Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer, conductor and pianist whose Broadway scores, concert works and tireless advocacy reshaped how wide audiences meet classical music.
His catalogue runs from the Broadway landmarks West Side Story, On the Town, Wonderful Town and Candide to concert works including three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, film music and the early clarinet sonata. As music director of the New York Philharmonic he reached mass audiences through televised Young People's Concerts, and he remained a passionate public champion of Mahler and of music as a shared language.
On Move he is present as composer: the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (MCD 615) already shows the melodic ease and rhythmic bite of his style, while vocal, piano-duo and jazz programmes take up theatre songs and standards drawn from the same world.
Leonard Bernstein is featured on the following titles
Bon Voyage!
Igor and Olga Piano Duo's debut album charts a piano-four-hands itinerary from Bernstein's America through Brahms, Rachmaninov, Gavrilin, Ravel and Moszkowski to Grainger's Faeroese dance.
Liquid Crystal
Clarinetist Luke Carbon and pianist Alex Raineri offer a varied duo programme spanning Brahms, Berg, Beach, Bernstein and Elliott Gyger, framed as a personal mixtape of cherished clarinet and piano works.
Compositions by Leonard Bernstein also appear on
Our Favourite Things
The Ted Vining Trio’s first studio album since bassist Barry Buckley’s death in 2006. With Gareth Hill now on bass, Bob Sedergreen and Ted recorded standards and originals after their August 2015 south-east Australian tour.
Seasons of Love
A jazz trio, string orchestra and guest soloists join vocalists Gian Slater and Eddie Perfect. Graeme Lyall’s rich arrangements refresh Great American Songbook standards and other stage and screen favourites.
The Cello and the Mockingbird
Improvisations on beautiful melodies from cellist Imogen Manins with pianist Tony Gould and percussionist David Jones. Their second trio album gathers film themes, standards and original sketches, shaped in the studio through open improvisation.
River Story
Jazz pianist Tony Gould joins Australian guitarist and composer Peter Petrucci for a programme of originals and standards, shaped by spontaneous duo interplay rather than fixed arrangements.
Rhythm of Life
A delicious blend of highlights from Broadway shows, popular music theatre, traditional songs and operatic hits, sung with style by Melbourne vocal ensemble Pot-Pourri.