2x CD (BMG club edition)

The Best of All Possible Worlds

Compilation by Leonard Bernstein

Released 16 September 2008

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Bernstein the Composer
  • 1
    Candide: Overture
    4:33
  • 2
    Arias and Barcarolles: Mr. and Mrs. Webb Say Goodnight
    8:32
  • 3
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: II. Somewhere
    4:03
  • 4
    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs: I. Prelude (for the Brass). Fast and exact
    1:52
  • 5
    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs: II. Fugue (for the Saxes). Exactly the same beat
    1:50
  • 6
    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs: III. Riffs (for Everyone)
    4:33
  • 7
    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes: I. The Great Lover. Allegro pesante
    1:49
  • 8
    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes: II. Lonely Town: Pas de deux. Andante - Sostenuto
    3:40
  • 9
    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes: III. Times Square: 1944. Allegro
    4:55
  • 10
    A Quiet Place: You're Late
    4:52
  • 11
    Mass: Three Meditations for Cello and Orchestra: I. Lento assai, molto sostenuto
    4:34
  • 12
    Mass: Three Meditations for Cello and Orchestra: II. Andante sostenuto - Variations I-IV-Coda
    4:08
  • 13
    Mass: Three Meditations for Cello and Orchestra: III. Preso - Fast and primitive - Molto adagio
    8:16
  • 14
    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
    5:41
  • CD 2: Bernstein the Conductor
  • 1
    Fanfare for the Common Man
    Aaron Copland
    2:19
  • 2
    Symphony in G major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": II. Andante
    Joseph Haydn
    6:36
  • 3
    Symphony no. 7 in A major: IV. Allegro con brio
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    7:08
  • 4
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    Johannes Brahms
    5:42
  • 5
    Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    22:42
  • 6
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IIIa. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
    Gustav Mahler
    2:42
  • 7
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IIIb. Wieder sehr gemächlich, wie zu Anfang
    Gustav Mahler
    2:57
  • 8
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IIIc. Etwas zurückhaltend
    Gustav Mahler
    5:33
  • 9
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IIId. Schnell und schmetternd wie eine Fanfare - Tempo I. Mit geheimnisvoller Hast
    Gustav Mahler
    2:47
  • 10
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IIIe. Wieder sehr gemächlich, beinahe langsam
    Gustav Mahler
    4:35
  • 11
    Adagio for Strings, op. 11
    Samuel Barber
    10:07
  • 12
    Ave verum corpus, KV 618
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    3:55

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