Bernstein: Candide

In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 15th Oct 2021
Catalogue No: LSO0834
Label: LSO Live
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Record Review

9th October 2021

Record of the Week
Presto Recording of the Week

15th October 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards

2022

Nominated - Opera

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Bernstein: Candide - Overture

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Marin Alsop, London Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein: Candide, Act One

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Marin Alsop, London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Liam Bonthrone (Heresy Agent/Archbishop of Paris/Slave Driver), Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), London Symphony Chorus, Thomas Atkins (First Judge/Señor/Governor/Vanderdendur/Venice Prefect), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Marcus Farnsworth (Maximillian/Captain/Second Judge), Guildhall School Young Artists, Frederick Jones (Baron/Grand Inquisitor/Don Isaac/Señor/Manuel/Cacambo/Ragotski), Carmen Artaza (Paquette), Lucy McAulay (Baroness/Second Sheep)

Westphalian Fanfare - "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen"

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Life Is Happiness Indeed - Parade

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The Best of All Possible Worlds

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"Class is dismissed" - Happy Instrumental

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Oh, Happy We

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"What is he doing to my sister?" - Candide Begins His Travels

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It Must Be So (Candide's Meditation)

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"The helping hand" - Battle Music - Westphalia Chorale - Battle Scene

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"Candide, liberated by the battle"

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Dear Boy

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"Candide and Dr Pangloss board a crowded ship" - Storm Music - Earthquake Music

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Auto-da-fé (What a day)

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Candide's Lament

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The Paris Waltz

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Glitter and Be Gay

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"Suddenly, Candide rushes in" - You Were Dead, You Know

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"Quick, Madame, The Jew!" - Entrance of the Jew - Entrance of the Archbishop - Travel to the Stables

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Barcarolle

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I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)

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"The roués, though captivated!"

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Quartet Finale

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Bernstein: Candide, Act Two

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Marin Alsop, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Thomas Allen, Jane Archibald, Leonardo Capalbo, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Atkins, Katherine McIndoe, Jonathan Eyers, Marcus Farnsworth, Lucy McAuley, Carmen Artaza, Frederick Jones, Guildhall School Young Artists, Liam Bonthrone

Universal Good

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"Welcome back"

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My Love (Governor's Serenade)

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"Senor, I must take advice"

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We Are Women (Polka)

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"Meanwhile, Candide stumbles on through the South American jungle" - Alleluia

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Introduction to Eldorado - Sheep Song

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Ballad of Eldorado

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"Having arrived in Surinam"

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Bon Voyage

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"Of course, the ship sinks"

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What's The Use

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"Cunegonde!" - You Were Dead, You Know (Reprise)

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"Sir, unhand that Odalisque" - Barcarolle (Reprise)

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Universal Good (Life is Neither) - "Come, cast aside all vain speculations"

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Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)

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Recording of the Week, Marin Alsop conducts Leonard Bernstein's Candide

15th October 2021

Marin Alsop conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a new recording of Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta based on Voltaire's satirical novella, in a performance that is full of dry wit, absurd humour, and stirring optimism.

Marin Alsop leads the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a new recording of Bernstein’s riotous satirical operetta ‘Candide’.

Made almost three decades after the composer’s own iconic recording with the Orchestra, Alsop’s new version was captured during celebratory concerts marking Bernstein’s centenary year, and features an outstanding array of soloists, including Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunégonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (The Old Lady) and Sir Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss, Narrator).

With lyrical contributions from acerbic writers Richard Wilbur and Dorothy Parker and a young Stephen Sondheim, ‘Candide’ marries raucous humour with the extraordinary genius of Leonard Bernstein.

Concert reviews:

“The best of all possible productions” - The Telegraph

“The rhythms snapped and crackled, the colours were bright and the energy didn’t flag” - The Times “Marin Alsop conducted a lively LSO in music the orchestra must have in its bones” - Financial Times “A hundred per cent irresistible” - Bachtrack

Released as part of National Album Day 2021.

Reviews

Christmas 2021

In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough. Anne Sofie von Otter has considerable fun with the Old Lady.

15th October 2021

It's fascinating to hear the different approach that Alsop takes in general. Gone is a lot of the madcap mayhem and manic energy of Bernstein's account, replaced by a more easy-going vibe that arguably gives the music more room to breathe…Capalbo impresses in the title role…For me, though, it is the ladies who steal the show: Jane Archibald as Cunegonde is deftly acrobatic in the vocal fireworks of "Glitter and Be Gay", while Anne Sofie von Otter gleefully hams it up as the single-buttocked Old Lady

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