OTHERS RECORD BERNSTEIN (A-H)

[Note: This discography, which dates from 1998, is in the process of being updated.]

Code:

(E) = English issue
(G) = German
(F) = French
(I) = Italian
LP = Long Playing
p = Compact Disc
w/ = with
wks = works
sels = selections
cond = conductor

OTT = Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
WSS = West Side Story Dances

THE AGE OF ANXIETY, SYMPHONY NO. 2 for Piano & Orchestra (1949)
Bournemouth Symphony Orch/Andrew Litton, cond/J. Kahana, piano
Virgin Classics p CDC 59038/61119 (w/Overture to Candide & Fancy Free)
The Novosibirsk Philharmonic/Arnold Katz, cond.
(Russia, soloist not given)
Melodya CIO 21411 008 (1984)

ANNIVERSARIES (1942-43)
Seven Anniversaries (set 1):
Leonard Slatkin, piano: (No. 5)
RCA Red Seal p 09026-61581-2 (w/Songfest & Symphony No. 1)
Four Anniversaries (set 2)
David Arden, piano
Mixtur Musica Magna MM 50017(G)
Five Anniversaries (set 3) (1949-51):
David Arden, piano
Mixtur Musica Magna MM 50017(G)
Dorella Sarlo, piano (w/Thirteen Anniversaries & wks by Barber & Copland)
Nouva Era p NUO 7195


Thirteen Anniversaries (Set 4) (1988):
Michael Boriskin, piano
New World Records p 80426-2 (w/wks by Danielpour/Smalldane & Lieberamann)
Dorella Sarlo, piano
Nouva Era p NUO 7195 (w/Five Anniversaries & wks by Barber & Copland)
New Munich Piano Trio (8 sels.)
Orfeo p 326931 (w/Mass sels/ Sonata for Clarinet & Piano/ Piano Trio)
See Piano Works for complete sets:
Stefan Litwin, piano: (“Complete Works for Piano”)
James Tocco, piano

ARIAS AND BARCAROLLES (1989)
Judy Kaye/William Sharp/M. Barrett/S. Blier, piano
Koch International Classics p KIC 7000 (w/theater duets, including
“Dream With Me” from Peter Pan)
Orchestral version by Bright Sheng
Jane Bunnell(MS), Dale Duesing (B), Seattle Symphony, Gerald Schwarz, con.,
Dellos p DE 3078 (w/wks by Barber & Gershwin)
Orchestral version by Bruce Coughlin
Frederica von Stade (MS)/Thomas Hampson (B)/London Symphony Orchestra/ Michael Tilson Thomas
DG p 439926-2 (w/ A Quiet Place Suite/WSS Symphonic Dances)

BIG STUFF (From Fancy Free) (1944)
Billy Holiday, vocalist (w/Chick Webb Band, originally Decca Records 1944)
“Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Malcolm X”
Qwest/Reprise p 9 45130-2

BRASS MUSIC (1948)
Elegy for Mippy I, horn & piano:
Joseph Eger/Yaltah Menuhin
RCA Victor LM 2146
Borror & Cowell
Crystal S 388
Elegy for Mippy II, trombone solo:
Alan Raph
Coronet S 1407
Robert Gillespie
Mace MCS 9112
Christian Lindberg
Fermat FLPS 49(Sweden)/BIS p 318
Joseph Alessi
CALA Records p CAL CACD 508
Waltz for Mippy III, tuba & piano:
Warren Deck/John McNeely
CALA Records p CAL CACD 508
Five Brass Pieces (includes above titles & Rondo for Lifey & Fanfare for Bima):
Quintet de Cuivres de Montpelier
Agorá p AG 007.1 (w/Dance Suite from WSS & Dance Suite)


CANDIDE (comic operetta in 2 acts) (1956)
Original cast (1956): Max Adrian/Robert Rounseville/Barbara Cook/Ira Petina/William Olvis/William Chapman et al/Samuel Krachmalnick, cond.
CBS OL 5180, OS 2350, AOS 2350/Phillips BBL 7305(E), B 07399L(G)
Re-released on Sony Broadway p SK 48017
Chelsea Theater: Lewis J. Stadlen/Mark Baker/Maureen Brennan/June Gable et al/John Mauceri, cond.
CBS(LP)S2X-32923, Q2S-32923
Opera house (1985): John Lankston/David Eisler/Erie Mills/Joyce Castle et al/
John Mauceri, cond.
New World Records p NW 80340/41-2
Scottish Opera: Nickolas Grace/Marilyn Hill Smith/Mark Beudert/Ann Howard
et al/Justin Brown, cond.
That's Entertainment Records Ltd (E), p TER 1156 or 1006/JAY p 1257
Broadway Revival 1997: Jim Dale/Andrea Martin/Harolyn Blackwell/Jason Danieley/Brent Barrett/Mal Z. Lawrence/Arte Johnson
RCA Victor p 09026-68835-2

Glitter and Be Gay (aria):
Harolyn Blackwell, sop/Danny Troob, cond.
RCA p 09026-68321-2
Maureen McGovern/Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, Richard Kapp
CBS 454-42125 (w/Overture To Candide)
Roberta Peters/Enoch Light Orch
Command RS 855, RSSD 982 2 (w/The Best Of All Possible Worlds)
Dawn Upshaw/Eric Stern, cond
Elecktra Nonesuch p 79345-2 (w/I Feel Pretty & My New Friends)

Selections:
Amsterdam Wind Orch/Heinz Friesen, cond
World Wind p WWM 500.300
Dallas Wind Symph/T. Seelig, cond
Reference p RR 49 (w/wks by Copland, Hanson, Nelson & Thompson)

Overture: See OVERTURE TO CANDIDE

Selected Single: "Make Our Garden Grow": Placido Domingo/Denyce Graves ("Concert for Planet Earth," 1992)
SONY SK52570

CHICHESTER PSALMS (1965)
American Symphony Orch/J. Litton/American Boychoir
MusicMasters p 7049-2-C
Atlanta Symphony and Chorus/Robert Shaw, cond. (w/ Missa Brevis, Walton
Belshazzar's Feast)
Telarc Records p 80181
Estonian National Symphony Orch/John Alexander, cond/Pacific Chorale
Bay City p BCD 1035 (w/wk by Howells)
London Symphony Orch/Richard Hickox, cond/London Symphony Chorus
Aled Jones (treble)
MCA Classics p MCAD 6199 or IMP 6600092 (w/Fauré Requiem)
Royal Philharmonic Orch/Gilbert Levine/Rome Philharmonic Academy Chorus/St. Peter’s Basilica Cappella Julia Chorus Vatican City (Rec. 4/7/94: “The Papal Concert to commemorate the Holocaust”)
Justice p JR 1801(w/Symphony No. 3)
Reduced version (Organ, Harp and Percussion):
King's College Choir of Cambridge/ Phillip Ledger, dir/
James Bowman, counter-tenor
Angel S 37119, HMV ASD 3035(E)(w/Britten’s Rejoice In The Lamb)
King’s College Choir of Cambridge/S. Cleobury
EMI Classicsp CBC 54188
Corydon Singers (Matthew Best, Dir)/Dominic Martelli (alto)
Hyperion p CDA 66219 (E) (w/wks by Copland & Barber)


DANCE SUITE (1989)
For brass quintet
Quintet de Cuivres de Montpelier
Agorá p AG 007.1 (w/Dance Suite from WSS)
Stockholm Chamber Brass
BIS p CD 699 (w/wks by Stravinsky, Previn & others)
Version for chamber ensemble
Mixed ensemble/Dallas, TX
D’Note Classics p DND 1007

DIVERTIMENTO (1980)
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Phillips 416360-2 (w/selections from WSS/Mass/Wonderful Town/ Overture to Candide)
Re-issued on CD: “Salute to Symphony 1990” (w/Overture to Candide)
San Remo Symphony Orch/Walter Proost
Gallo p CD 890 (w/wks by Barber & Hanson)

Brass transcription:
Rekkenze Ensemble (quintet)
Gallo p 30-450(G)
Band Transcription:
Danish Concert Band/Jorgen Jensen
Rondo Grammofon p RCD 8346

DYBBUK (1974)
The Trance Nigun: transcribed for clarinet overlays by Andrei Hajdu
Giora Feidman, clarinetist
Hed Arzi (Israel), BAN 14422

THE EARLY YEARS (BMG Classics)
Vol. 1: Seven Anniversaries, OTT Dances, (w/Copland wks)
RCA Gold Seal p 09026-60915-2
Vol. 2: Facsimile (w/wks by Ravel & Gershwin)
RCA Gold Seal p 09026-61650-2
Vol. 3: Blitzstein’s Airborne Symphony
RCA Gold Seal p 09026-62568-2
Vol. 4: I Hate Music/Blance Thebom& LB
RCA Gold Seal p 09026-68102-2 (w/wks by Stravinsky & Milhaud)

ELEGY FOR MIPPY II (for solo trombone)
See BRASS PIECES

EL SALÓN MEXICO by Aaron Copland (1933)
Transcribed for 2 pianos by LB (1943)
Christian Ivaldi & Noël Lee, pianists
Arion Arn p 68375 (f)

FACSIMILE, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946)
Ballet Theater Orch/Joseph Levine
Capitol P8320 (w/Gould’s Fall River Legend)
EMI Classics p CDM 66549
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, cond.
London 452 916-2 (w/Overture to Candide/Fancy Free/
Symphonic Dances from WSS)
Concert Arts Orch/Robert Irving
Time-Life SLT159, Capitol SP8701, Seraphim S60197(w/Fancy Free)
St. Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin
EMI-Angel DS 37358 (w/Overture To Candide/Fancy Free/
OTT Dances)
EMI p 7243 5 65745 26

FANCY FREE (1944)
Ballet:
Ballet Theater Orch/Joseph Levine
Capitol P 8196, L 8197/Capitol CCL 7517 (w/Copland’s Rodeo)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, cond.
London 452 916-2 (w/Overture to Candide, Facsimile, Symphonic Dances)
Bournemouth Symphony Orch, Andrew Litton, cond.
Virgin Classics p CDC 59038 or CUV 61119 (w/Age of Anxiety/Overture to Candide)
Concert Arts Orch/Robert Irving
Time-Life STL 145, Capitol SP 8701, Seraphim S 60197,
CBS TWO 302(E) (w/Facsimile)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orch/Sir Neville Marriner, cond
Delta 12470 (w/Overture to Candide, WSS Melodies & Halil)
Capriccio p 10466 (w/WSS sels & wks by Barber, Copland & Gershwin)

Three Dance Variations: Galop/Waltz/Danzon
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler: An American Salute
BMG p 6806-2-RG
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
RCA Victor p 09026-68334-2 (w/Overture to Candide & wks by Gershwin)
RCA Gold Seal p 6806-2-RG (w/wks by Copland/Gershwin/Gould et al.)
National Philharmonic Orch: A Salute To America
Menuet 160003-2 (w/wks by Gershwin, Gould, Grainger & Grofé)
Philadelphia Pops Orch/Alexander Hilsberg
CBS AAL 17, AL 17 (w/Walton Façade)

Danzon
Cleveland Pops Orch/Louis Lane
Epic LC 3626/BC 1047,CBS SX 1583/SCX 3503(E)
Cornell Univ Wind Ensemble (arr for band)/Maurice Stith
Warner Bros. MS 61272A (w/OTT Dances)

Finale
Royal Philharmonic Orch/Eric Rogers
London SPC 21048, Decca PFS 4211(E)

Big Stuff
Billie Holiday/Orch led by Joe Guy
Decca DL 6023/7512
Re-released: Varčse-Sarabande VC 81055 (w/wk by Chavez) MCA 2-4099
MCA Classics p MCAD 10280 (w/OTT Dances)


Piano solo (transcribed):
Dag Achatz
BIS p CD-352(F) (w/Touches/Symphonic Dances from WSS)

FANFARES: Fanfare for JFK/Anniversary Fanfare/Shivaree (1961)
London Philharmonic Orch/Jorge Mester, cond: 20 Fanfares ForThe Common Man
Koch International Classics p 3-7012-2 H1

GLITTER AND BE GAY, See CANDIDE

HALIL (nocturne) for Flute & Strings (1981)
Doriot Anthony Dwyer/London Symphony Orch/James Sedares, cond
Koch International Classics p KIC 7142-2 (w/wks by Piston & Zwilich)
Michale Faust/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Alan Francis, cond.
Delta Music 12470 (w/Candide Overture, WSS Melodies & Fancy Free)
Jean-Claude Gérard/Rundfunkorchester der Südwestfunks/Klaus Arp
Amati p SRR 9201-1