Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, London Symphony Orchestra, Bradley Cooper

Overview

The Deutsche Grammophon label has made an unusual decision regarding soundtrack album releases connected with the film Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper as conductor Leonard Bernstein and based on episodes from Bernstein's marriage. Instead of the usual single album, with musical selections and perhaps a few bits of dialogue, there are two separate albums. This one, Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein, is a soundtrack album in the literal sense of the term, with a good deal of dialogue excerpted directly from the movie and music used as it relates to specific scenes. Deutsche Grammophon's decision is basically a good one, for Bernstein's career as a musician is nothing if not complex, perhaps more complex than that of any other 20th century musician. The multiple perspectives on the music are welcome, and there is much to recommend this release. Yannick Nezet-Seguin was a good choice for conductor on the project, and he effectively shapes the London Symphony Orchestra into a fair facsimile of Bernstein's heated, some would say overheated, style. The dialogue will appeal to those who have seen the film and want to relive it, and this is, after all, one of the primary reasons people buy soundtrack albums. Those who want just music made by Bernstein himself can choose the second album in Deutsche Grammophon's pair, Maestro: The Very Best of Leonard Bernstein, instead or in addition to this release. The present album is unusually closely linked to the film itself, and that is a good thing as long as listeners know what they're getting into. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/2023
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
UPC:	0028948654666

Tracks

1. Maestro, film score~Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront / Manfred / Overture / Fancy Free: Var. I (Galop)
2. On the Town~Lonely Town. Pas de deux
3. Maestro, film score~On the Town: Carried Away / You've Got That Look (That Leaves Me Weak)
4. Trouble in Tahiti~Interlude
5. Candide~Paris Waltz
6. Facsimile~Molto adagio
7. Maestro, film score~Fancy Free: Enter Three Sailors / Var. 3 (Danzon) / On the Town: New York, New York
8. Maestro, film score~Anniversaries for Orchestra: X. For Felicia Montealegre Interview (Dialogue) / Songfest: To What You Said (Solo 3)
9. Maestro, film score~Armstrong: St. Louis Blues (Concerto grosso) / Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
10. Maestro, film score~Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
11. West Side Story~Prologue
12. Mass~XVII: Pax. Communion (Secret Songs)
13. Façade~Sir Beelzebub
14. Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection~V. Finale. Im Tempo des Scherzos
15. Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety~The Prologue
16. The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)
17. A Quiet Place~Postlude
18. Maestro, film score~Symphony No. 8 in F major
19. Chichester Psalms~Psalm 23
20. Overture (from Candide)
21. Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"~II. Din-Torah

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Yannick Nezet-Seguin   Primary Artist,Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Bradley Cooper   Primary Artist,Conductor,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
The Orchestra Now   Orchestra
Mallory Portnoy   Vocals
Michael Clarke   Vocals
Kate Eastman   Vocals
Louis Armstrong Quintet   Ensemble
Malakai Bayoh   Soprano (Vocal)
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir   Choir/Chorus
Victoria Ruggiero   Piano
Wiener Philharmoniker   Orchestra
Mark Brown   Vocals
Boston Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein   Conductor
London Symphony Chorus   Choir/Chorus
Ann de Renais   Soprano (Vocal)
Shirley Ellis   Vocals
Alex Lacamoire   Piano
New York Philharmonic   Orchestra
Jay Armstrong Johnson   Vocals
Tony Yazbeck   Vocals
Thissy Thiers   Guitar (Bass)
Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Dicky Tarrach   Drums
Antonia Butler   Vocals
Isabel Leonard   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Clyde Alves   Vocals
Philip Sheffield   Tenor (Vocal)
Ruth Mense   Piano
Nick Blaemire   Vocals
Sam Oladeinde   Baritone (Vocal)
Rosa Feola   Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Steve Morrow   Vocal Engineer
Jason MacDonald   Cover Photo
Zachary Booth   Recitation
Frank Loesser   Original Material
Gustav Mahler   Composer,Original Material
Louis Armstrong   Original Material
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven   Original Material
Robert Schumann   Original Material
Friedrich Hollaender   Original Material
Lawrence Manchester   Engineer
Lincoln Chase   Composer
Nick Wollage   Engineer
Jason Ruder   Producer
William Walton   Composer
Nick Baxter   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
Various Composers   Composer
Yannick Nezet-Seguin   Producer
Bradley Cooper   Producer
Carey Mulligan   Recitation