilica at Ottobeuren. — More…
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommendation with modern instruments
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These are well-balanced stereo recordings, surprisingly not originally recorded multi-channel. Video is excellent usually focusing on Bernstein. — More…
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Bernstein, unsurprisingly, takes [Sibelius] on a journey of his own...Against the odds, the result is a totally memorable interpretation operating at a higher voltage than almost any other. We... — More…
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, 27 November 1966
London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Thrilling performances from 1966. The Rite generates tremendous tension, while the Sibelius is liked for drama and lyricism. No wonder Bernstein starts as Jekyll and finishes looking like Hyde. — More…
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Leonard Bernstein - Ode To Freedom
June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor) & Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris & Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre, Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Debussy
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Leonard Bernstein
In Debussy's best-known orchestral works, Bernstein conveys his every last wish — More…
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Bernstein was periodically accused of self-indulgence in other repertoire. That’s a charge that could never stick in these joyous performances of three G major symphonies…Rather, there is grace,... — More…
