Title from disc label. Program and performer notes in English (19 pages : color portraits) inserted in container. "Leonard Bernstein at 100"--Container. Leann Osterkamp, piano ; with Michael Barrett, piano (Bridal suite). Recorded 2016 December 5, 6 & 16 2016 December 5, 6 & 16 Steinway Hall, New York City.
Contents:
Disc 1. Valse lente -- Non troppo presto -- Music for the dance, no. II -- Sonata for piano -- Seven anniversaries -- Five anniversaries -- Mixolydian mixup -- 13 anniversaries. For Aaron Stern -- Touches -- 13 anniversaries. For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle -- Disc 2. 13 anniversaries. In memoriam: Helen Coates ; For my daughter, Nina -- One-minute for Charlie -- Sabras. Ilana (the dreamer) -- 13 anniversaries. For Stephen Sondheim -- Sabras. Yosi (the jokester) -- 13 anniversaries. For Leo Smit ; In memoriam: Constance Hope ; For Felicia, on our 28th birthday (& her 52nd) ; For Jessica Fleischmann -- Sabras. Idele (the chassidele) -- 13 anniversaries. In memoriam: William Kapell ; For Craig Urquhart -- Sabras. Dina (the tomboy who weeps alone) -- 35 -- Valse lente after GAEA -- Four anniversaries -- For Nicky Slonimsky -- Meditations before a wedding -- 13 anniversaries. In memorial: Ellen Goetz -- Bridal suite (with Michael Barrett, piano [4 hands]).
Summary:
"Leonard Bernstein's works for piano are all collected in this 2-CD album, including works unpublished and previously unrecorded. Including many miniatures written as tributes, gifts and memorials to friends and family, these pieces range across Bernstein's composing career and reflect his unique musical style and character"--Container.
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