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(Vocal Selections). This revised edition celebrates the legacy of one of the most famous musicals of all time with 13 newly engraved songs, a show biography and plot notes, facsimiles of Bernstein's original manuscripts,…

2018 brings the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein (born on August 25th, 1918), one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Few personalities of our time unite so many diverse talents with…

"There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air wait for us. Somewhere...". These words from the classic song from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" set the tone for "Fahrt ins Blaue…

Bernstein's piano output reflects the various strands of his multifaceted personality, in works as different as Touches (1981) ? influenced by Aaron Copland?s thorny Piano Variations ? and , at the other end of the…

The GAIA Music Festival takes place annually in Oberhofen in Switzerland. The brainchild of violinist Gwendolyn Masin, the Festival is named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, and in just a few years has grown into a…

The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail for the very first time.

This concert from the opening night at Carnegie Hall 2008 celebrates the music of the great American composer Leonard Bernstein. Christine Ebersole, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Yo-Yo Ma, and the Symphonic Orchestra of…

West Side Story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film by the same name. All music is composed by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim. When released, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's…

An award winning look at the making of the recording of West Side Story, as Leonard Bernstein had originally wanted it to be. Performances from Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Jose Carreras, and the Kurt Ollmann Chorus…

The last century has seen the demise of age-old Jewish communal life in the Arab world, and there is now a struggle to overcome a mutual lack of understanding between the West and the Arab-Muslim world. Over the course…

Live concert celebrating the music of Leonard Bernstein with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. Included in the concert are performances of pieces from 'West…

Collection of performances by the Turkish twins Güher and Süher Pekinel. Featured in the collection are the duo's performances of Gershwin's preludes for two pianos, Debussy's 'En Blanc et Noir' and 'Symphonic Dances'…

Live concert celebrating the music of Leonard Bernstein with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus performing at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. Included in the concert are performances of pieces from 'West…

West Side Story is the recording of the 1957 Broadway production of the same-titled musical. All music is composed by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim. The musical premiered in 1957 and was…

One of the Broadway musicals that can genuinely claim to have transformed the genre, West Side Story has been featured in many books on Broadway, but it has yet to be the focus of a scholarly monograph. Nigel Simeone…

Marin Alsop leads the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a new recording of Bernstein?s riotous satirical operetta 'Candide'. Made almost three decades after the composer's own iconic recording with the Orchestra,…

Music pervaded by so many different influences, modern and yet rooted in tradition, assiduous and extremely cool A Bernstein Story is an album which deals with Lenny's music the same way in which he dealt with music…

Bold new essays demonstrate how Leonard Bernstein influenced American culture, society, and politics through his conducting, composing, political relationships, and activism.