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Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety Symphony, No. 2 / Bolcom: Piano Concerto Import

Leonard Bernstein (Composer), William Bolcom (Composer), Dimitry Sitkovetsky (Conductor), Format: Audio CD

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1. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: A. The Prologue - Lento moderato; B. The Seven Ages
2. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 1: L'istesso tempo
3. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 2: Poco piu mosso
4. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 3: Largamente, ma mosso
5. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 4: Piu mosso
6. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 5: Agitato
7. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 6: Poco meno mosso
8. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 7: L'istesso tempo - C. The Seven Stages
9. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 8: Molto moderato, ma movendo
10. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 9: Piu mosso (Tempo di Valse)
11. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 10: Piu mosso
12. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 11: L'istesso tempo
13. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 12: Poco piu vivace
14. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 13: L'istesso tempo
15. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: Variation 14: Poco piu vivace
16. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: A. The Dirge - Largo
17. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: B. The Masque - Extremely Fast
18. 'The Age Of Anxiety' (Symphony No. 2) For Piano And Orchestra: C. The Epilogue - L'istesso tempo - Adagio - Andante - quasi cadenza - Lento molto
19. Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: Andante spianato - Allegro
20. Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: Regrets
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Performer: Marc-André Hamelin
Orchestra: The Ulster Orchestra
Conductor: Dimitry Sitkovetsky
Composer: Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom
Audio CD (October 10, 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Hyperion UK
ASIN: B00004WMWR
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #1203 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Concertos
- #2401 in Music > Classical > Symphonies
- #2423 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Symphonies

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Dazzling

By A Customer on November 15, 2001

Format: Audio CD

I've heard the Bernstein in concert, I've heard it on disk, and it always seemed a half-baked conception to me. But in the performance under consideration here, the work almost makes sense as tone poem, and it makes perfect and persuasive sense as music. Like most tone poems, of course, its literary connections are tenuous at best--whether or not it conveys anything of the notions contained in Auden's "Age of Anxiety" is an unimportant point because it's ultimately a piece of music, the most abstract of the arts. But Hamelin convinces that us this hybrid work is an enticing one musically, shaping the slow music with great sensitivity, giving just the right edginess to Bernstein's "anxious" fast movements.
It is a worthy disc mate for the Bolcom concerto, a wonderfully sardonic piece that one can almost call "post-Americanism." Here, the conventions of that American sound hammered out by every native-thinking composer from Gottschalk to Copland, is devilishly deconstructed, especially in the savagely funny finale, which early listeners of the work, during the Bicentennial year, somehow responded to as if it were an American tunefest by Morton Gould or Richard Rodney Bennett. But if there's a more crushingly effective sendup of musical jingoism, I don't know it. Strutting with the smary feel-good air of a Broadway review, the last movement skewers all patriotic swooning over such icons as "Dixie" and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." Hilarious, and marvelously done by that great comic duo of Hamelin and Sitkovetsky!
The very respectable Ulster Orchestra has never sounded better on disc, thanks to heads-up conducting and, possibly, the thrill of discovery. A very fine recording too. This is my favorite "concerto" record of the year.

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Bravura surprise

By Theodore R. Spickler on April 9, 2006

Format: Audio CD

I thought long and hard before risking hard earned money on something called "The Ulster Orchestra" playing American works. Lucky break, the orchestra plays with precision and a great sense of style as if they just really knew how these two pieces are supposed to sound. Total commitment and integration between orchestra and piano soloist offers about as convincing a performance as I think one could hope for. I was thinking the Bernstein might be somewhat like his Jeremiah symphony but it turns out to be more introspective and delicate. I will be pleased to explore it at great length and is worth becoming acquainted with.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

well, it certainly got MY attention . . .

By Stanley Crowe TOP 1000 REVIEWER on May 22, 2013

Format: Audio CD

I'm not convinced that what we have on this disc is great music, but it's highly entertaining, very well played, and very well recorded. "Entertaining" sounds condescending, but I don't mean it to be -- Bernstein's great achievement as a composer was "West Side Story," which is nothing if not entertaining and yet manages to move us too. Obviously, the "Age Of Anxiety" symphony (inspired by an Auden poem) is more ambitious, but Bernstein seems determined NOT to evoke comparisons with Mahler, even in those sections where the orchestration, with its woodwind textures, might remind you of Mahler. I think Bernstein is successful in avoiding imitation -- partly through his piano obbligato writing and partly through the 14 variations ("The Seven Ages" and "The Seven Stages") that make up about half the piece. These are short and transitions between them are skillfully handled. The second half of the symphony has moments of eloquence, and though the whole isn't exactly memorable, it is always interesting to listen to. I actually like the Bolcom Piano Concerto better, because it seems a touch less pretentious. The second movement sounds a bit like Gershwin in its texture and reminded me of these Frank Sinatra moody concept albums like "In the Wee Small Hours." I love these albums, and this is the movement that best fits the CD booklet illustration, Hopper's famous "Nighthawks." It's effectively atmospheric. Imagine then, that the nighthawks walk out of a bar at noon into the blazing sunlight and a Fourth of July parade . . . call it Ivesian or call it American Graingeresque, it'll clear away the cobwebs. And it's oddly moving too. So, if for nothing else, get this for the Bolcom. And Marc-Andre Hamelin? He must have had fun in Belfast recording this stuff!

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful

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By offeck on December 1, 2000

Format: Audio CD

These two works, one a symphony, one a concerto, an exemplary coupling, are written upon very similar philosophical gounds (or lack thereof, as it is ever so popular to include, and in this instance very appropriate). Both composers seem to be coming to terms with a lack of fundamental grounding which they both seek, probing with all their confused might to establish themselves however they can. Neither piece is very conventional or showy, rather, Bernstein's is sombre, jazzy, exhilirating, and inspiring, and Bolcom's is cynical, ironic, humorous, and mocking. Rather than the piano being a true solo instrument, both composers integrate it symphonically with the orchestra... Hamelin exhibits a real feel for the composers driving intentions, as well as its modern, jazzy, and rhythmic influences.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Somber classical cd

By Charles Fontenot on March 23, 2014

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I like this cd. It will appeal to anyone who likes somber, pensive and somewhat brooding classical music. Goes well with a quiet house and a hot cup of tea.

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