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Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka (1911) / Andrew Litton

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps
Performers: Rotevatn, Jarle
Conductors: Litton, Andrew

During the 1910’s, at a time when late-romanticism had been taken about as far as possible, the collaboration between Igor Stravinsky and the ballet impressario...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway....continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Symphony no 2, Candide Overture, Fancy Free / Kahane, Litton, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Kahane, Jeffrey; Searle-Barnes, Paul; Turner, Paul
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites / Litton, Bergen PO

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-02-08

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no 1, Op. 64a; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 3, Op. 101
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

While containing some of the most popular and attractive music that Prokofiev ever wrote, his suites from the ballet Romeo and Juliet have often been...continue...

Bernstein, Copland / Litton, de Waart, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2000-02-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Fancy Free, ballet; Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Aaron Copland: Appalachian...
Performers: Holiday, Billie; Kahane, Jeffrey; McQueen, Helen; Searle-Barnes, Paul; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Turner, Paul
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Chamber Orchestra

Serene Journeys Through Classical Music

3 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphon...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Cole, Vinson; Kruczek, Mark; Noehren, Robert; Plutz, Eric; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Shifrin, David; Starker, Janos; Stephens, Patrick [Piano]; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]; Wilson, Todd ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Litton, Andrew; DePreist, James; ; Pearson, Donald; Keene, Dennis; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Tchaikovsky Spectacular / Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; The Voyevoda, Op. 78; Moscow, coronation cantata for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Furdui, Svetlana; Gerelo, Vassily
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Davidson, David R.
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Chorus; Dallas Symphony Orchestra

"This disc opens with a terrific performance of a piece that I never expected to be thrilled by again, the 1812 Overture. Litton has altered...continue...

Classical Princess - Music for Dress-Up

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Alan Menken: Beauty and the...
Performers: Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Cardenes, Andres; Golabek, Mona; McDonald, Susann [Harp]; Solow, Jeffrey
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Schwarz, Gerard; Fraser, Donald; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein: Fancy Free, The Age of Anxiety, etc / Litton

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 1994-08-16

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Holiday, Billie
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Romances for Saxophone / Branford Marsalis

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Sergei Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Maurice Ravel: Pi&egrav...
Performers: Marsalis, Branford
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir