Leonard Bernstein
Also Known As: Louis Bernstein
Biography: Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: August 25, 1918
Deathday: October 14, 1990
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Gender: Male
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Overview: Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-25
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Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: Phonology is the linguistic study of sounds, or phonemes. Bernstein's application of this term to music results in what he calls "musical phonology".
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: Syntax refers to the study of the structural organization of a sentence, or as Bernstein summarizes, "the actual structures that arise from that phonological stuff."
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse:Semantics is the study of meaning in language, and Bernstein's third lecture, "musical semantics", accordingly, is Bernstein's first attempt to explain meaning in music. Although Bernstein defines musical semantics as "meaning, both musical and extramusical" this lecture focuses exclusively on the "musical" version of meaning.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: Bernstein provides two distinct meanings of the term ambiguity. The first is "doubtful or uncertain" and the second, "capable of being understood in two or more possible senses"
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: Lecture 5 picks up at the early twentieth century with an oncoming crisis in Western Music. As these lectures have traced the gradual increase and oversaturation of ambiguity, Bernstein now designates a point in history that took ambiguity too far.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Overview: This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: This lecture takes its name from a line in John Keats' poem, "On the Grasshopper and Cricket". Bernstein does not discuss Keats' poem directly in this chapter, but he provides his own definition of the poetry of earth, which is tonality. Tonality is the poetry of earth because of the phonological universals discussed in lecture 1. This lecture discusses predominantly Stravinsky, whom Bernstein considers the poet of earth.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Overview: The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-23
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The Making Of West Side Story
Overview: A documentary which shows, in great detail, the making of the 1985 Bernstein-conducted recording of the entire score of "West Side Story", featuring operatic stars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
Overview: Leonard Bernstein discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Institute and the influence of great masters like Reiner, Mitropoulos and Koussevitzky. He shares his feelings on the primacy of tonal music and speculates on the nature of the creative process. From Carnegie Hall, scene of his début, to the living room of his home and his private studio overlooking New York's Central Park, Reflections explores the artist's varied and colourful career.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-13
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Debussy, Images pour orchestre
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Satchmo the Great
Overview: In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Overview: Leonard Bernstein conducts four pieces by American composers: George Gershwin's 'An American in Paris' and 'Rhapsody in Blue' and Charles Ives' 'Symphony no. 2' and 'The Unanswered Question'. 'American in Paris', 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'The Unanswered Question' are all performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall in June 1976, while Ives' Symphony no. 2 is performed by Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in the Congress Hall of the Deutsche Museum, Munich in June 1987.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Zimerman und Bernstein - Sternstunden der Musik
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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: de
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Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
Overview: Leonard Bernstein narrated by legendary screen star Lauren Bacall. The movie also relies extensively on Bernstein's own words to provide the counterpoint to the abundant visual material. Highlights include excerpts of Bernstein conducting masterworks by Beethoven and Mahler, as well as of the maestro with the New York Philharmonic in Moscow in 1959 before an audience which included composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the dissident poet Boris Pasternak. It also contains never-before-seen footage, such as outtakes from televised concerts and interviews. Among these special treats: the dashing 28-year-old maestro representing the U.S. at the 1947 Prague Spring Festival – possibly the earliest extant film of Leonard Bernstein.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
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Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Overview: A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-09
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Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Overview: The life of the composer, shaped by his Jewish heritage, his morality and his playful sense of humor.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-27
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The Creative Performer
Overview: Leornard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, first with pianist Glenn Gould performing Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor and then with soprano Eileen Farrell singing the "Suicidio!" aria from Amilcare Ponchielli 's opera "La Gioconda". Finally, composer Igor Stravinsky takes over the podium, conducting the last three scenes from his ballet "The Firebird". Bernstein also gives an opening talk on the vagaries of musical score notation and introduces each of the three guest performers. Originally aired on January 31, 1960 on CBS Television as part of its Ford Presents series.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-31
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Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Overview: This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican Centre, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with a stellar cast of operatic stars gracing the solo parts. The programme lasts a full 2hrs 27 mins. It marks the end of a long and tortured journey for the musical/operetta that spent much of its first 35 years as an orphan in the musical wilderness.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-13
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Mozart: Requiem
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Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-01-09
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Tanglewood: A Place for Music
Overview: A look at the activities of the Tanglewood Music Center, America's renowned summer Academy for talented musicians, singers, composers and conductors.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-26
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Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor
Overview: In 1985, cameras take a look inside the Berkshire Music Center, the most prominent pre-professional classical music academy in the US. Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Slatkin and others work with the next generation younger conducting talent.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-27
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Overview: An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-27
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
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Original Language: es
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Beethoven Fidelio
Overview: This production is a gala affair; the sets are traditional (evocative of 18th-19th century Spain); the lighting is bright, so colors are good and one can see all of the action. Singers are generally well chosen and perform admirably. However, at this point, slight reservations creep in; although Janowitz (Fidelio/Leonore) and Kollo (Florestan) look "good" and act well, the singing parts tax them a bit when pushed to the limit. Most of the time that doesn't matter, and an argument can be made that a little vocal strain is in character with their dire plight. Ideally, for me, Vickers as Florestan would have added extra vocal heft and more sensitive acting than Kollo.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-11-04
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Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein
Overview: Great presentation of the legendary american conductor Leonard Bernstein, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christa Ludwig (contralto solo), the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Boys Choir playing the Symphony No. 3 of Gustav Mahler, in 1973.
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Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
Overview: Can a work of art remain relevant 200 years after its creation? Ludwig van Beethoven’s last completed symphony proves it’s possible.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-28
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West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Overview: As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of the true stories behind the inception of this classic show. For the first time on television, they hear first-hand from those involved in the show when it opened on Broadway in September 1957, including Sondheim himself, producer Hal Prince and original cast members from both show and movie, including Chita Rivera Carol Lawrence and Rita Moreno. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and specially cast singers, we re-live some of the wonderful music and, in the company of Suzy and Bruno, we discover how West Side Story placed the 1950s phenomena of racial tension and teenage gangs centre stage to create a hit that changed musical theatre forever.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-26
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Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
Overview: BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-24
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Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
Overview: The New York Philharmonic takes the stage of the Sydney Opera House for their Australian debut, and acclaimed conductor Leonard Bernstein is there to guide them through Tchaikovsky's "Sixth Symphony" in this performance captured live on film in 1974 and directed for the screen by Noel Clark.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Candide
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Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-10-15
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Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
Overview: The National Orchestra of France performs in the sumptuous Theatre des Champs Elysees before a Parisian audience. Leonard Bernstein conducts Ravel's virtuoso piano concerto from the keyboard. Starring: Bernstein, National Orchestra Of France, Marilyn Horne (vocalist), Boris Belkin (violin)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Overview: With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music. Comprised of archival footage, performance highlights and interviews with the likes of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christa Ludwig and Seiji Ozawa, this retrospective chronicles the life and times of the iconic Austrian maestro.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-05-10
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The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Overview: Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
Overview: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 1, 8 & 9 Performed by Gwyneth Jones · Hanna Schwarz René Kollo · Kurt Moll In Vienna at the Konzertvereinigung With the Wiener Staatsopernchor and the Wiener Philharmoniker Leonard Bernstein, conducting
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-15
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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Overview: Under the guidance of famed American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a rousing performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concertos nos. 3, 4 and 5. Premiered in 1808, Beethoven's fourth concerto marked the last time the composer would take the stage as a soloist with an orchestra.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-09
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Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Overview: Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms' orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honour the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth in 1983. For the concertos, Bernstein enlisted the services of some of the finest Brahms interpreters of the time: the violoninst Gidon Kremer, the cellist Mischa Maisky and the pianist Krystian Zimerman. Seeing Bernstein enjoying himself while conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in these lighter, familiar works by Brahms added to the pleasure I got from them. The Academic Festival Overture is especially well done. Some conductors don't seem to get it, but Bernstein did.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-07
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Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Overview: Here is the most convincing presentation of Brahms' symphonies that I personally have ever experienced. There is no explaining a gift like Leonard Bernstein, a true legend and one of the truly great ones of the 20th century (and a great Brahms conductor!). I have followed his career and recordings both at the NY Philharmonic and at Vienna (other places too). His brilliance and incandescence are revelatory in these Brahms performances. His view of a thorough-going romantic Brahms expressing his passionate control of an inner rage in classical form is convincing. He and this great Vienna orchestra give a consistent statement of it. And, of course, Bernstein's introductory comments are without peer.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Overview: This performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, which remained an unfinished torso, is reverent and highly dramatic. It was filmed 4-6 April 1990 in the beautiful Baroque Basilica of Waldsassen in Bavaria: a few kilometers from the Czech border. It was filmed just a few months after the Iron Curtain had fallen, a mere 6 months before Bernstein's death on 14 October 1990. His painful, labored breathing is evident during this performance. It is a sad reminder of what is to come and it makes this performance, so other-worldly in many ways, particularly poignant. Bernstein conducts the splendid Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-03
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Rostropovich Life & Art
Overview: Released as a memorial for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who passed away on 27 April 2007, this DVD contains one bonafide cello concerto, the Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, and two tone poems with prominent cello parts, Ernest Bloch's Schelomo and Richard Strauss' Don Quixote. Rostropovich mastered the Schumann in several famous recordings. Here, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, he provides a splendid performance. Featuring his trademark powerful technique, smooth legato and crisp vibrato, the Romantic roots of the concerto are never hidden for long, despite the relatively cool playing of the Orchestre National de France.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-05
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Overview: For Mahlerites, his symphonies are much more than musical performances--they can be an emotional or spiritual journey through the struggles, fears, and triumphs of life. This Sixth Symphony is a 1976 performance in the Vienna Musikvereinssaal with PCM stereo and DTS 5.1. The 2 dvd set also includes the 4th and 5th symphonies, which are performed as magnificently as the Sixth.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-22
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Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Overview: "Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Filmed in 1971, this rehearsal was directed by Humphrey Burton,
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-08
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Overview: Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, while emphasizing his emotional extremism. The uplifting Second "Resurrection" Symphony, with which Bernstein had an especially long and close association, is recorded here in a historic performance from 1973, set in the Romanesque splendor of Ely Cathedral. In the Third, Bernstein encompasses the symphony's spiritual panorama like no other conductor, with the Vienna Philharmonic players alive to every nuance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-17
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Overview: In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting some of the world's most spellbinding opera singers and conductors. The event includes a ballet from Samson et Dalila and boasts incredible classical performances from Kathleen Battle, Plácido Domingo, Jose Carerras, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Leona Mitchell, Luciano Pavarotti and many more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Overview: Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intense interpretation, expressing Bernstein's conviction that modern man had at last caught up with the message encoded in Mahler's last completed work. Having made his famous 1966 studio recording of "Das Lied von der Erde" in Vienna, Bernstein re-recorded this in Israel with the same searing subjectivity. René Kollo draws on the voice of a great Wagner tenor, while Christa Ludwig, the greatest exponent of the contralto songs at the time, is unbearably poignant in the final movement's fusion of elation and sadness.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-22
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Overview: Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker in the mid-1970s when he was at the peak of his career. Humphrey Burton's direction is, as always, very fine, giving the viewer/listener both the larger picture and highlighting individual soloists, players or groups of musicians and, of course, the maestro. The video and audio tracks show their age, but are quite acceptable even for today's standards. Bernstein's Seventh is everything one could desire: dark and spooky, highly sensual, but also structurally strong and assertive where needed. Bernstein's reading does not gloss over breakdowns in tonality and the foreshadowing of later musical developments.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-17
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Brahms The Piano Concertos
Overview: Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahmss orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honor the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth in 1983. For the concertos, Bernstein enlisted the services of some of the finest Brahms interpreters of the time: the violoninst Gidon Kremer, the cellist Mischa Maisky and the pianist Krystian Zimerman. Leonard Bernstein, Krystian Zimerman, and the Wiener Philharmoniker, it's very hard to get a better group of musicians for these masterpieces. Mr. Zimerman and Mr. Wolfgang Herzer's piano cello duets in the third movement of Brahms' second is simply tearful.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-11
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The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Overview: This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Recorded in Israel, Vienna and later in London, it is punctuated by biographical interludes and illustrated by musical examples drawn from the cycle of Mahler's works recorded by Bernstein. Bernstein talks, plays and conducts various orchestras (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker) and soloists (Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Walton Groenroos) in performances spanning 17 years. Leonard Bernstein also examines the roots of Gustav Mahler's inspiration. The programme also features music from the nine symphonies, 'The Song of the Earth' and the 'Wunderhorn Cycle'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Overview: In a pair of passionate performances, American composer Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 4 and Andante Cantabile, then leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Russian composer's Symphony no. 5. Russian violinist Boris Belkin also makes his American debut as the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-17
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Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Overview: Excellent Bernstein performance. Interesting version for String Orchestra. Interesting video details to introduce your friends to classic orchestral music (lets them to understand the sound of each instrument the music comes from).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-30
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Ode to Freedom
Overview: Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this is an historic performance marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Performed on Christmas Day 1989 in the former East Berlin, a concert that unites an cast former eastern and western Berlin musicians and vocalists, among with an international cast of musicians, for a moving performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Overview: To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the Finale? Most of all! It is simply unplayable unless we go all the way with him, as he cries out "Brüder!" - Leonard Bernstein
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Overview: In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-16
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Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Overview: In Vienna's Musikverein, Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic celebrates Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday with a joyful performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Maestro Bernstein conducts the orchestra from the keyboard in this historic concert.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-07
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Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Overview: Leonard Bernstein performs three of his own compositions with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonic in Berlin.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Overview: Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
Overview: The document explores Leonard Bernstein's various facets as a conductor, a composer, a pianist and most of all a teacher and how he influenced so many people. It includes interviews of his children, former conductor students, orchestra members, collabrators and other acquintanses. - Pascal Kay
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-27
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Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann
Overview: Mischa Maisky performs with the Vienna Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein in concertos by Haydn and Schumann.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-11
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Overview: A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-13
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Glenn Gould: Extasis
Overview: A collection of recollections and opinions of and about Glenn Gould, interspersed with excerpts of archive footage of the great Canadian pianist speaking and playing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-12-31
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Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
Overview: "The Rite of Spring is all about sex and reproduction. This is a beastly music brought to the highest, most refined point."
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-26
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Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Overview: During a break in rehearsals with the Israel Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein sat down at the piano to film an introduction to the poetry and music of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Bernstein's Wall
Overview: An enlightening, complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-14
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Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
Overview: One of the first US born conductors to receive worldwide fame, Leonard Bernstein is an exceptional composer and certainly not only due to The West Side Story. Instead of concentrating exclusively on his most famous work, Thomas von Steinaecker sets out to paint a complete picture of Bernstein. Thus, the documentary focusses on the American’s less known later works and on three compositions in particular: his Mass, the musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the great final opera A Quiet Place. The film paints a vivid picture of the multitalented Bernstein, struggling with his role as composer and conductor, tackling the tension between successes and flops, between the politics of his time and his own liberal humanitarian claim. It looks back on Bernstein’s major achievements, such as his acclaimed conducting of Mahler and his involvement in the Young People’s Concerts, and it shows Bernstein’s work with young aspiring musicians as well as his political commitment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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Beatles '64
Overview: Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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TÁR
Overview: As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Overview: Trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philarmonic, it was inevitable that she would become the focus of much interest and fascination. Now 87 years old and recently retired, Orin looks back on her remarkable life and career, insisting that a fuss should not be made, much preferring to play a supporting role to the family, students, friends, and colleagues that surround her.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-09
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Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-12-31
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