Happy Birthday, Leonard Bernstein
08/25/12 12:00PM
We hear music in a variety of styles by Leonard Bernstein, born on August 25, 1918.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:00pm
West Side Story: "Gee, Officer Krupke"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Max Goberman |
| Soloists | Eddie Roll ; Grover Dale ; Hank Brunjes ; Tony Mordente ; David Winters |
| CD/Album | West Side Story |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 60724 |
| Release Year | 1957 |
12:05pm
Chichester Psalms
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Camerata Singers; New York Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| Soloists | John Bogart, alto |
| CD/Album | Bernstein: Kaddish Symphony - Chichester Psalms |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 60595 |
| Release Year | 1965 |
12:24pm
Trouble in Tahiti: "What a Movie"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | ORF Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| Soloists | Wendy White, mezzo-soprano ; Louise Edeiken, soprano ; Mark Thomsen, tenor ; Kurt Ollmann, baritone |
| CD/Album | "Somewhere" - The Leonard Bernstein Album |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 439251 |
| Release Year | 1987 |
12:30pm
Mass: Meditation No. 1 for cello and orchestra
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| Soloists | Mstislav Rostropovich, cello |
| CD/Album | Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 11878 |
| Release Year | 2008 |
12:35pm
Candide: Overture
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| CD/Album | Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 11878 |
| Release Year | 2008 |
12:39pm
Candide: "Glitter and Be Gay"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Samuel Krachmalnick |
| Soloists | Barbara Cook, soprano |
| CD/Album | Candide |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48017 |
| Release Year | 1956 |
12:45pm
On the Town: "New York, New York"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Michael Tilson Thomas |
| Soloists | Kurt Ollmann, baritone ; David Garrison, baritone ; Thomas Hampson, baritone |
| CD/Album | Bernstein on Broadway |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 447898 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
12:50pm
West Side Story: "Somewhere"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| Soloists | Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Marilyn Horne - Just for the Record: The Golden Voice |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 1512 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:52pm
West Side Story: "Tonight"
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| Soloists | José Carreras, tenor ; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano |
| CD/Album | Bernstein on Broadway |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 447898 |
| Release Year | 1985 |
