Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein (Vinyl LP)
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4865467
Format: LP
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Soundtrack
Release Date: 1st December 2023
Contents
Works
St Louis BluesSymphony no.8 in F major, op.93 (excerpt)
A Quiet Place
Mass
Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra
You've Got That Look
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Facade
Artists
Malakai Bayoh (soprano)Rosa Feola (soprano)
Ann De Renais (soprano)
Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano)
Antonia Butler (vocals)
Kate Eastman (vocals)
Shirley Ellis (vocals)
Clyde Alves (vocals)
Nick Blaemire (vocals)
Mark Brown (vocals)
Michael Clarke (vocals)
Jay Armstrong Johnson (vocals)
Mallory Portnoy (vocals)
Tony Yazbeck (vocals)
Carey Mulligan (recitation)
Zachary Booth (recitation)
Bradley Cooper (speaker)
Alex Lacamoire (piano)
Ruth Mense (piano)
Victoria Ruggiero (piano)
Dicky Tarrach (drums)
Thissy Thiers (bass guitar)
Louis Armstrong Quintet
London Symphony Chorus
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
The Orchestra Now
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Yannick Nezet-SeguinLeonard Bernstein
Bradley Cooper
Works
St Louis BluesSymphony no.8 in F major, op.93 (excerpt)
A Quiet Place
Mass
Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra
You've Got That Look
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Facade
Artists
Malakai Bayoh (soprano)Rosa Feola (soprano)
Ann De Renais (soprano)
Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano)
Antonia Butler (vocals)
Kate Eastman (vocals)
Shirley Ellis (vocals)
Clyde Alves (vocals)
Nick Blaemire (vocals)
Mark Brown (vocals)
Michael Clarke (vocals)
Jay Armstrong Johnson (vocals)
Mallory Portnoy (vocals)
Tony Yazbeck (vocals)
Carey Mulligan (recitation)
Zachary Booth (recitation)
Bradley Cooper (speaker)
Alex Lacamoire (piano)
Ruth Mense (piano)
Victoria Ruggiero (piano)
Dicky Tarrach (drums)
Thissy Thiers (bass guitar)
Louis Armstrong Quintet
London Symphony Chorus
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
The Orchestra Now
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Yannick Nezet-SeguinLeonard Bernstein
Bradley Cooper
About
Maestro’s director and star has been surrounded and captivated by classical music since childhood. “Many an opera and classical album were playing in our house growing up,” recalled Bradley Cooper, who was speaking before the current SAG-AFTRA strike. “I spent hours conducting an imaginary orchestra to the best of my 8-year-old ability. There was one recording of Leonard Bernstein on heavy rotation. So the pilot light I needed to make Maestro turned on many years before I actually came across the project.”
Cooper, who also co-wrote Maestro with Josh Singer, worked closely with Bernstein’s three children, Jamie, Nina and Alexander in preparation for the filming. To make his portrayal of both the man and the artist as authentic as possible, he immersed himself in the classical world, spending hours with the New York Philharmonic and other orchestras, and learning from conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The latter then assisted Cooper on set, notably on location at Ely Cathedral for a magical re‑enactment of Bernstein’s famous recording of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony. He now hopes the soundtrack will inspire listeners to explore further the output of a man he considers to have been the most influential musician of the 20th century.
“Bernstein, from a very young age and throughout his life, was all about building bridges,” says Yannick Nézet-Séguin. “While his artistic output left him unclassifiable, performing and composing for symphony orchestras, Broadway shows, film, and ballet, he constantly fought society’s urge to categorize him, to pigeonhole him into one genre or another.”
The album reflects that uncategorisable musical character, presenting excerpts from works as varied as West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, Mass, Chichester Psalms and Symphonies nos. 2 and 3, among others. It also includes music by Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann and Walton, used to illustrate key moments in Bernstein’s career and marriage. It was with Schumann’s “Manfred” Overture, for example, that he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of just 25, standing in at the last moment for an indisposed Bruno Walter.
Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon welcomes the younger generation’s celebration of this musical polymath. “Reality and fiction merge in Netflix’s Maestro – as do past and present – when we watch Bradley Cooper’s impressive portrayal of legendary Yellow Label artist Leonard Bernstein and listen to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, one of today’s leading conductors and himself an exclusive DG artist, on the official soundtrack, released with the same iconic yellow cartouche on the cover that used to adorn Lenny’s groundbreaking symphonic and opera releases. Yannick has championed Bernstein’s works throughout his career, his recordings including a gripping interpretation of Mass with The Philadelphia Orchestra. In our 125th-anniversary year, we at Deutsche Grammophon feel proud to have helped shape Bernstein’s recorded legacy and to have worked with the visionary Bradley Cooper, who shows us how contemporary – timeless, even – Lenny’s music and life story are. This album reflects our ongoing passion for collaborating with film-makers and bringing the worlds of cinema and classical music together.”
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