Original Album Classics

~ Release by Leonard Bernstein (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

5 disc, 5 albums held in a papercase.
They are a vinyl replica in card cover format.

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-26 16:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Joseph Haydn
2▶CD: Ludwig van Beethoven
3▶CD: Gustav Mahler
4▼CD: George Gershwin
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rhapsody in Blue in D Major, Op. 77
piano:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1942)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Ferde Grofé Music Publishing (New York), New World Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Classic 100: Feel Good (2024) (number: 5)
revision of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
Leonard Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra & George Gershwin16:32
2An American in Paris
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
recording of:
An American in Paris
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
premiered at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-13)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & George Gershwin18:24
5▶CD: Leonard Bernstein

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH (not for use as release label! © & ℗ holders or distributors since 2009/01/14)
copyrighted (©) by:Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH (not for use as release label! © & ℗ holders or distributors since 2009/01/14) (in 2013)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1959, in 1961, in 1964, in 1966)
Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH (not for use as release label! © & ℗ holders or distributors since 2009/01/14) (in 2013)
mastered at:Sony DADC (optical disc manufacturing company)
ASIN:DE: B00BWWE2WM [info]
purchase for mail-order:https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/leonard-bernstein-original-album-classics [info]
other databases:https://d-nb.info/1034881175 [info]
discography entry:https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/leonard-bernstein-original-album-classics [info]

Release group

includes:Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris by George Gershwin (composer); Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront by Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, pianist); New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler (composer), New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:Original Album Classics (Sony Music anthology series) (order: 65)