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Jan 19, 2015 · If you said Leonard Bernstein and his Young People’s Concerts, I’d argue he comes in at a distant No. 2 behind Carl Stalling. Stalling was a prolific American composer whose orchestral music...
Jul 12, 2018 · Let’s be honest: as a composer, Leonard Bernstein is greatly overrated. Lest anyone think I have an animus against Leonard Bernstein, far from it. In fact, I can say West Side Story changed my life.
Jul 11, 2018 · The fact is that despite his undeniable musical gifts, fame, charisma and versatility, Bernstein produced a relatively small body of works–and those works are wildly uneven to say the least. Let’s be honest: as a composer, Leonard Bernstein is greatly overrated.
May 21, 2018 · David Gutman and Andrew Mellor spar over the pros and cons of Bernstein’s recording of Sibelius’s Fifth with the New York Philharmonic.
- West Side Story. With two film adaptations and many successful stage runs, West Side Story is Bernstein’s best-known work by far. A collaboration with lyricist Stephen Sondheim and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins, it’s considered by many to be one of the greatest musicals of all time.
- Candide. Originally intended as a play, Candide was transformed into an operetta when an enthusiastic Bernstein convinced librettist Lillian Hellman of his vision.
- Chichester Psalms. Epic and jovial, serene and pure, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms is a large choral work written for choir and orchestra, and boy treble or countertenor soloist.
- MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers. The full title gives you a giant clue as to what’s happening here. With his trademark flair for the eclectic, Bernstein takes the traditional Catholic mass and transforms it into a Broadway-infused showpiece, complete with orchestra, dancers, rock band, and a marching band for good measure.
Gramophone contributor and long-time admirer of the musician, Edward Seckerson discusses Bernstein’s wide-ranging compositional output. Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) was perhaps the most ‘complete’ classical musician of the last century, as composer (covering everything from Broadway musicals to serial orchestral works), conductor (one of ...
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With superb singers in each, choosing the better version is entirely subjective (and may even change from day to day). Both provide evidence that, while he was best known for romantic and post-romantic-era repertoire, Bernstein was a superb Haydn conductor.
