Original Jackets -- Leonard Bernstein
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Original Jackets -- Leonard Bernstein
Release Date: December 04, 2001
SXK89750
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This Original Jacket Collection features 10 of legendary composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein's critically acclaimed LPs, serving as a great introduction to these timeless masterpieces. These acclaimed performances by one of the greatest recording artists of the 20th century help capture a moment in time and offer an ideal introduction to these monuments of music.

The
Original Jacket Collection deluxe box sets offer handsome mini-jacket reproductions at CD size of the original LP jackets, celebrating the great legacy that is Columbia and CBS Masterworks in the 20th Century. Each set is a limited-edition, deluxe item, and each disc recreates the arrangement of repertoire on the original LP, with bonus material and an extensive 76-page booklet that includes excerpts from the original liner notes.

The CDs in this set re-create the following original LPs in look and sequence:
     
  • SM 6774
    Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major Op.55 "Eroica"
    BONUS: How a Great Symphony was Written

  • MS 6251
    Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront

  • MS 6175
    Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Billy the Kid Ballet Suite

  • MS 6091
    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris

  • MS 6609
    Haydn: Symphony No.82 in C Major Hob I:82 "The Bear", Symphony No.83 in G Minor Hob I:83 "The Hen"

  • KS 6155
    Ives: Symphony No.2
    BONUS: Bernstein discusses Ives

  • MS 6845
    Mahler: Symphony No.6 "Tragic"

  • MS 6115
    Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D Minor Op.47

  • MS 6749
    Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major Op.82

  • MS 6010
    Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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    Track listing for CD Longplay


    Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Instrumental)
         
    1    I. Allegro con brio
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    2    II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
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    3    III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
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    4    IV. Finale. Allegro molto
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    5  How A Great Symphony Was Written - Leonard Bernstein discusses the first movement of Beethoven's Eroica with musical illustrations
         
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
         
    1    Prologue. Allegro moderato
         
    2    "Somewhere". Adagio
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    3    Scherzo. Vivace leggiero
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    4    Mambo. Presto
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    5    Cha-Cha ("Maria"). Andantino con grazia
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    6    Meeting Scene. Meno mosso
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    7    "Cool" Fugue. Allegretto
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    8    Rumble. Molto allegro
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    9    Finale. Adagio
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    Symphonic Suite from the Film On The Waterfront
         
    10    Andante (with dignity) ¿ Presto barbaro
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    11    Adagio ¿ Allegro molto agitato ¿ Alla breve (Poco più mosso) ¿ Presto come prima
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    12    Andante largamente ¿ More flowing ¿ Still more flowing ¿ Poco meno mosso ¿ Lento
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    13    Moving forward, with warmth ¿ Largamente ¿ a tempo ¿ Calmato ¿ Andante come prima ¿ sempre avanti, with intensity ¿ Ancora più mosso
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    14    Allegro non troppo, molto marcato ¿ Poco più sostenuto ¿ Moving forward ¿ Meno mosso
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    15    A tempo
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    Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)
         
    1    Buckaroo Holiday. Allegro con spirito
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    2    Corral Nocturne. Moderato
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    3    Saturday Night Waltz. Introduction - Slow Waltz
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    4    Hoe-Down. Allegro
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    Billy the Kid (Orchestral Suite)
         
    5    Introduction. The open Prairie
         
    6    Street in a Frontier Town
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    7    Mexican Dance and Finale
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    8    Prairie Night (Card game at night)
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    9    Gun Battle
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    10    Celebration (after Billy's capture)
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    11    Billy's Death
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    12    The open Prairie again
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    1  Rhapsody in Blue
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    2  An American in Paris
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    Symphony in C Major, Hob. I: 82, The Bear (Instrumental)
         
    1    I. Vivace assai
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    2    II. Allegretto
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    3    III. Menuet - Trio
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    4    IV. Finale. Vivace
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    Symphony in G minor, Hob. I: 83, The Hen (Instrumental)
         
    5    I. Allegro spiritoso
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    6    II. Andante
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    7    III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio
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    8    IV. Finale. Vivace
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    Symphony No. 2
         
    1    I. Andante moderato
         
    2    II. Allegro
         
    3    III. Adagio cantabile
         
    4    IV. Lento maestoso
         
    5    V. Allegro molto vivace
         
    6  Leonard Bernstein discusses Charles Ives
         
    Symphony No. 7 in E minor (Instrumental)
         
    1    Movement I. Langsam (Adagio)
         
    2    Nicht schleppen
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    3    Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo
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    4    a tempo (sempre l'istesso)
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    5    Subito Allegro I. Ziemlich ruhig
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    6    Adagio (Tempo der Einleitung)
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    7    Maestoso. Allegro come prima
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    8    Movement II. Nachtmusik I: Allegro moderato
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    9    Sempre l'istesso tempo. Nicht eilen, sehr gemächlich
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    10    Tempo
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    11    Movement III. Scherzo: Schattenhaft; Fliessend, aber nicht zu schnell; in den Anfangstakten noch etwas zögernd
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    12    Trio
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    13    Wieder wie zu Anfang (nicht eilen)
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    14    Movement IV. Nachtmusik II: Andante amoroso
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    15    Figure 197
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    16    Movement V. Rondo-Finale: Tempo I (Allegro ordinario)
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    17    Gemessen! Nicht schnell! Tempo II (Allegro moderato ma energico)
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    18    Tempo I (Halbe wie die Viertel des TempoI)
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    19    Sempre l'istesso tempo
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    Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (Instrumental)
         
    1    I. Moderato
         
    2    II. Allegretto
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    3    III. Largo
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    4    IV. Allegro non troppo
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    Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
         
    1    Molto moderato
         
    2    Allegro moderato - Presto
         
    3    Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
         
    4    IV. Allegro molto
         
    5  Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (Instrumental)
         
    Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913 Version)
         
    1    Part One - Adoration of the Earth: Introduction. Lento
         
    2    The Augurs of Spring
         
    3    Mock Abduction
         
    4    Spring Round Dances
         
    5    Games of the Rival Tribes
         
    6    Procession of the Wise Elder
         
    7    Adoration of the Earth (The Wise Elder)
         
    8    Dance of the Earth
         
    9    Part Two - The Sacrifice: Introduction. Largo
         
    10    Mystical Circles of the Young Girls
         
    11    Glorification of the Chosen Victim
         
    12    Summoning of the Ancestors
         
    13    Ritual of the Ancestors
         
    14    Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)