Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 Prelude Fugue & Riffs

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About Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 Prelude Fugue

Marking Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the American composer’s three symphonies and Prelude, Fugue and Riffs. The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia had a long association with Bernstein, who first conducted the orchestra in 1948. “I find these symphonies revelatory in the true sense of the word,” says Pappano. “They are hugely emotive and personal … At heart, Lenny was filled with the desire for the brotherhood of man to be something real and concrete … As a great Renaissance man, he was trying to make the world good.” “This is a hugely impressive achievement, brilliantly recorded and handsomely packaged, and played by an orchestra which Bernstein conducted regularly in his final decade.” – The Arts Desk “Pappano’s knowledge of, and seeming instinct for, Bernstein’s sound world, rhythms and references, is hugely engaging – an excellent modern way of marking the composer’s centenary.- ” Gramophone “Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra, in terrific form under Antonio Pappano” - The Times “It is a handsome offering, well played by the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and vividly recorded. ”- Financial Times “This is an invaluable set”- The Guardian Gramophone Magazine’s Recording of the Month September 2018 “Beatrice Rana has the razzle-dazzle in spades, but it is the throwaway manner that really excites”- Gramophone