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The Making of West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa
Deutsche Grammophon, 2005
A True Musical Genius at Work
+ Just as great as I remember
+ The maestro conducts his own
+ Wonderful and fun documentary
+ the maestro
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Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast)
Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, ...
Decca U.S., 2001
a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans
+ Wonderful Town is a wonderful show
+ Light and lively musical comedy
+ Quality over quantity
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Candide (1956 Original Broadway Cast)
Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, ...
Sony, 2003
A nice gift
+ The First "Candide" Still Glitters
+ The BEST recording of Candide.
This is what it is, as they say. Not the greatest version of Candide, but it's a faithful rendition of the 1956 production. I gave it as a gift to a friend, who was very happy with it.
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West Side Story (Special Edition Collector's Set)
Natalie Wood, George Chakiris
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
One Of The Great Films!
+ On city streets, lovers meet and gangs rumble
+ Very Happy Customer
Fantastic movie! A remake of Romeo and Juliet set on the streets of 1950s New York. White impoverished kids whose families are from Poland, etc. battle gangs of Puerto Ricans in the streets. A Puerto Rican girl and Polish-American boy fall in love. Uh-oh! Lots of fighting and death. The odd ...
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West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, ...
Sony, 1998
The Standard for All Other WSS Productions
+ This Is the One!
+ Revisiting an old friend
+ Broadway Classic Every Collector Should Own
+ Satisfying
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Bernstein: Candide; West Side Story; On the Waterfront; Fancy Free
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Sony, 1997
Fundamental recording icon !
+ New York in orchestral form
+ Classical Bernstein
+ A one-of-a-kind (almost) collection
+ One to remember Lenny by
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Bernstein Conducts Brahms [All Regions]
Euroarts, 2006
Brahms with a Dollop of Schmaltz - Great if You Like That Sort of Thing
+ Bernstein's Brahms with Israel Philharmonic
I was prepared to write a longer review when I came to this site and found the review by M. Brownfield already in place. He says much the same I would have said except I didn't find the sound quite as objectionable as he did. This is Bernstein/IPO Brahms so you must be prepared for a bit of ...
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Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone
Image Entertainment, 2005
CANDIDE
+ Too bad 'The Best of All Possible Candides' is already taken...
+ candide
Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE sung and directed to perfection. The vocal is superbly recorded and the diction simply outstanding. Mind boggling performances by ALL the artists and the orchestra.Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances) Patti Lupone's OLD LADY is extra-ordinary to say the ...
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Bernstein - Trouble in Tahiti / Nancy Williams, Julian Patrick, Antoria Butler, Michael Clarke, Mark Brown
Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Opera
Kultur Video, 2006
ONLY BERNSTEIN FANS NEED APPLY
The production, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, who composed the score and wrote the libretto, can be considered the official version of what he had in mind. As such Bernstein fans, as well as those who are interested in the best known American Man of Music in his time, will find it a most useful ...
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Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts / New York Philharmonic
Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Kultur Video, 2004
A must toward getting musical culture in every home
+ introducing youngsters to the beauty and magic of music
+ Bernstein at his best!
+ Young People's Concerts are for Everyone
+ Great
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Leonard Bernstein Mass at the Vatican City
Enrico Castiglione
Kultur Video, 2004
After years, available
+ A Theater Piece
+ Musically Brilliant, but Visually Awkward
I bought the original production of Bernstein's "Mass" on LP when issued. I still have it and the accompanying booklet and all the articles I saved. How I had wished it had been recorded. I was wary that this later production would not live up to my expectations, those shaped by an old memory. ...
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The Leonard Bernstein Concert Collection
Leonard Bernstein, Theo Adam
Kultur Video, 2005
One of the greatest classical music programs ever made
+ Him Again
+ A tribute to Lenny, Vienna and Beethoven
The following is not a review of the entire Bernstein Concert Boxed DVD Set, which was released in 2005. It is a review of "Bernstein on Beethoven: a Celebration in Vienna" only. It was written before the Boxed Set ever appeared on DVD:
This 1970 Emmy Award winning program was languishing in the ...
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The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein
Amadeus Press, 2004
A true Renaissance man
+ Still wonderfull !!
+ Brilliant
+ Bernstein at His Best
+ The Joy of Music---a thorough and inspired work
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Mahler - The Symphonies plus Das Lied von der Erde Boxset / Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker, London ...
Christa Ludwig, Vienna Opera Philharmonica
Deutsche Grammophon, 2005
Mahler unsurpassed
+ Good Times with Mahler
+ Indispenable
+ Leonard Bernstein conducts Mahler
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On the Town
Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, ...
Sony, 1998
A "Must " For Lovers of Broadway Shows
+ On The Town trivia
+ MGM, you are so stupid!
+ Top of the town
+ The original score outshines the film version
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