Leonard Bernstein first signed with Columbia Masterworks in 1956, and up to 1979 he recorded over 500 compositions as conductor, pianist, and commentator for the label. Just a year before, legendary photographer Don Hunstein joined Columbia Records at a time when the company was under the direction of Goddard Lieberson, who thought it important to document in photographs the cultural history of the music of the time.
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This 224-page book collects for the first time the photographic highlights – many of them previously unseen – from the Leonard Bernstein photo collection. It also contains twelve CDs with Bernstein’s legendary recordings of symphonic masterpieces, concertos, and vocal works, featuring him as conductor, composer, and pianist. This book is a tribute to the art of recording-studio photography in the heyday of the LP era. The newly retouched images show “Lenny” in the intimate moments of shared music-making and allow us to experience something of the secret inherent in music itself: its magical ability to touch and connect people in their hearts.
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The reason why these precious photos are all still preserved lies in the middle of Manhattan: in a separate area of an art deco landmark, the Sony Music Photo Collection is located, one of the world’s most important photo archives, documenting the history of the recording industry from the 1950s up to today. The invaluable archives of roughly two and a half million film negatives, transparencies, and prints encompass recording-session, album-cover, publicity, and live-concert shoots – and more than 21,000 images related to Leonard Bernstein himself.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - MAESTRO ON RECORD - SONY CLASSICS
5 Le Martyre de Saint Sébastian, L. 124: "Caesar, I Refuse Your Lyre.."
- Disc 3 -
1 Disc 3: Symphonies I
2 Symphony No. 86 in D Major, Hob. I:86
3 Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
- Disc 4 -
1 * Disc 4: Symphonies II
2 Symphony No. 4 in a Major, Op. 90 "Italian"
3 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
- Disc 5 -
1 * Disc 5: Mahler I
2 Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
3 Rückert Lieder
4 Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Part I: I. Kräftig, Entschieden
- Disc 6 -
1 * Disc 6: Mahler II
2 Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Part II
3 Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp minor: IV. Adagietto - Sehr Langsam
- Disc 7 -
1 * Disc 7: Concertos
2 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19
3 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124
4 Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
- Disc 8 -
1 * Disc 8: The American Album
2 Sensemayá, R. 67
3 Rhapsody in Blue
4 An American in Paris
5 The Unanswered Question
6 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo
7 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
- Disc 9 -
1 * Disc 9: Opera
2 Carmen Suite No. 1
3 La Gioconda, Op. 9
4 Guillaume Tell: Overture
5 Falstaff
6 Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Festive March
7 Tristan Und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude and Liebestod
8 Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
- Disc 10 -
1 * Disc 10: The Composer I
2 The Age of Anxiety, Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (After w. H. Auden)
3 Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion (Remastered)
- Disc 11 -
1 * Disc 11: The Composer II
2 Candide Overture
3 Symphonic Dances (From "West Side Story")
4 Three Dance Episodes (From "On the Town")
5 Symphonic Suite (From the Film "On the Waterfront")
- Disc 12 -
1 * Disc 12: The Pianist
2 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453
3 Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102 (Remastered)
4 Seven Anniversaries (Remastered)
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Leonard Bernstein first signed with Columbia Masterworks in 1956, and up to 1979 he recorded over 500 compositions as conductor, pianist, and commentator for the label. Just a year before, legendary photographer Don Hunstein joined Columbia Records at a time when the company was under the direction of Goddard Lieberson, who thought it important to document in photographs the cultural history of the music of the time.
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This 224-page book collects for the first time the photographic highlights – many of them previously unseen – from the Leonard Bernstein photo collection. It also contains twelve CDs with Bernstein’s legendary recordings of symphonic masterpieces, concertos, and vocal works, featuring him as conductor, composer, and pianist. This book is a tribute to the art of recording-studio photography in the heyday of the LP era. The newly retouched images show “Lenny” in the intimate moments of shared music-making and allow us to experience something of the secret inherent in music itself: its magical ability to touch and connect people in their hearts.
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The reason why these precious photos are all still preserved lies in the middle of Manhattan: in a separate area of an art deco landmark, the Sony Music Photo Collection is located, one of the world’s most important photo archives, documenting the history of the recording industry from the 1950s up to today. The invaluable archives of roughly two and a half million film negatives, transparencies, and prints encompass recording-session, album-cover, publicity, and live-concert shoots – and more than 21,000 images related to Leonard Bernstein himself.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - MAESTRO ON RECORD - SONY CLASSICS
