Product Description

The Maestro

Very Best of Leonard Bernstein

First Press Only Limited Release

JAPAN Release 2 UHQCD

Release Date: December 1, 2023

Universal Music UCCG-41166

About UHQCD (Ultimate High Quality CD):

・Discs conform to the CD specification and are playable on existing Audio CD players.

・Newly developed disc manufacturing process masks the sound quality.

・Offers easy enjoyment of high-quality audio at a quality that is very close to

  that of Crystal Disc.

Condition: New and sealed

( New > Mint > Excellent > Very Good > Good )

Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. Leonard Bernstein: "Candide" - Overture

2. Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances: Finale

3. Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story" - "Maria"

4. Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story" - "Somewhere"

José Carreras, tenor (2)

Marilyn Horne, mezzosoprano (3)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: 1989, London (1), 1982, San Francisco (2), 1984, New York

5. Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 - Theme (Enigma)

6. Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 - Variation IX (Nimrod)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: 1982, London

7. Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings"

8. George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: 1982, San Francisco (7, 8)

9. Gustav Mahler: "Symphony No. 5" - 4th Movement: Adagietto

Wiener Philharmoniker

Recorded: 1987, Frankfurt (9)

10. Gustav Mahler: "Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'" - 4th Movement

11. Gustav Mahler: "Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'" - 5th Movement

Christa Ludwig, alto (10, 11)

Barbara Hendricks, soprano (11)

Westminster Choir (11)

New York Philharmonic

Recorded: 1987, New York

Disc 2

1. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88 - 4th Movement

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - 2nd Movement

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 - 4th Movement

4. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 - 3rd Movement

5. Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 - 2nd Movement

6. Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 - 3rd Movement

Peter Schmidl, clarinet (2)

Mischa Maisky, cello (5)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Recorded: 1983 (1), 1987 (2), 1984 (3, 6), 1978 (4), 1985 (5), Wien

7. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 - 1st Movement

New York Philharmonic

Recorded: 1986, New York

8. Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 - 3rd Movement

9. Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: 1986, Paris (8), 1988, Tel Aviv (9)

10. Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 - March No. 1 in D Major

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 1982, London

11. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - 4th Movement

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 1989, Berlin

Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

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