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Remembering JFK: 50th anniversary Concert | Ondine ODE11902D

Remembering JFK: 50th anniversary Concert

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Label: Ondine

Cat No: ODE11902D

Barcode: 0761195119020

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 31st May 2011

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Celebrating its 80th anniversary season, the National Symphony Orchestra here presents its first recording under its new music director. In the United States, 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.

Contents:
CD 1
- BERNSTEIN/arr. Sid Ramin: Fanfare for the Inauguration of JFK world première recording
- LIEBERSON: Remembering JFK (An American Elegy)
- Excerpts from speeches by Pres. Kennedy (world premiere recording)
- BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
- GERSHWIN: Concerto in F
Tzimon Barto (piano), Richard Dreyfuss (narrator), National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach
Recorded live in January 2011 at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

CD 2
Excerpts from the 1961 Inaugural Concert
- LA MONTAINE: From Sea to shining Sea (Overture)
- THOMPSON The Testament of Freedom, 1st Movement
- GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Georgetown University Glee Club, Earl Wild (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Howard Mitchell
Broadcast on January 19, 1961

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