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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 43 episodes and was first played on 11 December 2014.

Leonard Bernstein, a unique source of creative energy in America’s music throughout his entire adult lifetime, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on August 25, 1918.

He was given piano lessons as a boy and had his pre-college education at the Garrison and Boston Latin schools. Going on to Harvard University, he worked with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. By the time of his graduation, in 1939, he had made an unofficial conducting debut (his own incidental music to…

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Concerto No.2 For Piano & Orchestra, Op.102
Andre Previn, Leonard Bernstein, Shostakovich
CBS1974
Concerto No.2 For Piano & Orchestra, Op.102
Andre Previn, Leonard Bernstein, ShostakovichCBS1974
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Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Mahler, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Columbia Masterworks1962
Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Mahler, New York Philharmonic, Leonard BernsteinColumbia Masterworks1962
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The Unanswered Question
Bernstein, Ives, New York Philharmonic
CBS1966
The Unanswered Question
Bernstein, Ives, New York PhilharmonicCBS1966
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Agnus Dei
Bernstein, Copland, Barber, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
Hyperion0
Agnus Dei
Bernstein, Copland, Barber, Corydon Singers, Matthew BestHyperion0
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Black And Blue
Louis Armstrong, Edward R. Murrow, Leonard Bernstein
Columbia1957
Black And Blue
Louis Armstrong, Edward R. Murrow, Leonard BernsteinColumbia1957
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Firebird Suite
Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks1958
Firebird Suite
Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Leonard Bernstein, New York PhilharmonicColumbia Masterworks1958
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Central Park In The Dark
Bernstein, Ives, New York Philharmonic
CBS1966
Central Park In The Dark
Bernstein, Ives, New York PhilharmonicCBS1966
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Piano Concerto No. 2
Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich, Ravel
Columbia Masterworks1959
Piano Concerto No. 2
Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich, RavelColumbia Masterworks1959
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Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Sony Classical1997
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, New York PhilharmonicSony Classical1997
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The Bartered Bride
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Smetana, Dvořák
Sony Classical1998
The Bartered Bride
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Smetana, DvořákSony Classical1998
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