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. Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings
Search: This Is Now
by: New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein
Release Date January 17, 2005
This box is worth its price just for the five talks. Bernstein at this stage had a style rather more stilted than the chatty sage of later years, but the combination of authority, insight and infectious enthusiasm is unique. Practically anyone could enjoy and learn from these analyses - they're entertaining and engrossing, without a whiff of down-dumbing. When the classical and the popular cross over nowadays, the results are usually compromised and crass, but I don't think Bernstein even recognised a gap to be crossed over. We need his all-embracing talent and vision today more than ever. Then there are the performances. I'm not the biggest fan of mono symphonic recordings, but these positively leap down your ears, ... Read More:
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