Plenty of records in which it is also not always easy to navigate (see details below), especially since in this case the scheduling of works does not follow a strict concept. Still we can distinguish two main components: 1 to 28 CDs are essentially devoted to concertos, and 29 to 70 CDs devoted to orchestral works, each party evolving roughly in alphabetical order of composers. Finally, the last 10 CDs offer mixed albums, plus "thematic" (contemporary music, dances, marches).
The Art of Leonard Bernstein, is above all that of passion. The passion to transmit the joy of sharing, hard to communicate through music the emotions of his life. A tireless and charismatic leader who inspires an irresistible dynamic partitions, a natural excitement that arises from the apparent spontaneity of his reading. An electrifying reading, often spirited, always intense, sustained by an immanent lyricism, and illuminated a vital energy as if it arose from the wand of a wizard.
Bernstein conductor and composer left us there is almost a quarter century. But through his many recordings, Lennie the sorcerer always conveys his contagious passion: the magic of music.
Below is the detailed content of the box, grouped by composer to facilitate a little reading.
The orchestra is the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, unless stated otherwise. Abbreviations used: CSO = Columbia Symphony Orchestra; IPO = Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; NFB = National Orchestra of France.
ALFORD: Colonel Bogey March (10.1970)
ARNE: Rule Britannia (10.1970)
AUSTIN: Improvisations for Jazz orchestra and soloists (01.1964)
AVASHALOMOV: Sinfonietta (12.1959)
BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2 BWV 1042 (Isaac Stern, 02.1966); Concerto for Oboe and Violin BW 1060 (Isaac Stern, Harold Gomberg, 02.1966); Piano Concerto No. 1 BWV 1052 (Glenn Gould, CSO, 04.1957); Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043 (Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, 05.1976)
BAGLEY: The National Emblem (10.1970)
BARBER: Violin Concerto op.34 (Isaac Stern, 04.1964); Adagio for Strings (03.1961)
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (11.1959); Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3 (Philippe Entremont, 01.1967); Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra (05.1966); Violin Concerto No. 2 (Isaac Stern, 01.1958); 2 Rhapsodies for violin and orchestra (Isaac Stern, 04.1962); Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (03.1961)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto # 1 op.25 (Leonard Bernstein, 10.1960), No. 2 op.19 (Glenn Gould, CSO, 04.1957), No.3 op.37 (2 versions: Glenn Gould CSO 05.1959 and Rudolf Serkin 01.1964), No. 4 op.58 (Glenn Gould, 03.1961), No. 5 op.73 (Rudolf Serkin, 05.1962); Violin Concerto op.61 (Isaac Stern, 04.1959); Overture Leonore III op.72a (2 versions: 10.1960 and 05.1976), Fidelio op.72b (01.1967) The Consecration of the House op.124 (10.1962), Stéphane Le Roi op.117 (10.1966), Egmont op.84 ( 02.1790)
BEN-HAIM: "Sweet Psalmist of Israel" (05.1959)
BERG: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (12.1959)
Berlioz: Harold in Italy op.16 (10.1961); Opening Benvenuto Cellini; Opening The Roman Carnival op.9; Romeo and Juliet (extract, 10.1959); Rakoczy March (taken from The Damnation of Faust, 10.1967)
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" (Philippe Entremont, 07.1965, 02.1950 and original version with Lucas Foss); Choreographic Essay "Facsimile" (08.1963); Serenade for violin, harp, strings and percussion (2 versions: Isaac Stern 04.1956, 07.1965 and Zino Francescatti); Opening Candide (09.1960); Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (03.1961); Symphonic Suite from the film "On The Waterfront" (03.1961); Ballet "Fancy Free" (2 versions: 06.1963 and 07.1956 CSO); "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs" for clarinet and jazz ensemble (Benny Goodman, Columbia Jazz Combo, 05.1963); 3 dances from "On The Town" (06.1963); Ballet "Dybbuk" (New York City Ballet Orchestra, 06.1974)
Bizet: Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2 (05.1967), L'Arlesienne Suites No. 1 and 2 (01-02.1968)
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asir (12.1969); Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor extracted (01.1963)
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto # 1 op.15 (Glenn Gould, 04.06.1962 live, in the words of Bernstein before the concert, and the interview with Gould in February 1963); Piano Concerto No. 2 op.83 (André Watts, 01.1968); Violin Concerto op.77 (Zino Francescatti, 04.1961); Opening op.80 for Academic Festival (10.1963); Tragic Overture op.81 (05.1964); Serenade No. 2 op.16 (02.1966); Variations on a Theme by Haydn op.56a (12.1971); Hungarian Dances No. 5 (10.1970) and No. 6 (10.1965)
BRITTEN: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell op.34 (03.1961); Four Sea Interludes op.34 (03.1973); Passacaglia op.33b extracted from Benjamin Britten (03.1973); Suite on English Folk Tunes op.90 (04.1976); The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (03.1961)
BRUBECK: Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (01.1960)
CARTER: Concerto for Orchestra (02.1970)
Chabrier: Espana Rhapsody (01.1963)
LINER: Poème for violin and orchestra op.25 (Zino Francescatti, 01.1964)
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto # 1 op.35 (Andre Previn, 04.1962), No. 2 op.102 (Leonard Bernstein, 01.1958); Polka taken from The Golden Age op.22a (10.1970)
Copland: Piano Concerto (Aaron Copland, 01.1964); Appalachian Spring (10.1961); Rodeo (05.1960); Billy The Kid (10.1959); Fanfare for the common man (02.1966); Music for the Teatre (12.1958); Connotations (09.1962); Inscape (10.1967); El Salon Mexico (2 versions: 03.1951 and 05.1961); Danzon Cubano (02.1963)
DALLAPICCOLA: Tartiniana (CSO 04.1953)
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra (Stanley Drucker, 10.1961); Rhapsody for saxophone and orchestra (Sigurd Rascher, 10.1961); Images for Orchestra (10.1958); Rhapsodie for clarinet (Stanley Drucker, 1961); Pavane for a Dead Princess (02.1968); Ma mère l'oye (02.1965); La Mer (10.1961); Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (09.1960); Games (05.1960); Nocturnes (09.1960)
DE FALLA: El Amor Brujo (Marilyn Horne, 11.1976); Fanfare for a party (11.1976); Interlude and Dance from La Vida Breve (02.1965); El Sombrero De Tres Picos (11.1964); Ritual Fire Dance extracted from El Amor Brujo (02.1965)
DENISOV: Crescendo e Diminuendo (05.1967)
Dinicu: Hora Staccato (10.1970)
DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (02.1965)
DVORAK: Piano Concerto op.33 (Justus Franz, 04.1975); Carnival Opening op.92 (02.1965); Slavonic Dances op.46 No. 1 and 3 (10.1965)
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance op. 39 No. 1 (10.1967)
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 op.11 (12.1969)
FAURE: Ballade for piano and orchestra op.19 (Robert Casadesus, 10.1961)
FELDMAN: Out of "Last Pieces" (02.1964)
FERNANDEZ: Batuque (02.1963)
FOSS: Phorion (05.1967)
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Leonard Bernstein, 06.1959); An American in Paris (12.1958)
GLIERE: Dance Russian sailors (11.1964)
GLINKA: Opening Russlan and Ludmilla (10.1963)
GOUNOD: Faust Ballet Music (05.1967)
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 and No. 2 op.46 op.55 (01.1967); Norwegian Dance op.35 / 2 (10.1965); March of the Trolls op.54 / 4 (10.1965)
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite (05.1963)
GUARNIERI: Dansa Brasileira (02.1963)
HANDY: St. Louis Blues (07.1965)
HEROLD: Opening Zampa (01.1963)
HILL: Prelude for Orchestra (CSO 04.1953)
HINDEMITH: Violin Concerto (Isaac Stern, 04.1964); Symphonic Metamorphosis on a theme of Weber (01.1968); Konzertmusik for string orchestra and brass op.50 (03.1961)
Holst: The Planets Op. 32 (11.1971)
HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No.1 "Pacific 231" and No. 2 "Rugby" (10.1962); Pastorale d'été (10.1962)
HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer extracted from Hansel and Gretel (10.1970)
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches op.10 (02.1965)
IVES: The Unanswered Question (04.1964); Holidays Symphony (1963-1967); Central Park in the Dark (05.1962); The Gong is the Hook and Ladder (01.1967); Circus Band March (01.1967)
LIGETI: Atmospheres (01.1964)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Andre Watts, 02.1963); Les Préludes (02.1963); Hungarian Dances No. 1 (12.1969) and No. 4 (01.1971)
LOPATNIKOFF: Concertino for orchestra op.30 (CSO 04.1953)
MOUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (10.1958); A Night on Bald Mountain (02.1965); Prelude to Act 1 of the Khovanshchina (12.1963)
MOZART: Piano Concertos No. 15 and No. 17 K450 K453 (Leonard Bernstein, CSO, 05.1956), No. 25 K503 (Leonard Bernstein, IPO, 11.1974); Concerto for two pianos K365 (Arthur Gold, Robert Fitzdale, 02.1970); Concerto for three pianos K242 (Arthur Gold, Robert Fitzdale, Leonard Bernstein, 03.1968); Serenade K525 "Little Night Music" (03.1973); Opening The Marriage of Figaro (03.1968); German Dances K.605 3 (12.1965)
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto op.64 (2 versions: Isaac Stern, live IPO 07.1967, 02.1969 and Pinchas Zukerman); Opening Ruy Blas (10.1960); Hebrides Overture (02.1966); Walk extracted from Athaliah op.74 (10.1967)
MEYERBEER: On Coronation extracted from the Prophet (10.1967)
Nielsen: Flute Concerto (Julius Baker, 02.1966); Clarinet Concerto op.57 (Stanley Drucker, 03.1967)
Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies of the Divine Presence (02.1964)
Milhaud: The Beginning op.81 world (Columbia Chamber Orchestra 03.1951)
NICOLAI: Opening Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (05.1967)
(NY Philharmonic) 4 Improvisations (02.1964)
OFFENBACH: Gaite Parisienne Open (12.1969); Opening Orpheus in the Underworld (03.1967)
PISTON: Suite "The Incredible Flutist" (12.1963)
PONCHIELLI: Dance of hours from La Gioconda (05.1967)
Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos (Arthur Gold, Robert Fitzdale, 10.1961)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 op.63 (Isaac Stern, 01.1957); Scythian Suite op.20 (05.1964); Walk Love for Three Oranges op.33a (01.1971); Lieutenant Kijé Suite op.60 (01.1971); Peter and the Wolf Suite op.67 (2 versions: Suite 02.1960, 02.1960 and Bernstein narrator)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 op.18 (2 versions: Philippe Entremont 02.1960, 05.1964 and Gary Graffmann); Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op.43 (Gary Graffmann, 05.1964)
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major (Leonard Bernstein, CSO, 04.1958); Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra (Zino Francescatti, 01.1964); Bolero (2 versions: 01.1958, 10.1975 and NFB); Alborada del gracioso (2 versions: 09.1963, 10.1975 and NFB); The waltz (3 versions: 01.1958, 01.1963 and 10.1975 NFB); Rapsodie Espagnole (2 versions: 01.1958 and 03.1973); Daphnis and Chloe (03.1961)
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome (02.1970); Roman Festivals (03.1968)
REVUELTAS: Sensemaya (02.1963)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade op.35 (02.1959); Capriccio Espagnol op.34 (05.1959); Dancing buffoons extracted Snegourotchka (01.1968)
Rossini; Openings Il barbiere di Siviglia (03.1963), L'Italiana in Algeri (04.1960), Guillaume Tell (12.1963), La gazza Ladra (02.1960), Semiramide (09.1960) The scala seta (01.1963)
Rouget de Lisle: The Marseillaise (10.1970)
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 4 op.44 (Robert Casadesus, 10.1961)); Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra op.28 (Zino Francescatti, 01.1964); The Carnival of the Animals (2 versions: 04.1962, 04.1962 and Bernstein narrator); Danse Macabre op.40 (01.1967); Bacchanal of Samson and Delilah (05.1967)
SCHUBERT: Opening Des Teufels Lustschloss (01.1967)
SCHULLER: Triplum (07.1967)
W.SCHUMAN "Concerto on Old English Rounds" for alto, female choir and orchestra (Donnald McInnes, 04.1976); "To Thee Old Cause" (Harold Gomberg, 11.1968); In praise of Shahn (02.1970)
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto op.129 (Leonard Rose, 10.1960); Manfred Overture op.115 (04.1958); Opening Genoveva op.81 (10.1963)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto op.47 (Zino Francescatti, 01.1963); Valse Triste op.44 (12.1969); The Swan of Tuonela op.22 / 3 (03.1973); Finlandia op.26 (02.1965); Luonnotar for soprano and orchestra op.70 (Phyllis Curtin, 10.1965); Pohjola's Daughter op.49 (05.1964)
Smetana: The Moldau (11.1964); The opening FiancéeVendue (01.1963); 3 of dances from The Bartered Bride (02.1965)
SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner (2 live versions: 11.1943 and 09.1962)
SOUSA: Semper Fidelis (10.1967); The Thunderer (10.1970); Washington Post (10.1967); Hands Across The Sea (10.1968); Stars and Stripes Forever (10.1967)
J.Strauss: Opening The Gypsy Baron (10.1970)
J. Strauss II: An Der Schonen, Blauen Donau op.314 (02.1969); Wiener Blut op.354 (10.1967); Perpetuum Mobile op.257 (11.1970); Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka op.214 (11.1970); Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald op.325 (04.1975); Kaiser-Walzer op.437 (02.1969); Frühlingsstimmen op.410 (10.1968); Künstlerleben op.316 (10.1965); Auf der Jagd op.373 (01.1971); Rosen aus dem Suden op.388 (01.1971); Radetzky-Marsch op.228 (10.1970); Opening Die Fledermaus (10.1970)
R.Strauss: Don Quixote op.35 (10.1968); Thus Spake Zarathustra op.30 (10.1970); Till Eulenspiegels op.28 (04.1959); Don Juan op.20 (02.1963); Festliches Praeludium op.61 (10.1962); Dance of the Seven Veils op.54 (10.1965)
STRAVINSKY: Concerto for piano and wind instruments (Seymour Lipkin, 10.1959); Pulcinella Suite (03.1960); The Rite of Spring (2 versions: 01.1958 and 04.1972); Petrushka (05.1969); The Firebird (01.1957)
Steffe: Battle Hymn of the Republic (10.1970)
SUPPE: Openings Cavallerie Mild (10.1967), Poet and Peasant (01.1963), The Beautiful Galatea (01.1967)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto # 1 op.23 (2 versions: Philippe Entremont 10.1961, 03.1973 and Andre Watts); Violin Concerto op.35 (Isaac Stern, 03.1973); Opening-Fantasy Romeo and Juliet (01.1957); Capriccio Italien op.45 (02.1960); Francesca da Rimini op.32 (10.1960); Marche Slave op.31 (01.1963); Opening 1812 (10.1970); Fancy-Ouverture op.67 Hamlet (10.1970); Serenade for strings op.48 (10.1970); Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 op.11 (04.1975); Nutcracker Suite Op.71a (05.1960); Excerpt from the Swan Lake op.20 (05.1969); Waltz extracted from the Sleeping dorman op.66 (01.1971); Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (01.1971); Waltz from Eugene Onegin (04.1975)
THOMAS: Opening Raymond (01.1963); Cute opening (01.1963)
Traditional: The British Grenadiers (10.1970)
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Thomas Tallis (12.1976); Greensleeves Fantasy (12.1969)
VERDI: Ballet Music Aida (01.1968); Grand March from Aida (01.1968)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto for Violin No. op.8 1-4 (John Corigliano, 1963-1964); Concerto "con molti istromenti" RV558 (12.1958); Oboe Concerto RV454 (Harold Gomberg, 12.1958); Flute Concerto RV441 (John Wummer, 12.1958); Concerto for piccolo, bassoon and strings RV.443 (12.1958)
Von Reznicek: Opening Donna Diana (01.1967)
WAGNER: Der fliegende Holländer Open (01.1968); Opening Rienzi (02.1968); Preludes to Act 1 and Act 3 of Lohengrin (01.1968 and 10.1967); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Opening and Dance of the Apprentices (04.1964); Ride of the Valkyries (10.1967); Farewell and Fire Incantation Wotan (01.1968); Opening and running of the Act II of Tannhäuser (10.1967); Prelude and Death of Isolde (05.1967)
JFWAGNER: Under the Double Eagle (10.1970)
WEBER: Der Freischütz Open (03.1963); Opening Euryanthe (01.1968); Opening Oberon (10.1960); Invitation to the Dance (10.1965)
WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo from "I gioielli della Madonna" (02.1968); Il Segreto di Susanna opening (01.1968)
ZIMMERMAN: Anchors Aweigh (10.1970)
