Bernstein: Live with the New York Philharmonic

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein Live With The New York Philharmonic [10 CDs]

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"Bernstein Live presents previously unissued concert performances with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from Bach to Cage, including Ives, Wagner, Markevitch, Rachmaninoff, Bruckner, Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofiev and the avant-garde." 

Disc 1 - Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale (1956); Elgar: Cockaigne Overture (1963); Rachmaninoff:         Piano Concerto # 3 (with Lazar Berman, pianist, 1977)

Disc 2 - Thompson: The Seine at Night (1961); Mozart: Piano Concerto # 23 (Byron Janis, piano, 1960); Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra (1958); Hindemith: Symphony - Mathis der Maler (1956)

Disc 3 - Britten: Spring Symphony (1963); Schumann: Cello Concerto (with Jacqueline du Pre, cello, 1967); Sibelius: Four Songs (with Phyllis Curtin, soprano, 1965)

Disc 4 - Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute (1966); Beethoven: Piano Concerto # 3 (Wilhelm Kempff, piano, 1966); Foss: Quintets for Orchestra (1981); Copland: Dance Symphony (1981)

Disc 5 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto # 2 (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano, 1958); Markevitch: Icare (1958); Varese: Arcana (1958)

Disc 6 - Barber: Second Essay (1959); Russo: Symphony # 2 (with Maynard Furguson, trumpet, 1959); Ruggles: Men and Mountains (1958); Ives: Symphony # 2 (1951)

Disc 7 - Shchedrin: Mischievous Folk Ditties (1967); Stravinsky: Capriccio (Seymour Lipkin, piano, 1962); Henze: Symphony # 5 (1963); Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Leonard Bernstein, piano, John Corigliano, violin, Laszlo Varga, cello, 1959)

Disc 8 - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto # 5 (Leonard Bernstein, harpsichord, Isaac Stern, violin, John Wummer, flute, 1959); Bruckner: Symphony # 6 (1976)

Disc 9 - Copland: Outdoor Overture (1962); Xenakis: Pithoprakta (1964); Brant: Antiphony One (1960); Boulez: Improvisation sur Mallarme I (Marni Nixon, soprano, 1960); Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis (1964)

Disc 10 - Wagner: Scenes from Götterdammerung (Eileen Farrell, soprano, Jess Thomas, tenor, 1970)