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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

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