Leonard Bernstein - Candide Suite; etc. (Eiji Oue)

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Composer: Leonard Bernstein

• (01) Overture to Candide
• (02) Suite from Candide (arr. Charlie Harmon)
• (03-05) Three Meditations from MASS
• (06-10) Five Songs (orch. Sid Ramin)
• (11-18) Divertimento for Orchestra

Anthony Ross, cello (3-5)
Beth Clayton, mezzo-soprano (6-10)
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Reference Recording
https://referencerecordings.com/recording/bernstein-candide-suite/

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

This enterprising and exceptionally well-played CD contains the world premiere recording of a charming suite arranged from Candide, Bernstein’s wittiest musical. When combined with the overture from the same show, as it is here, the result is a marvelous twosome that ought to appear together often. The Five Songs also are receiving their premieres in new orchestrations by Sid Ramin, a regular Bernstein collaborator. Mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton sings them beautifully. Add to these enterprising items a sparkling performance of the Divertimento (every bit as good as the composer’s version) and the Three Meditations from Mass, originally arranged for Rostropovich (but here excellently played by cellist Anthony Ross), and the result is probably the most important Bernstein recording since Lenny’s own. And of course, sonics are state of the art. Terrific. [10/19/1999]

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/Bernstein-Suite-Candide-Meditations-Divertimento/dp/B00000JXY1

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) 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. His fame derived from his tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, his concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and his composition. As a composer he wrote in many styles encompassing symphonic and orchestral music, ballet, film and theatre music, choral works, opera, chamber music and piano pieces. He also gave numerous television lectures on classical music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein

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Eiji Oue (born October 3, 1956 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese conductor. Oue began his conducting studies with Hideo Saito of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He was invited in 1978 by Seiji Ozawa to study at the Tanglewood Music Center. He also studied under Bernstein at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. Oue was music director of the Minnesota Orchestra (1995-2002), NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover (1998-2009), Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra (2003-2014) and Simfònica de Barcelona (2006-2010). He has been professor for conducting at the Musikhochschule Hannover since 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Oue

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