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Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1976

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Production Companies

Deutsche Grammophon

Director

Humphrey Burton

Description

Leonard Bernstein conducts four pieces by American composers: George Gershwin's 'An American in Paris' and 'Rhapsody in Blue' and Charles Ives' 'Symphony no. 2' and 'The Unanswered Question'. 'American in Paris', 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'The Unanswered Question' are all performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall in June 1976, while Ives' Symphony no. 2 is performed by Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in the Congress Hall of the Deutsche Museum, Munich in June 1987.