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Bernstein: Dybbuk, Fancy Free / Mogrelia, Nashville Symphony

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Composer
BERNSTEIN
Artist
Mogrelia, Nashville So, Risinger, Ulrich
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 21, 2006
Catalog #
8559280
UPC
636943928028

About

Not too many listeners are Dybbuk admirers, and even Bernstein's supporters find this music less interesting than much else that he wrote. The fact that the music resorts to some dodecaphonic and numerological compositional techniques isn't a point in its favor, though in actual sonority it's entirely characteristic of Bernstein, and at this late date it's easy to hear that his personality inhabits every bar. If there's a problem with the piece, it likely stems from the fact that the overall impression it makes is a bit glum, lacking in that special snap that makes his best work so memorable. Certainly the supernatural subject is a dark one, and it calls forth plenty of eerie, atmospheric scoring; but the actual musical material seems stretched thinly over the work's 45 minutes (48, if you're the composer). Bernstein recorded the complete work for Sony, but broke it up into a pair of suites for his DG remakes. I do prefer the original; the music is what it is, and over time it has grown on me--and might well do so for you too.


Fancy Free of course is delightful, and often recorded, but this performance holds its own with the best--and I frankly prefer Andrew Mogrelia to the composer in Dybbuk. He's just that much livelier, and the Nashville Symphony sounds as inside the idiom as the New York Philharmonic of several decades' past. This newcomer also is better recorded than Bernstein's performances either on Sony or DG, and the excellent version of "Hot Stuff" that opens Fancy Free also is a plus. If you're a Bernstein fan, you will certainly want this.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 29 tracks

  1. 1 Part I: I. Invocation and Trance 04:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Part I: I. Invocation and Trance
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Mel Ulrich, Mark Risinger
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  2. 2 Part I: II. The Fathers (David and Jonathan) - The Pledge 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Part I: II. The Fathers (David and Jonathan) - The Pledge
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  3. 3 Part I: III. Variation O - Messengers (Angelic Messengers) 01:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part I: III. Variation O - Messengers (Angelic Messengers)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  4. 4 Part I: IIIa. Kabbalah 00:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part I: IIIa. Kabbalah
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Mel Ulrich, Mark Risinger
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  5. 5 Part I: IV. Dream 03:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    Part I: IV. Dream
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  6. 6 Part II: IVa. Kabbalah 00:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Part II: IVa. Kabbalah
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Mel Ulrich, Mark Risinger
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  7. 7 Part II: V. Variation A 02:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Part II: V. Variation A
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  8. 8 Part II: VI. Variation M 00:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part II: VI. Variation M
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  9. 9 Part II: VII. Variation N 00:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Part II: VII. Variation N
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  10. 10 Part II: VIII. Variation X 01:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Part II: VIII. Variation X
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  11. 11 Part II: IX. Variation Y 01:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Part II: IX. Variation Y
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  12. 12 Part II: X. Variation Z 03:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    Part II: X. Variation Z
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  13. 13 Part III: XI. Alchemy - Variation O 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    Part III: XI. Alchemy - Variation O
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  14. 14 Part III: XII. Leah (Maidens' Dance) 03:01
    Track
    14
    Title
    Part III: XII. Leah (Maidens' Dance)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  15. 15 Part III: XIII. Possession 02:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Part III: XIII. Possession
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  16. 16 Part III: XIV. Demon 02:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    Part III: XIV. Demon
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  17. 17 Part III: XV. Pas de deux 03:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    Part III: XV. Pas de deux
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  18. 18 Part III: XVI. Exorcism 03:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    Part III: XVI. Exorcism
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Mel Ulrich, Mark Risinger
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  19. 19 Part III: XVII. The Community (Reprise and Coda) 04:23
    Track
    19
    Title
    Part III: XVII. The Community (Reprise and Coda)
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Mel Ulrich, Mark Risinger
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  20. 20 Big Stuff 01:52
    Track
    20
    Title
    Big Stuff
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Abby Burke, Roger Spencer, Stephen Kummer, Samuel D. Bacco
  21. 21 Enter Three Sailors 03:15
    Track
    21
    Title
    Enter Three Sailors
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  22. 22 Scene at the Bar 01:52
    Track
    22
    Title
    Scene at the Bar
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  23. 23 Enter Two Girls 02:48
    Track
    23
    Title
    Enter Two Girls
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  24. 24 Pas de deux 03:10
    Track
    24
    Title
    Pas de deux
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  25. 25 Competition Scene 03:21
    Track
    25
    Title
    Competition Scene
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  26. 26 3 Dance Variations: Variation 1: Galop 01:29
    Track
    26
    Title
    3 Dance Variations: Variation 1: Galop
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  27. 27 3 Dance Variations: Variation 2: Waltz 02:45
    Track
    27
    Title
    3 Dance Variations: Variation 2: Waltz
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  28. 28 3 Dance Variations: Variation 3: Danzon 02:46
    Track
    28
    Title
    3 Dance Variations: Variation 3: Danzon
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  29. 29 Finale 05:41
    Track
    29
    Title
    Finale
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia