Bernstein: Symphonies 1 and 2 - Lindberg
BIS-2298 (BIS Records, SACD)
DSD
Multi-channel/Stereo
NEW RELEASE (27 March 2020)
Playing time: 59'43"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 32
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Main country of recording: NO
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Bernstein: Symphonies 1 and 2 - Lindberg published on 16 May 2020
Listen: Bernstein: The Epilogue (Symphony No 2) (track 9, 1:23-2:15)
Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano (track 3)
Roland Pöntinen, piano (tracks 4-9)
Arctic Philharmonic
Yuko Kawami, leader (tracks 1-3)
Oganes Girunyan, leader (tracks 4-9)
Christian Lindberg, conductor
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah) for orchestra and mezzo-soprano (1939-43)
1 Prophecy
2 Profanation
3 Lamentation
Symphony No 2 (The Age of Anxiety) for piano and orchestra (1945-49, revised 1965)
Part I
4 The Prologue
5 The Seven Ages (Variations I to VII)
6 The Seven Stages (Variations VIII to XIV)
Part II
7 The Dirge
8 The Masque
9 The Epilogue
Recorded in May/June 2017 at Stormen, Bodö, Norway