STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - LEONARD BERNSTEIN, NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC - CONDUCTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Massachusetts born composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian, Leonard Bernstein, on this, the 30th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 1990, age 72, from  a heart attack brought on by mesothelioma. We honor his legacy by spotlighting this 1963 Columbia Masterworks release, Leonard Bernstein Conducts For Young People (the) New York Philharmonic. Sometimes I put on a album, and my Wife's eyes light up. This is one of those albums. 

A1 –(Strauss)  Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28

A2 –(Debussy)  Afternoon Of A Faun (L'Après-Midi D'un Faune)

B1 –(Copland)  El Salón México
–(Tchaikovsky) Danses Caracteristiques (From "Nutcracker Suite")

B2 – March • Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy • Russian Dance (Trepak) • Arabian Dance • Chinese Dance ª Dance Of The Reed-Pipes

Composed By – Aaron Copland (tracks: B1), Claude Debussy (tracks: A2), Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky* (tracks: B2), Richard Strauss (tracks: A1)

Conductor – Leonard Bernstein

Cover [Lettering] – Taro Suzuki 

Orchestra – New York Philharmonic

Photography By [Cover] – Don Hunstein, Robert F. Seraping

Producer – John McClure