4CD set celebrating the work of the hugely influential composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Composer, conductor, concert pianist, cultural icon and visionary, who's admiration for Lennon and McCartney ("The Beatles were the best songwriters since Gershwin. ") was almost as great as his regard for the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Leonard Bernstein's versatility was legendary. In this one supremely gifted man, all the great currents of twentieth century music were to collide and ferment in a rich stylistic melting pot. In 1944, he burst onto the stage with the exciting jazz ballet 'Fancy Free', and proceeded to captivate Broadway with three big musicals: 'On The Town', 'Wonderful Town' and the monumental 'West Side Story' (co-written with the gifted young lyricist Stephen Sondheim), while teasing Hollywood with his score for Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront, which - like the stage productions - offered an eloquent musical portrait of life and love in New York. This edition includes both the 1944 and 1956 recordings of 'Fancy Free', alongside Bernstein's symphonic suite of the themes from On the Waterfront, the historic original cast recordings of each of the musicals; complemented by jazz interpretations of their most enduring songs performed by - amongst others - such giants as Bill Evans, Frank Sinatra, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.
10 My Darlin' Eileen (Edith Adams, Delbert Anderson and Police)
11 Swing! (Rosalind Russell and the Villagers Chorus)
12 It's Love (Edith Adams, George Gaynes and the Villagers Chorus)
13 Ballet at the Village Vortex (Orchestra)
14 Wrong Note Rag (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams and the Villagers Chorus)
15 Dave Brubeck Quartet a Quiet Girl
16 Lena Horn It's Love
17 Marian McPartland It's Love
18 Andante (With Dignity) - Presto Barbaro
19 Adagio - Allegro Molto Agitato - Alla Breve (Poco Più Mosso) - Presto Come Prima
20 Andante Largamente - (More Flowing - Still More Flowing) - Poco Meno Mosso - Lento
21 Moving Forward (With Warmth) - Largamente - a Tempo - Calmato -
22 Andante Come Prima - Sempre Avanti (With Intensity) - Ancora Più Mosso
23 Allegro Non Troppo, Molto Marcato - Poco Più Sostenuto - Meno Mosso
24 A Tempo
25 Prelude
26 Fugue
27 Riffs
- Disc 4 -
1 Prologue (Orchestra)
2 Jet Song (Mickey Calin, the Jets)
3 Something's Coming (Larry Kert)
4 The Dance at the Gym (The Jets, the Sharks)
5 Maria (Larry Kert)
6 Tonight (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence)
7 America (Marilyn Cooper, Chita Rivera, Shark Girls)
8 Cool (Mickey Calin, the Jets)
9 One Hand, One Heart (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence)
10 Tonight (Quintet and Chorus)
11 (The Jets, the Sharks, Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, Mickey Calin, Carol Lawrence)
12 The Rumble (Orchestra)
13 I Feel Pretty (Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elizabeth Taylor)
14 Somewhere (Ballet) (Larry Kert, Reri Grist (Offstage), Carol Lawrence)
15 Gee, Officer Krupke
16 (Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, Hank Brunjes, Tony Mordente, David Winters, the Jets)
17 A Boy Like That - I Have a Love (Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence)
18 Finale (Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Ensemble)
19 Stan Kenton Orchestra- America
20 Cal Tjader Quintet- Tonight
21 The Hi-Lo's Something's Coming
22 André Previn and His Pals- Maria
23 Dave Brubeck Quartet- Maria
24 Oscar Peterson Trio -Somewhere
4CD set celebrating the work of the hugely influential composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Composer, conductor, concert pianist, cultural icon and visionary, who's admiration for Lennon and McCartney ("The Beatles were the best songwriters since Gershwin. ") was almost as great as his regard for the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Leonard Bernstein's versatility was legendary. In this one supremely gifted man, all the great currents of twentieth century music were to collide and ferment in a rich stylistic melting pot. In 1944, he burst onto the stage with the exciting jazz ballet 'Fancy Free', and proceeded to captivate Broadway with three big musicals: 'On The Town', 'Wonderful Town' and the monumental 'West Side Story' (co-written with the gifted young lyricist Stephen Sondheim), while teasing Hollywood with his score for Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront, which - like the stage productions - offered an eloquent musical portrait of life and love in New York. This edition includes both the 1944 and 1956 recordings of 'Fancy Free', alongside Bernstein's symphonic suite of the themes from On the Waterfront, the historic original cast recordings of each of the musicals; complemented by jazz interpretations of their most enduring songs performed by - amongst others - such giants as Bill Evans, Frank Sinatra, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.