Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Kaddish & Chichester Psalms
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Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish, Symphony No. 3, from 1963 is probably his most famous. It's dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, and comprises spoken and sung texts from Jewish prayers for the dead. It's quite dramatic, very listenable, and not at all pretentious, as some critics have avowed. It ranks with Shostakovich's harrowing Symphony No. 14 and deserves more attention than it usually gets. Which is damned little. The same goes for Bernstein's Chichester Psalms (1964). It's a very engaging choral work that celebrates the practice of psalmody or choral festivals, a kind of celebratory music we don't hear much. --Paul Cook
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Kaddish & Chichester Psalms, Music, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jennie Tourel, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, 20th/21st Century Symphony with Solo Voice and Chorus, Choral, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic, Psalm Setting, Symphonic
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Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00006L76Y
Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
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Mostly valuable for what's not duplicated.......2006-09-21
Once he departed for Europe, Bernstein rarely recorded again in the U.S. These recordings demonstrate his loyalty to the Israel Phil., with whom he duplicated many things he had already recorded in New York. This set is equally a testimonry to his love affair with the Vienna Phil, which sounds a little out of touch in American music. The original recordings from NY on Sony surpass the remakes in vigor and freshness. Even so, it's nice to get the Kaddish Sym. with revised narration, and to hear Gidon Kremer in the Serenade for violin and orchestra.
This 7-disc set also includes later Bernstein compositions that never appeared on Sony, in particular Songest and Jubilee Games. But the singers aren't particularly good in the former recording and the piece isn't very good in the latter. All in all, I think only a Bernstein completist would seek out this collection. Better to stick with the wonderful recordings originally made in New York in Bernstein's heyday.
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