Leonard Bernstein
"Leonard Bernstein: Leonard Bernstein Edition"
All of his CBS concerto and orchestral works recordings plus much more
New Specially Priced 80-CD Box Set
Following the tremendously successful release of Leonard Bernstein: The Symphony Edition, Sony Classical is delighted to announce a new reissue from the iconic conductor-composer's CBS/American Columbia discography, Leonard Bernstein Edition. Virtually every remaining orchestral album has been collected in a single extraordinary 80-CD box set. That means every concerto, symphonic poem, overture, ballet, dance, march, etc. that Bernstein recorded in New York between 1950 and 1976 (plus some in London, Paris and Israel) by nearly every composer in the standard repertoire: from Bach and Vivaldi to Barber, Bartók and Ligeti, as well as many of the most prominent 20th-century Americans, such as Ives, Copland, Gershwin and Carter. And, of course, copious recordings of Bernstein's own compositions.
Most notably, there are multiple recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms concertos and of Bernstein's concertante works, as well as music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Dvo ák, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius and Nielsen. Featured throughout are some of the greatest soloists of the day, among them the violinists Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti and Pinchas Zukerman and the pianists Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin, Philippe Entremont, André Watts, Gary Graffman and Robert Casadesus as well as Bernstein himself. Leonard Bernstein Edition includes a perfect bound book housed in an LP-sized box.
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"Leonard Bernstein: Leonard Bernstein Edition"
All of his CBS concerto and orchestral works recordings plus much more
New Specially Priced 80-CD Box Set
Following the tremendously successful release of Leonard Bernstein: The Symphony Edition, Sony Classical is delighted to announce a new reissue from the iconic conductor-composer's CBS/American Columbia discography, Leonard Bernstein Edition. Virtually every remaining orchestral album has been collected in a single extraordinary 80-CD box set. That means every concerto, symphonic poem, overture, ballet, dance, march, etc. that Bernstein recorded in New York between 1950 and 1976 (plus some in London, Paris and Israel) by nearly every composer in the standard repertoire: from Bach and Vivaldi to Barber, Bartók and Ligeti, as well as many of the most prominent 20th-century Americans, such as Ives, Copland, Gershwin and Carter. And, of course, copious recordings of Bernstein's own compositions.
Most notably, there are multiple recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms concertos and of Bernstein's concertante works, as well as music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Dvo ák, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius and Nielsen. Featured throughout are some of the greatest soloists of the day, among them the violinists Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti and Pinchas Zukerman and the pianists Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin, Philippe Entremont, André Watts, Gary Graffman and Robert Casadesus as well as Bernstein himself. Leonard Bernstein Edition includes a perfect bound book housed in an LP-sized box.
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SOME OF THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS ABOUT THIS MUSIC [ SAMPLE ]
1) New remasterings -- yes or no? - To answer this ever-recurring question: I made a comparison of two titles (Copland: Connatations and Inscape), which I had in the Bernstein Century version (Connotations) and Copland: Orchestral Works (1948 - 1971) (Inscape). Same findings for both: The two versions are not identical, though only the volume has been changed (lower volume in the big box). Otherwise they are the same. In an acoustic spectrogram, no differences are discernible (even in the noise portions). So the answer is: no new remastering, at least for these tracks.
By rm on October 29, 2014
2) More glorious recordings by Lenny - I've obviously only just gotten this set, and only had time to listen to a couple of discs, but how can this not deserve five stars? After the first Sony box set a few years ago, which was all symphonies, it was necessary to fill out the collection with more orchestral works, such as overtures and concertos.
There are notable a lot of piano concertos, many by Glenn Gould, including the (in)famous Brahms 1 of April 1962, including Bernstein's introductory speech, where he explains that he and Gould don't agree, but they're going to do it Gould's way.
The first 26 discs contain mostly concertos, and the rest is essentially overtures and symphonies. There is a good amount of modern music - only one disc of Ives, but some Bartok, Copland, Ligeti, Piston, etc. I wonder if there's another box set coming, or if this covers all or most of what Bernstein recorded.
No matter what, at this price, it's really a no-brainer; but you should get the first Sony box. And the first DG box. And the second DG box which is coming out in 2015.
By Kirk McElhearn VINE VOICE on October 27, 2014
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