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Bernstein: Candide
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Candide - Jerry Hadley, Cunegonde - June Anderson, Dr.Pangloss/Martin - Adolph Green, Old Lady - Christa Ludwig, Govenor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski - Nicolai Gedda, Paquette - Della Jones & Maximilian/Captain - Kurt Ollmann
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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Offer, Bernstein: Candide
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Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leonard Bernstein
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2 CDs + DVD Video
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
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Gundula 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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Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108
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Kenneth Riegel (tenor)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Noble, passionate performance of Liszt's greatest work, Bernstein conducting with precision and fervour, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra ideal. Not much is added by seeing Bernstein emoting... — More…
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Offer, Haydn: Symphonies
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
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…
Offer, Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Peter Hofmann (Tristan), Hildegard Behrens (Isolde), Yvonne Minton (Brangaene), Hans Sotin (Marke), Bernd Weikl (Kurwenal), Heribert Steinbach (Melot), Heinz Zednik (Hirt), Raimund Grumbach (Steuerman), Thomas Moser (Seemann)
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
There is no acting as such in terms of movement of props used…But it is a strong cast. It’s good to be reminded of Hofmann’s big, deep tenor…, of Hildegard Behrens’s passionate use of the text... — More…
Tchaikovsky - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
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Boris Belkin (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & Humphrey Burton (director)
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Leonard Bernstein - Reflections
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A 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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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (complete)
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Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & Humphrey Burton (director)
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... — More…
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Mahler - The Symphonies
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London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
Between 1971 and 1976 Humphrey Burton directed filmed concerts of Bernstein conducting the nine Mahler symphonies, along with DasLied von der Erde and the Adagio from the unfinished Tenth. Previous... — More…
