EXTRA! On October 10th, New York Philharmonic Special Editions releases the fourth in its epochal series of boxed sets. This latest issue focuses on the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, and as a special preview for our readers, we are delighted to offer the following repertoire list to whet your appetite. Of course, ClassicsToday.com will run a feature review of the complete set as well. In the meantime...

New York Philharmonic Special Editions: Bernstein LIVE

Composer Title (note or soloist) Date Time
Disc 1
Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale 12/16/56 20:53
Elgar Cockaigne Overture 02/09/63 13:24
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 (Lazar Berman) 03/02/77 44:02
78:44

Disc 2
Thomson The Seine at Night 10/14/61 08:45
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 (Byron Janis) 01/30/60 24:47
Webern Six Pieces for Orchestra 01/19/58 12:44
Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler 12/23/56 27:42
74:32

Disc 3
Britten Spring Symphony
(Jennifer Vyvyan, Regina Sarfaty, Richard Lewis)
05/04/63 42:52
Schumann Cello Concerto (Jacqueline du Pré) 03/03/67 25:25
Sibelius Songs (Phyllis Curtin) 10/02/65 08:54
77:36

Disc 4
Mozart The Magic Flute Overture 10/29/66 06:40
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (Wilhelm Kempff) 10/29/66 36:32
Foss Quintets for Orchestra 01/31/81 14:35
Copland Dance Symphony 01/31/81 19:19
77:40

Disc 5
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 (Vladimir Ashkenazy) 11/29/58 30:49
Markevitch Icare (U.S. Premiere) 04/13/58 24:28
Varèse Arcana 11/29/58 17:15
72:56

Disc 6
Barber Second Essay 10/24/59 10:26
Russo Symphony No. 2 (Maynard Ferguson, World Premiere) 04/18/59 20:28
Ruggles Men and Mountains 10/18/58 09:33
Ives Symphony No. 2 (World Premiere) 02/25/51 37:47
78:47

Disc 7
Shchedrin Mischievous Folk Ditties 05/20/67 07:59
Stravinsky Capriccio (Seymour Lipkin) 05/19/62 17:35
Henze Symphony No. 5
(World Premiere, Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for the opening celebration of Lincoln Center)
05/18/63 19:44
Beethoven Triple Concerto
(Leonard Bernstein, John Corigliano, Laszlo Varga)
10/17/59 32:49
78:41

Disc 8
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
(Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, John Wummer)
12/05/59 22:36
Bruckner Symphony No. 6 03/27/76 56:48
79:30

Disc 9 Bernstein Discusses and Performs Twentieth-Century Music:
Copland An Outdoor Overture 11/12/60 11:17
Xenakis Pithoprakta (U.S. Premiere) 01/05/64 22:07
Brant Antiphony One 04/02/60 14:31
Boulez Improvisation sur Mallarmé I (Marni Nixon, U.S. Premiere) 04/02/60 10:05
Cage Atlas Eclipticalis 02/09/64 19:44
79:42

Disc 10
Wagner Scenes from Götterdämmerung
(Eileen Farrell, Jess Thomas)
01/24, 26/70 79:57

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