MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert
Tzimon Barto (piano) / Earl Wild (piano) / Richard Dreyfuss / Georgetown University Glee Club / National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach
[ Ondine / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 25 August 2011
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"Peter Lieberson's Remembering JFK, which sadly has now become a memorial to the composer as well, sets excerpts from Kennedy's speeches, drily delivered by Richard Dreyfuss, against an orchestral background." BBC Music
"as historical document, Remembering JFK is an absorbing time capsule."
(Classic FM)
Celebrating its 80th anniversary season, the NSO here presents its first recording under its new music director. In the U.S., Christoph Eschenbach has previously held music directorships with Houston Symphony, Ravinia Festival, and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
This new release celebrates the memory of John F. Kennedy, and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as U.S. President, by coupling new and historic recordings by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
CD 1 features Christoph Eschenbach conducting the January 2011 anniversary concert at the Kennedy Center. It includes the world premiere recording of Peter Lieberson's Remembering JFK (An American Elegy), with famous actor Richard Dreyfuss narrating excerpts from speeches of President Kennedy. Also included are Bernstein's popular Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'.
CD 2 features excerpts from the previously unreleased 1961 Inaugural Concert under then-Music Director Howard Mitchell, including radio commentary from the original broadcast.
Tracks:
Bernstein:
Fanfare for the Inauguration of JFK
(arr. Sid Ramin. world première recording.)
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Gershwin:
Piano Concerto in F major
Rhapsody in Blue
(with Earl Wild, piano)
Lieberson:
Remembering JFK (An American Elegy)
(Excerpts from speeches by Pres. Kennedy.)
Montaine:
From Sea to shining Sea (Overture)
Smith, J S:
The Star-Spangled Banner
Thompson, R:
The Testament of Freedom: 1st Movement
