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Leonard Bernstein - Composer, Conductor, Pianist

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-11-11

Works: Aaron Copland: Sonata for Piano; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments; Leonard Bernstein: Ann...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Bernstein excelled as a conductor, but he could have had a major career as a pianist. As a composer he added significantly to the symphonic...continue...

Pierre Monteux conducts Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky

1 CD / Guild / 2008-11-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Alexander Bo...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux, arguably the greatest French conductor of the 20th century, was music director of the Boston Symphony from 1918-1924. He maintained a close association...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Monteux's Franck Symphony, recorded with the Chicago Symphony in 1961, remains the best on disc. Tension always underlies the brooding; this is work of clarity,...continue...

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Monteux's cherished interpretation of the Franck D Minor is a model of rectitude and dignity as performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and it retains...continue...

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Fireworks, etc / Ozawa, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps; Fireworks, Op. 4
Performers: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ozawa brings his unique sensitivity and comprehension of Stravinsky's work to these exciting and compelling vintage readings. Of special interest is Michael Tilson Thomas's passionate,...continue...

Berg, Stravinsky: Violin Concertos / Perlman, Ozawa

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-08-13

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Firebird, etc / Ozawa, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1991-04-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Fireworks, Op. 4; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra