Leonard Bernstein

Sound

Born 25/08/1918
Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Died 14/10/1990

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

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Known For

Bernstein's Wall
2026
Beatles '64
2024
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
2024
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein
2018
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
2018
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
2016
Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades
2013
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius
2012
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli
2012
Bernstein's Mahler
2010
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
2008
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007
Mozart: Requiem
2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
2006
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006
Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
2006
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005
20th Century Greats
2004
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
1998
Glenn Gould: Extasis
1993
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
1993
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993
Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
1992
Bernstein in Japan
1992
Candide
1991
Ode to Freedom
1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
1988
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985
The Making Of West Side Story
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Brahms The Piano Concertos
1984
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
1984
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
1983
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
1978
Beethoven Fidelio
1978
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
1978
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
1976
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
1975
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1973
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972
Great Performances
1971
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970
Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
1970
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
1967
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
1966
The Creative Performer
1960
Startime
1959
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1958
Satchmo the Great
1957
Tony Awards
1956
Omnibus
1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bambi
1948