Leonard Bernstein
Piano Works
Apart from musical considerations, it is entirely appropriate that the work of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) stands beside the compositions of three younger Americans on this program of recorded premieres. By example and deed, Bernstein served like n…
New York City Opera, Erie Mills, David Eisler, John Lankston, Joyce Castle, Scott Reeve, Jack Harrold, James Billings, Maris Clement, New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra, John Mauceri, Harold Prince, Leonard Bernstein, Hugh Wheeler, Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche
CandideLeonard Bernstein's musical adaptation of Candide started life in 1956 as a musical comedy, became an operetta, was heard several times in concert form, and if not home to roost once and for all in this recorded version, is certainly being cultivated…