The Leonard Bernstein Collection

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OVERVIEW The Second Volume of Leonard Bernstein’ s complete recorded legacy on Deutsche Grammophon: an original jackets collection in an LP-size box with deluxe book, taking in some of his most famous and celebrated s PACKAGING • Bernstein in iconic ecstasy adorns the deep 30 cm x 30 cm box • The box lid lifts off to reveal the deluxe LP-size book, with new texts and striking photos from Bernstein’s DG career • Beneath the book lie four compartments (colour coded) which hold the CDs • The CD covers immediately evoke the DG / Bernstein era, whether through iconic portraits of the artist or striking artwork • The book is in English, German and French VOLUME TWO • comprises Bernstein’s complete s of composers from Mahler (19 CDs) to Wagner, • includes all of Bernstein’s s of Mendelssohn, Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Strauss, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. • This repertoire is supplemented by the five American Decca CDs, with performances and analyses of Beethoven’s “Erocia”, Schumann’s Second, Dvořák’s “New World”, Brahms’s Fourth and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” • The Collection is rounded off by original cast selections from Fancy Free and On the Town (1945 / 1946). REPERTOIRE As far as possible, original couplings have been retained. Alphabetically ordered by composer • CD 1 – 19: MAHLER – The 9 Symphonies, plus the Adagio from the Tenth; the famous Berlin Philharmonic of the Ninth; Das Lied von der Erde with James King and Fischer-Dieskau (Decca); Orchestral Lieder with Lucia Popp, Andreas Schmidt, Thomas Hampson • CD 20 – 21: MENDELSSOHN’s “Scottish”, “Italian” and !”Reformation” Symphonies, plus the “Hebrides” Overture • CD 22 – 29: MOZART – the Late Symphonies and other symphonies, Piano Concertos KK450 and K453 with Bernstein as soloist. Two celebrated choral CDs – the Mass in C minor (with fillers) and the Requiem, a dedicated to the memory of Bernstein’s wide Felicia. • CD 30 - 31: PUCCINI’s La Bohème, recorded in Rome with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and a daring young cast • CD 32 – 33: SCHUBERT – Symphonies nos. 5, 8 and 9 • CD 34 – 36: SCHUMANN’s Four Symphonies in Bernstein masterly survey plus the Piano Concerto (Frantz) and the Cello Concerto (Maisky) • CD 37 – 39: SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies nos. 1, 7, 7 and 9 in Bernstein’s benchmark, award-winning performances • CD 40 – 42: Controversial but indispensable SIBELIUS: Symphonies nos. 1, 5, 6 and 7 • CD 42: rare RICHARD STRAUSS orchestral Lieder with Monserrat Caballé • CD 44 – 48: STRAVINSKY – s of the early ballets and the Symphonies, bursting with life. An exceptional of Les Noces, featuring Martha Argerich and Krystian Zimerman • CD 49 – 53: TCHAIKOVSKY – both the controversial broad, late interpretations of the last three symphonies and rarities from the late Seventies • CD 54: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bloch’s impassionate Schelomo with Mischa Maisky (originally intended for Volume One) • CD 55 – 58: WAGNER’s Tristan, recorded on Philips in 1981, with Hildegard Behrens and Peter Hoffmann in the title roles. “For the first time, someone dares to perform this music as Wagner wrote it”, said Karl Böhm when he visited Bernstein during rehearsals. The Penguin Stereo Guide wrote: “The surprise is that Bernstein, over-emotional in some music, here exercises restraint to produce the most spacious reading ever put to disc … His rhythmic sharpness goes with warmly expressive but unexaggerated phrasing to give unging concentration and deep commitment … The love duet has rarely if ever sounded so sensuous with supremely powerful climaxes.” • CD 59 – 63: The American Decca s: performances and analyses of Beethoven’s “Erocia”, Schumann’s Second, Dvořák’s “New World”, Brahms’s Fourth and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” in s made in 1953 / 1956 • CD 64: BONUS CD Selections from 1945 / 1946 s of Bernstein‘s Fancy Free and On the Town, with original cast members