Title from disc label. Leonard Bernstein at 100. Recorded in Grusin Recital Hall, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2015 August 23, 24, 25, 2015 and October 16. Booklet with program notes by Andrew Cooperstock and performer biography in English ([12] pages : portrait) inserted in container.
Contents:
(0:40). Encore 3: Magyar lullaby For Aaron Copland (1:14) -- For my sister Shirley (1:18) -- In memoriam: Nathalie Koussevitzky (1:33) -- For Sergei Koussevitzky (1:40) -- For William Schuman (0:51). Four anniversaries (1948, pub. 1948): For Felicia Montealegre (2:24) -- For Johnny Mehegan (0:41) -- For David Diamond (2:04) -- For Helen Coates (1:20). Five anniversaries (1949-51, pub. 1964): For Elizabeth Rudolf (1:10) -- For Lukas Foss (1:43) -- For Elizabeth B. Ehrman (0:47) -- For Sandy Gellhorn (1:35) -- For Susanna Kyle (1:40). Thirteen anniversaries (1964-88, pub. 1989): For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle (1:26) -- In memoriam: William Kapell (0:27) -- For Stephen Sondheim (1:26) -- For Craig Urquhart (1:17) -- For Leo Smit (0:28) -- For my daughter, Nina (2:20) -- In memoriam: Helen Coates (2:14) -- In memoriam: Goddard Lieberson (1:09) -- For Jessica Fleischmann (1:52) -- In memoriam: Constance Hope (2:20) -- For Felicia, on our 28th birthday (& her 52nd) (1:25) -- For Aaron Stern (2:11) -- In memoriam: Ellen Goetz (1:53). Disc B Touches: chorale, eight variations and coda (1980, pub. 1981) (9:08) -- Sonata for the piano (1938, pub. 1979): I. Presto. molto moderato. presto. scherzando (5:24) -- II. Largo. moderato. molto moderato (11:15) -- Non troppo presto (1937, pub. 2010) (2:23) -- Music for the dance, no. II (1938, pub. 2010): I. Moderato (1:26) -- II. Waltz Time (1:18) -- III. Allegro non troppo, with force (1:59). -- Four sabras (1950s , pub. 2010): Ilana, the dreamer (1:13) -- Idele, the chassidele (2:30) -- Yosi, the jokester (1:04) -- Dina, the tomboy who weeps alone (1:12). -- El Salón México (arrangement for piano solo by Leonard Berstein) (1936, orig. pub. 1939/ arr. pub. 1941) (10:26) -- Bridal Suite: in 2 parts with 3 encores [both parts performed by Andrew Cooperstock](1960, pub. 1989): part I Prelude (1:46) -- Three variations on Adolph F♯yllis Green: Love song (1:31) -- Chaplinesque (0:37) -- Chaplinade (0:57) -- part II: Interlude (bell, book, and rabbi) 1:35) -- Three wedding dances: The first waltz (canon) (1:00) -- Cha-cha-cha (0:36) -- Hora (0:39). -- Three encores (obligatory): Encore 1: modern music (argument) (0:30) -- Encore 2: Old music (reconciliation) (0:51) -- Encore 3: Magyar lullaby (0:40).
Summary:
"In celebration of Leonard Berstein's centenary, this recording features the composer's complete solo piano works, plus, as a special bonus, the witty and charming Bridal Suite for piano duet. In addition to the more familiar Anniversaries, Sonata for the Piano, and Touches, I have included Bernstein's very first published work, the highly effective transcription of Aaron Copland's orchestral tone poem El Salón México, together with the Four Sabras, Non troppo presto, and Music for the Dance, no. II, not published until 2010. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know this imaginative music, from the early works that hint at a later distinctive style to the mature works full of sweet sentiment and rhythmic vitality"--Container insert.
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