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Leonard Bernstein: Historic Broadcasts 1946-1961

Adele Addison (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Laurence Olivier (narrator), Irma Gonzales (soprano), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)

Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Excitement? Charisma? Sweat? Here in plenty. But there is also meticulous musicianship, particularly on view in some of the set’s most precious documents...Speeds hurtle; the heart races; the... — The Times, 12th April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 8th Apr 2013
  • Catalogue No: WHRA6048
  • Label: West Hill Radio Archive
  • Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

11 CDs

$86.75

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Contents

Diamond: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major

Work length5:01
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  • Leonard Bernstein (piano)
  • Recorded: May 1941

Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major

Track length0:55
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Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major

Track length4:06
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Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Work length37:04
$9.00
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  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 23 March 1946
  • Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I. Sostenuto assai

Track length11:51
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II. Scherzo

Track length6:21
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III. Adagio espressivo

Track length11:15
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IV. Allegro molto vivace

Track length7:37
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'

Work length1:34:31
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  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 22 December 1948
  • Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad" (rehearsal)

Track length24:58
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I. Allegretto

Track length26:43
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II. Moderato (poco allegretto)

Track length12:49
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III. Adagio

Track length15:41
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IV. Allegro non troppo

Track length14:20
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Excerpt, Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'

Work length26:11
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  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 21 March 1949
  • Recording Venue: Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection" (rehearsal)

Track length26:11
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Excerpt, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450

Work length26:02
Album only
Album only
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 21 November 1949
  • Recording Venue: Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K. 450 (rehearsal)

Track length26:02
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Excerpt, Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

Work length26:29
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Album only
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 28 November 1949
  • Recording Venue: Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Turangalila-symphonie (rehearsal)

Track length26:29
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'

Work length1:19:51
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Album only
  • Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Adele Addison (soprano)
  • Recorded: 25 March 1949
  • Recording Venue: Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length22:14
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II. Andante moderato

Track length10:37
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III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung

Track length9:39
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IV. Urlicht: Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht

Track length5:08
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V. Finale: Im Tempo des Scherzos

Track length32:13
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Excerpt, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Work length26:04
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  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 5 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Piano Concerto in G major (rehearsal)

Track length26:04
Album only
Album only

Copland: Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion)

Work length6:15
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  • Laurence Olivier (narrator)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 10 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

Shostakovich: United Nations on the March (arr. by J. Langendoen)

Work length2:05
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  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 10 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

Piano Concerto in G major

Work length20:41
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  • Recorded: 10 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

I. Allegramente

Track length7:34
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II. Adagio assai

Track length9:25
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III. Presto

Track length3:42
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Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length18:07
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  • Raoul Jobin (tenor), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Nicola Moscona (bass), Irma Gonzales (soprano)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 10 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai

Track length18:07
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Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106

Work length29:25
$6.00
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 19 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Andante tranquillo

Track length8:41
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II. Allegro

Track length6:43
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III. Adagio

Track length6:59
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IV. Allegro molto

Track length7:02
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length35:20
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  • Leonard Bernstein (piano)
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Recorded: 19 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:49
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II. Largo

Track length10:29
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III. Rondo: Allegro scherzando

Track length8:02
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Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'

Work length31:28
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Lukas Foss
  • Recorded: 26 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

Part I: The Prologue: Lento moderato

Track length2:21
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Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 1 - Variation 7

Track length8:21
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Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation 8 - Variation 14

Track length5:41
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Part II: The Dirge: Largo

Track length5:23
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Part II: The Masque: Extremely fast

Track length4:16
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Part II: The Epilogue: L'istesso tempo

Track length5:26
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Work length34:28
$14.00
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Lukas Foss
  • Recorded: 18 February 1951
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction

Track length3:22
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls

Track length3:04
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of Abduction

Track length1:16
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds

Track length3:41
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of the River Tribes

Track length1:36
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage

Track length0:46
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Sage

Track length0:20
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Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth

Track length1:04
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Introduction

Track length5:21
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls

Track length3:22
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One

Track length1:28
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Ancestors

Track length0:56
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors

Track length3:30
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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance

Track length4:42
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Weill, K: The Threepenny Opera

Work length1:06:40
$40.00
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  • David Brooks (vocals), Lotte Lenya (vocals), Marc Blitzstein (narrator), Jo Sullivan (vocals)
  • Studio orchestra
  • Beth Beth Steele
  • Recorded: 14 June 1952
  • Recording Venue: Brandeis University Waltham, MA, United States

Overture

Track length1:51
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Five Point

Track length0:50
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The Ballad of Mack the Knife

Track length3:21
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Mister Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Track length0:48
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Morning Anthem

Track length1:07
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Now Mrs. Peachum appears

Track length0:22
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Instead-Of Song

Track length1:56
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They are quite correct

Track length0:42
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Army Song

Track length0:55
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Macheath keeps waiting

Track length0:25
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Wedding Song

Track length2:12
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The wedding in the stable

Track length0:07
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Love Song

Track length2:15
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Macheath's interests

Track length0:14
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Barbara Song

Track length5:52
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The World Is Mean

Track length3:46
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Polly rushes to the honeymoon stable

Track length0:13
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Melodrama and Polly's Song

Track length1:54
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Mrs. Peachum finds Jenny

Track length0:23
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Pirate Jenny

Track length4:23
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The scene is now the establishment on Greene Street

Track length0:38
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Tango-Ballad

Track length4:39
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The cops stand

Track length0:15
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Ballad of the Easy Life

Track length2:54
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The capture of Mack the Knife

Track length0:23
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Jealousy Duet

Track length2:28
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Lucy is Tiger Brown's daughter

Track length0:30
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How to Survive

Track length3:50
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It is just before dawn

Track length0:14
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Useless Song

Track length1:57
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Mac has been recaptured

Track length0:19
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Solomon Song

Track length3:33
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Call From the Grave

Track length0:46
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But it is no use

Track length0:06
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O brothers who live on

Track length3:53
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And Macheath walks slowly up to the gallows

Track length1:05
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Death Message

Track length1:04
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As his first act in office

Track length1:00
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Reprieved

Track length1:04
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Finale

Track length2:26
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Copland: Symphony No. 2 'Short Symphony'

Work length15:07
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 27 January 1957
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. quarter note = 144

Track length4:03
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II. half note = 44

Track length5:19
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III. quarter note = 144

Track length5:45
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Harris, Roy: American Creed

Work length14:08
$3.00
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 7 February 1959
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Free to Dream

Track length8:19
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II. Free to Build

Track length5:49
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Piston: Concerto for Orchestra

Work length12:58
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 15 February 1959
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Allegro moderato ma energico

Track length3:28
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II. Allegro vivace

Track length3:39
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III. Adagio-Allegro moderato

Track length5:51
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Fine, I G: Serious Song

Work length10:18
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 19 April 1959
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

Excerpt, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Work length45:13
Album only
Album only
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 20 October 1959
  • Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Recording Session

Track length45:13
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Excerpt, Copland: Billy the Kid - Suite

Work length17:44
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  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 20 October 1959
  • Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Recording Session

Track length17:44
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Chávez: Symphony No. 4: ‘Sinfonía Romántica'

Work length19:37
$4.00
$5.20
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 8 February 1960
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Allegro

Track length6:33
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II. Molto lento

Track length4:31
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III. Finale: Vivo non troppo mosso

Track length8:33
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Excerpt, Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

Work length9:03
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  • Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 8 February 1960
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

No. 4. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

Track length2:35
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No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Track length6:28
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Excerpt, Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1899 version)

Work length2:38
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  • Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 8 February 1960
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

Des Knaben Wunderhorn: No. 5. Das irdische Leben

Track length2:38
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Ruckert-Lieder (version for voice and orchestra)

Work length7:07
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  • Recorded: 8 February 1960
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

Ruckert-Lieder: No. 6. Um Mitternacht (version for voice and orchestra)

Track length7:07
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Diamond: Symphony No. 8

Work length30:48
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$9.00
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 9 October 1961
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States

I. Moderato - Adagio - Allegro vivo

Track length13:39
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II. Theme (Adagio), Variations and Double Fugue

Track length17:09
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