{"product_id":"194398905624","title":"Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) - Mass : Leonard Bernstein \/ Orchestra (2CD) - Import 2 CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBach, J.S. \/ Despax\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernstein's \"Mass\" release commemorates the 50th anniversary of its premiere. Can we find out what this maverick work means for the 21st century? ・・・・ Subtitled \"A Theater Piece for Singers, Performers, and Dancers,\" the Mass combines liturgical texts with lyrics and texts written by Bernstein and others in a large-scale work that requires an orchestra, chorus, 18 solo singers, children's chorus, rock band, blues band, dancers, and more, The work was commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The John F. Kennedy Center was dedicated in honor of President Kennedy on September 8, 1971, and this year, 2021, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Center. As the culminating event of the season, Bernstein's \"Mass\" will be revived in September 2022 with a production by Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. This avant-garde work is rarely performed because it is a dramatic pageant for a huge stage, but interest in the work has grown recently with the release of new recordings by Kent Nagano, Christian Järvi, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.What can we, in the 21st century, 50 years after the first performance, hear in this great work, which is a great drama of life, a true synthesis of \"everything about Bernstein the musician,\" including religious music and theater music, classical music and jazz, American music and Jewish music, and which has been beautifully crystallized? ---What can we hear in the present day, 50 years after the premiere, from this great work, which is a drama of a life that is a brilliantly crystallized work of art? This 50th anniversary release, produced with the full cooperation of the Leonard Bernstein Office, is a limited edition of two remastered CDs in a 140-page CD-sized book type package filled with previously unpublished photographs and illustrations.                                                                                    Sony Music\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony Classical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45558188310817,"sku":"194398905624","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/products\/194398905624.jpg?v=1687534529","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-de\/products\/194398905624","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}