Bernstein Archive
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GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue; Eight Gershwin tunes – Uri Caine Ensemble [TrackList follows] – Winter & WinterGERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue; West Side Story Suite – Katia & Marielle Labqèue, pianos – kml recordings
Two quite different approaches to the Rhapsody in Blue.
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue; Eight Gershwin tunes – Uri Caine Ensemble [TrackList follows] – Winter & WinterGERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue; West Side Story Suite – Katia & Marielle Labqèue, pianos – kml recordings
Two quite different approaches to the Rhapsody in Blue.
Carlos Kleiber = I am lost to the world, Blu-ray (2014)
A fascinating documentary showing just how lost Kleiber was.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 – Columbia Sym. Orch./ Bruno Walter – HDTT DVD-R
One of Walter’s finest recordings in enhanced hi-res sonics.
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration, Blu-ray (2013)
Tanglewood at 75 Concert.
All-Star Orchestra DVD series with Gerard Schwartz (2013)
Breathtaking audio and performances, but with unequal sound levels.
TURNAGE: From the Wreckage; Speranza – London Symphony Orch./ Daniel Harding – LSO Live
Well-played contemporary works by an up-and-coming British star composer.
“American Masterpieces for Piano Duo” = WILLIAM BOLCOM: Recuerdos; AARON COPLAND: El Sálon México; DAVE BRUBECK: Points on Jazz, LEONARD BERNSTEIN Arias and Barcarolles – Diane Wang & Stacy Rodgers piano duo/ + Vocal duo – Albany
Enjoyable American music for two pianos.
IVES: Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass.”; BARBER: Piano Sonata – Nicholas Zumbro, piano – Kritonos
Fine performances of these two epic American sonatas, but the engineering is less than ideal.
“Evensong” = VLOEIMANS & FONDSE: Evening; VLOEIMANS: Lex; Requiem; Your Majesty; FONDSE: Waterfront – Eric Vloeimans, trumpet/ Netherlands Sym. Orch. /Jurgen Hempel – Challenge Classics
An update from the Netherlands in the style of the Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaborations.
“Delights & Dances” = ABELS: Delights and Dances for String Quartet and Orch.; LEES: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra; AN-LUN: “Saibei Dance” from Saibei Suite No. 2; BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet & Orch. – Harlem Quartet /Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen – Cedille
An album of contemporary concertos for string quartet and orchestra chosen to quicken the pulse, challenge the intellect and please the ears.
Once I Was: Songs by RICKY IAN GORDON – Stacey Tappan, sop./ Ricky Ian Gordon, piano – Blue Griffin
The best album of Gordon’s songs that I have heard so far.
TAN DUN: Symphonic Poem on Three Notes; Orchestral Theatre; Concerto for Orchestra – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orch./ Tan Dun – Naxos
The two big works here are fine indeed and are conducted with panache by the composer himself.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies Nos. 1 – 3 – London Sym. Orch./ Valery Gergiev – LSO Live (2 discs)
Exciting performances in terrific sonics on Nos. 1 & 3, 2 not quite as good performance-wise.
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27; BERNSTEIN: Candide Ov. – Philharmonia Orch./London Sym. Orch./ Evegeny Svetlanov – ICA Classics
An epic reading, live, as a British ensemble sheds its native identity and achieves that spectacular Russian wind sound in its strings.
MAHLER: Complete Symphonies; Adagio from Sym. No. 10 Soloists & Choirs/ London Sym. Orch./ Valery Gergiev – LSO Live (10 SACDs)
Gergiev is well worth your serious consideration, and the LSO by the way has never sounded better.
Tommy Cecil, bass & Bill Mays, piano – Side By Side: Sondheim Duos – 2012TommyCecil
A unique duo treatment of some of Stephen Sondheim’s music.
Deborah Shulman/Larry Zalkind – Lost In The Stars: The Music Of BERNSTEIN, WEILL and SONDHEIM – Summit Records
This is a welcome reworking of three renowned stage composers.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in e – Bamberg Sym./ Jonathan Nott – Tudor
A Mahler 7 that gets it all just about right.
Bernstein, Goldings, Stewart – Live at Smalls – SmallsLive
The Hammond B-3 renaissance continues….
West Side Story – 50th Anniversary Edition, Blu-ray (3 discs) (1961/2011)
The Blu-ray version supports the reputation of West Side Story as the best Hollywood musical ever.
Remembering JFK = Works of BERNSTEIN, GERSHWIN, LIEBERSON, THOMPSON, MONTAINE – Nat. Sym. Orch./Christoph Eschenbach/ Howard Mitchell – Ondine
The past and the present converge on JFK’s Inaugural Day, but the musicianship of the original concert may well win the laurels.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
