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Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim & VA - West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording (1957) Expanded Remastered 1998

Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim & VA - West Side Story:
Original Broadway Cast Recording (1957) Expanded Remastered 1998

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 406 Mb | Scans ~ 117 Mb
Label: Sony Classical, Columbia, Legacy | # SMK 60724 | Time: 01:18:20
Musical, Show Tunes, Orchestral, Jazz, Symphonic

What is there left to say about this musical, deservedly one of the most famous in the canon? Created by what lyricist Stephen Sondheim described as "a unique concatenation of people" (Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins), the show remains as explosively vibrant, daring, and modern as it was decades ago. Bernstein integrated Latin percussion and jazz into his electrifying score, dazzlingly translating New York's unique vitality into a musical idiom. West Side Story has been adapted for jazz and interpreted by pop and opera singers, but you owe it to yourself to check out the original version to see what the fuss was all about. This new reissue adds over 20 minutes of "symphonic dances" as well as liner notes and production photos.

VA - I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen By... (1991)  Music

Posted by Designol at Aug. 27, 2023
VA - I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen By... (1991)

VA - I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen By… (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 492 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 202 Mb | Scans included | Time: 01:15:53
Tribute, Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk-Rock, College Rock | Label: Columbia/Oscar | # COL 469032 2

This 1991 tribute album reveals the broad range of Cohen's talent as composer in its dazzling variety of voices and styles. Following the prayer Who By Fire by House of Love, Ian McCulloch soars through Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye, adding his own melancholy twist to the song's sublime sadness; The Pixies storm through I Can't Forget at their characteristic fast pace, whilst That Petrol Emotion poignantly render Stories Of The Street and James perform a meandering but moving So Long Marianne. Stephen Duffy of The Lilac Time gently caresses Bird On A Wire, followed by the Ugandan singer Geoffrey Oryema whose Suzanne, embellished by flute and a trio of guitars, fades out on a click-filled chorus. Quite brutal is David McComb's exploration of the sleazy Don't Go Home With Your Hard-on which shakes, rattles and rolls along with the best of the psychotic beats, while Dead Famous People, produced by Serge Gainsbourg, make a surprising success of a bubblegum singalong rendition of True Love Leaves No Traces. The star of the show is John Cale as he paints a truly great soundscape with only voice and piano in Hallelujah, a classic which would have remained buried in Cohen's own rather monotone version.

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Fire and Ice Live 1988 (2023)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 31, 2023
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Fire and Ice Live 1988 (2023)

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Fire and Ice Live 1988 (2023)
MP3 320 kbps | 2:43:15 | 373 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock / Label: Firefly

One of the most fascinating and enigmatic – if not the most successful – singer/songwriters of the late '60s, Leonard Cohen retained an audience across six decades of music-making, interrupted by various digressions into personal and creative exploration, all of which have only added to the mystique surrounding him. Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon), he commanded the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the '60s who continued to work in the 21st century, which is all the more remarkable an achievement for someone who didn't even aspire to a musical career until he was in his thirties. Cohen was born in 1934, a year before Elvis Presley, and his background – personal, social, and intellectual – couldn't have been more different from those of the rock or folk stars of any generation.
Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Original Broadway Cast) (1963) {CBS Masterworks} **[RE-UP]**

Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Original Broadway Cast) (1963) {CBS Masterworks}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 267 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 129 mb
Genre: musical, classical

Candide is a 1963 original Broadway cast album released on CBS Masterworks by Leonard Bernstein. This CD edition is undated but was pressed in the late 1980's.

Leonard Bernstein - The Symphony Edition [60CD Box Set] (2010)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Sept. 25, 2020
Leonard Bernstein - The Symphony Edition [60CD Box Set] (2010)

Leonard Bernstein - The Symphony Edition [60CD Box Set] (2010)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Run Time: 69:51:51 | 9,37 Gb | Scans 3,23 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classics

Fans of Leonard Bernstein will not want to miss the chance to snap up this limited edition 60-CD set, Bernstein Symphony Edition. With a list price of just over two dollars per disc, it's a bargain not to be missed. What's most impressive about these recordings of well over 100 symphonies made between 1953 and 1976, almost all of which feature the New York Philharmonic, is the scope and depth of Bernstein's repertoire. The complete symphonic works of many of the great symphonists are here.
Leonard Slatkin & The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Bernstein: Candide... (1986) {Angel} **[RE-UP]**

Leonard Slatkin & The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Bernstein: Candide • Facsimile • Fancy Free • On The Town (1986) {EMI Angel}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 230 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 153 mb
Genre: classical

Leonard Slatkin & The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra released an album in 1986 called Bernstein: Candide • Facsimile • Fancy Free • On The Town. This was released by EMI Angel.
Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis (2004)

Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The London Oratory School Schola - Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 268 Mb | Total time: 71:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10172 | Recorded: 2003

Jamie Bernstein has reworked the narration written by her father, adding to the works frenetic complexity, which registers powerfully in this recording. Fans of heart-on-sleeve Berntsein will enjoy bold versions of his Chichester Psalms and Missa Brevis.

Leonard Cohen - The Collection [5CD Box Set] (2008)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Sept. 29, 2020
Leonard Cohen - The Collection [5CD Box Set] (2008)

Leonard Cohen - The Collection [5CD Box Set] (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (*tracks + .cue,log) | Run Time: 03:50:40 | 1,29 Gb
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Ballad | Label: Columbia

Beautiful 2008 five CD box containing digitally remastered editions of a quintet of seminal Leonard Cohen albums: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Various Positions (1985), I'm Your Man (1988), The Future (1992) and Ten New Songs (2001). 46 tracks including 'Suzanne', 'Tower Of Song', 'Sisters Of Mercy' and 'First We Take Manhattan'. Columbia.
Leonard Bernstein - The Maestro: Very Best of Leonard Bernstein (2023)

Leonard Bernstein - The Maestro: Very Best of Leonard Bernstein (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 628 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps -348 Mb | 02:31:40
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Electrifying conductor, brilliant composer, gifted pianist, inspiring teacher: Leonard Bernstein is one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time. Highlights of this two-disc sampling of the Maestro’s legendary recordings for Deutsche Grammophon include his incandescent interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler, composers for whom he felt a profound affinity. And Bernstein’s lifelong dedication to American music is vividly illustrated with Gershwin, Barber and, of course, his own iconic West Side Story.

Leonard Slatkin - Leonard Slatkin: Orchestral Works (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 8, 2022
Leonard Slatkin - Leonard Slatkin: Orchestral Works (2022)

Leonard Slatkin - Leonard Slatkin: Orchestral Works (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 327 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:10:36
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Leonard Slatkin celebrated his 75th birthday in September 2019. Many of the selections in this program come from a concert given in his honor and are also a tribute to his remarkable musical family, both past and present. Historical recordings include Leonard’s cellist mother, Eleanor Aller, being conducted by Korngold in the Haydn concerto and a 1944 broadcast of his father, Felix, as a solo violinist in Brahms. Every piece here has a deeply personal connection for the family. For his composition The Raven, Leonard used Edgar Allan Poe’s poem in a work that is “almost like a concerto for speaker and orchestra.”