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Maestro - Music by Leonard Bernstein - original soundtrack
4865466 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (17 November 2023)
Tracks: 21
Booklet pages: 8
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Maestro - Music by Leonard Bernstein - original soundtrack published on 14 November 2023
Victoria Ruggiero, piano (tracks 1 and 17)
Nick Blaemire, vocals (track 3)
Mallory Portnoy, vocals (track 3)
Kate Eastman, vocals (track 3)
Antonia Butler, vocals (track 4)
Michael Clarke, vocals (track 4)
Mark Brown, vocals (track 4)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra (track 7)
Leonard Bernstein, conductor (tracks 7, 9 and 15)
Tony Yazbeck, vocals (track 7)
Clyde Alves, vocals (track 7)
Jay Armstrong Johnson, vocals (track 7)
Ruth Mense, piano (track 7)
Dicky Tarrach, drums (track 7)
Thissy Thiers, bass guitar (track 7)
Louis Armstrong Quintet (track 9)
Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra (track 9)
Wiener Philharmoniker (track 9)
Bradley Cooper, speaker, conductor (tracks 10 and 18)
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (track 10)
Alex Lacamoire, piano (track 10)
Malakai Bayoh, soprano (track 12)
Ann De Renais, soprano (tracks 12 and 21)
Philip John Sheffield, tenor (track 12)
Samuel Oladeinde, baritone (track 12)
London Symphony Chorus (tracks 12 and 19)
Carey Mulligan, recitation (track 13)
Zachary Booth, recitation (track 13)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra (track 15)
Shirley Ellis, vocals (track 16)
The Orchestra Now (track 18)
Malakai Bayoh, soprano (track 19)
London Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1-8, 10-12, 14, 17 and 19-21)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (tracks 1-8, 10-12, 14, 17, 18 and 19-21)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
1 Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront – Schumann: Manfred Overture – Bernstein: Fancy Free: Var 1 (Galop)
2 On the Town: Lonely Town. Pas de deux
3 On the Town: Carried Away – Loesser & Hollaender: You’ve Got That Look (That Leaves Me Weak)
4 Trouble in Tahiti: Interlude
5 Candide: Paris Waltz
6 Facsimile: Molto adagio
7 Fancy Free: Enter Three Sailors / Var 3 (Danzon) - On the Town: New York, New York
8 Anniversaries for Orchestra: X. For Felicia Montealegre – Interview (Dialogue) – Songfest: To What You Said (Solo 3)
9 Armstrong: St Louis Blues (Concerto grosso) - Mahler: Symphony No 5: Adagietto
10 Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
11 West Side Story: Prologue
12 Mass: XVII. Pax: Communion ('Secret Songs')
13 Walton: Façade: Sir Beelzebub
14 Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection': V. Finale. Im Tempo des Scherzos
15 Symphony No 2 'The Age of Anxiety': The Prologue
16 Chase: The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)
17 A Quiet Place: Postlude
18 Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F major
19 Chichester Psalms: Psalm 23
20 Candide: Overture
21 Symphony No 3 'Kaddish': II. Din-Torah
Deutsche Grammophon partners with Netflix to release the Original Soundtrack Recording from one of the most anticipated films of the year: Bradley Cooper's Maestro. Featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the music of Leonard Bernstein with the London Symphony Orchestra.
London Symphony Orchestra tracks recorded 15 and 16 April 2023 at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, UK.