Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Candide

1

Opening Credits

[2:40]

2

Surprise. My dear friends, I hear you thinking

[4:56]

Leonard Bernstein

Act I

3

Overture

[4:41]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

4

Westphalia Chorale

[0:53]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

5

And it is in Westphalia that our story opens

[1:12]

Adolph Green

6

Life is Happiness Indeed

[0:37]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

7

All the young people were happy

[0:30]

Adolph Green

8

Life is Absolute Perfection

[2:16]

Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Della Jones, Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

9

But if they were happy

[0:13]

Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Kurt Ollmann, Della Jones

10

The Best of All Possible Worlds

[2:45]

11

Universal Good

[0:50]

Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Kurt Ollmann, Della Jones, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

12

Class dismissed

[0:16]

Adolph Green, Kurt Ollmann

13

Oh, Happy We

[2:07]

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra

14

Ach, but Candide underestimates

[0:25]

Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson

15

I Must Be So

[2:04]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

16

Discovered at dawn asleep

[0:26]

Kurt Ollmann, Adolph Green

17

Westphalia

[0:45]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

18

Battle Music

[0:54]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus

19

Candide`s Lament

[5:45]

Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

20

Entirely alone in the world

[1:10]

Kurt Ollmann, Adolph Green, London Symphony Chorus, Members of

21

Dear Boy

[4:21]

Adolph Green, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

22

"The kindly Anabaptist"

[1:17]

Kurt Ollmann, Adolph Green, London Symphony Chorus, Members of

23

Auto-da-fé

[8:01]

Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Clive Bayley, Neil Jenkins, Lindsay Benson, Richard Suart, John Treleaven, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

24

"Pangloss is hanged."

[0:08]

Kurt Ollmann

25

Candide Begins His Travels - It Must Be Me (Candide`s Second Meditation)

[2:53]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

26

Paris Waltz

[3:20]

Christa Ludwig, Adolph Green, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

27

Glitter and be gay

[7:01]

June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

28

"Meanwhile, Candide having arrived in Paris"

[0:27]

Adolph Green, London Symphony Chorus

29

You Were Dead, You Know

[2:57]

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

30

"This affecting reunion is interrupted"

[3:11]

Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green

31

I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady`s Tango)

[4:36]

Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

32

"What you might ask, can follow that?"

[0:29]

Kurt Ollmann

33

Quartet Finale

[4:18]

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

Act II

34

Credits

[1:05]

35

Universal Good

[1:05]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

36

Bernstein Introduction

[3:30]

Leonard Bernstein

37

Pangloss: "Our travellers..."

[1:29]

Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein

38

My Love (Governor`s Serenade)

[2:31]

Nicolai Gedda, June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

39

"So... that´s settled"

[0:23]

Adolph Green

40

We Are Women (Polka)

[3:34]

June Anderson, Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

41

"Meanwhile, Candide and a faithful half-caste, Cacambo..."

[0:34]

Adolph Green, London Symphony Chorus

42

The Pilgrims` Procession/Alleluia

[2:33]

Adolph Green, Kurt Ollmann, Della Jones, Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

43

"Another credulity-stretching coincidence..."

[1:08]

Adolph Green, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Chorus

44

Quiet

[3:52]

Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

45

"Up-country again, Candide and Cacambo are lost and starving in the jungle"

[0:28]

Adolph Green

46

Introduction to Eldorado (Instrumental)

[1:16]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

47

"Candide is welcome"

[0:40]

Kurt Ollmann

48

The Ballad of Eldorado

[3:39]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

49

"Golden lamb after golden ram"

[1:12]

Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Chorus, Adolph Green

50

Words, Words, Words (Martin`s Laughing Song)

[3:16]

Adolph Green, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

51

"The complicate matters"

[0:33]

Kurt Ollmann

52

Bon Voyage

[3:03]

Nicolai Gedda, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

53

"Predictably, the ship sinks"

[0:42]

Kurt Ollmann

54

The Kings` Barcarolle

[3:51]

Neil Jenkins, Jerry Hadley, Richard Suart, Adolph Green, John Treleaven, Clive Bayley, Lindsay Benson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

55

"And what do you know, the galley does arrive in Venice"

[0:26]

Kurt Ollmann

56

Money, Money, Money

[0:36]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Farrow, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

57

"Maximilian, miraculously restored to life"

[0:31]

Adolph Green

58

What`s the Use

[5:10]

Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Kurt Ollmann, John Treleaven, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

59

"Gentle reader, gentle listener"

[0:45]

Adolph Green

60

The Venice Gavotte

[4:04]

Christa Ludwig, Andrew Farrow, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

61

Nothing More Than This

[3:32]

Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

62

"For many days after Candide did not speak."

[0:49]

Adolph Green

63

Universal Good (Life is Neither)

[1:53]

London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

64

"Cunegonde, we are not what we were"

[0:35]

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson

65

Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)

[5:30]

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann, Della Jones, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly

67

Afterword. Bernstein "May I bother you"

[1:19]

Leonard Bernstein

Total Playing Time:

[2:23:58]