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Accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Zinman, violinist Joshua Bell introduces William David Brohn's arrangement of "West Side Story Suite," a 19-minute work drawn from Leonard Bernstein's music for the Broadway musical West Side Story, in a world-premiere recording. The arrangement comes ten years after Bernstein's death, but his daughter, Jamie Bernstein Thomas, in her liner notes, suggests that the composer would have approved, although she cautions that his reactions could be unpredictable. Whatever he might have thought, the suite is really a minor, unremarkable effort that does little more than string together the major melodies from the show's songs for Bell to render in his characteristically high-pitched playing. Far more interesting, even if it is included only to fill out the disc, is the five-part, half-hour-long "Serenade After Plato's 'Symposium,'" a piece of Bernstein program music that makes greater demands on the orchestra and soloist. "West Side Story Suite" may get the headline here, but the serenade is much more worthy of the musicians' time and effort. The songs (also included are numbers from On the Town and Candide) are better left to the shows for which they were written.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - William David Brohn, Arranger - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - William David Brohn, Arranger - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - John Corigliano, Arranger - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Serenade after Plato's Symposium (Leonard Bernstein)
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - David Zinman, Conductor - LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990), Composer - William David Brohn, Arranger - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joshua Bell, Performer - Joshua Bell, Violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Zinman, violinist Joshua Bell introduces William David Brohn's arrangement of "West Side Story Suite," a 19-minute work drawn from Leonard Bernstein's music for the Broadway musical West Side Story, in a world-premiere recording. The arrangement comes ten years after Bernstein's death, but his daughter, Jamie Bernstein Thomas, in her liner notes, suggests that the composer would have approved, although she cautions that his reactions could be unpredictable. Whatever he might have thought, the suite is really a minor, unremarkable effort that does little more than string together the major melodies from the show's songs for Bell to render in his characteristically high-pitched playing. Far more interesting, even if it is included only to fill out the disc, is the five-part, half-hour-long "Serenade After Plato's 'Symposium,'" a piece of Bernstein program music that makes greater demands on the orchestra and soloist. "West Side Story Suite" may get the headline here, but the serenade is much more worthy of the musicians' time and effort. The songs (also included are numbers from On the Town and Candide) are better left to the shows for which they were written.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:35
- Main artists: Joshua Bell
- Composer: Leonard Bernstein
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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