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Composer:
Leonard Bernstein

Artist(s):
Bruce Hubbard

Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

Background: Like Gershwin before him, Bernstein (1918-1990) composed music for the concert hall and for musical theatre. Through the Broadway musical West Side Story his name reached a far larger audience than that of virtually every other modern American composer, with the possible exception of Gershwin himself.

The pieces on this disc illustrate Bernstein's work in the theatre. Four of the works, the dance episodes from On the Town, the overture to Candide, the suite from West Side Story and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, were written for the Broadway stage; Facsimile and On the Town are both ballet scores, Mass is a theatre piece for singers, players and dancers and what should have been a purely jazz piece, the Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, ended up being incorporated into the musical comedy Wonderful Town.

CATALOGUE NR: 2066262
RECORD LABEL: EMI American Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.99 including VAT, or £ 5.10 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-May-2008

COMPOSER: Leonard Bernstein
TRACKS: Candide : Overture. Facsimile - Choreographic Essay for Orchestra 1946. On the Town - Three Dance Episodes. Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'. Prelude Fugue and Riffs. Seena from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A Simple Song from Mass.
ORCHESTRA: St Louis Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin and Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Bruce Hubbard      

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