Leonard Bernstein 1918-2008, The Anniversary Box 5 DVD Set / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Orchestra National de France / Vienna Philharmonic / Live in Berlin / DVD

Format: NTSC

Run time: 6'59 Hours

UPC: 880242570680

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.2 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches; 15.2 Ounces
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 6 hours and 59 minutes
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Medici Arts
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5

There has probably never been a conductor able to combine the highest musical standards with personal warmth in the way that Leonard Bernstein did. Bernstein not only had at his command a rare musicality that melded emotion with analysis, he was also uniquely able to convey that musicality both as a musician and as a teacher. The present boxed set brings together outstanding video recordings that allow us to see and hear the intensity and the thrilling, emotional way in which Bernstein communicated his interpretations to his musicians and to his public. The result is a magnificent tribute to this brilliant conductor on what would have been his 90th birthday.

Bernstein not only had at his command a rare musicality that melded emotion with analysis, but he was also uniquely able to convey that musicality both as a musician and as a teacher. This boxed set brings together outstanding videos. 

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was “one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.”

His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world’s leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan,Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works.

Bernstein was the first conductor to give numerous television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954 and continuing until his death. He was a skilled pianist, often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard.

As a composer he wrote in many styles encompassing symphonic and orchestral music, ballet, film and theatre music, choral works, opera, chamber music and pieces for the piano. Many of his works are regularly performed around the world, although none has matched the tremendous popular and critical success of West Side Story.

Tracks:

1: BRAHMS: Symphonies 1 & 3

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

2. FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor; MILHAUD: Le Creation du Monde; Le boeuf sur la toit

Orchestra National de France

3. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17; Symphony No. 39

Vienna Philharmonic

4. BEETHOVEN: "Ode to Freedom" - Symphony No. 9, live in Berlin 

5. BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 

Vienna Philharmonic