Just Released: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts With the New York Philharmonic Vol. 2
By: Molly Tracy Nov. 19, 2013
Volume 2 of the New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein - featuring 27 digitally restored videos of the landmark televised concerts on nine DVDs - is now available for purchase through the New York Philharmonic's e-store, Amazon, and other major retailers for around $135. This is the first release of Young People's Concerts in more than 20 years, following Volume 1 in 1993; the entire series of Bernstein's Young People's Concerts is now available on DVD.
The concerts featured in the set, released by Kulture International Films, took place between 1960-72 and cover a broad range of musical topics and composers including Copland, Ives, Bach, Liszt, Strauss, and more. The new set also features nine Young Performers programs with a young André Watts, Paula Robison, and Lynn Harrell, among others.
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