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I only have Bernstein's revised version of this piece from the 60's with the New York Philharmonic. Honestly, I prefer the Jeremiah symphony as far as Bernstein's symphonies, but this one still has great moments and some very nice piano work.
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I only have Bernstein's revised version of this piece from the 60's with the New York Philharmonic.
I have the 60s LP with sci-fi graphics. I did not realized it had been revised. Do you know if the revisions are substantial?
As I understand it, the most substantial revision Bernstein made to the piece was giving the pianist a more prominent part in the Epilogue. There may have been other minor revisions that I can't recall at the present.
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I've got a couple recordings of this, my favorite being the DG recording with composer Lukas Foss at the piano.
Along with his violin concerto, which he calls a serenade, and his ballet Dybbuk, this is my favorite LB concert work. Even persuaded me to read Auden's book-length poem of the same name, Bernstein's inspiration for the work.
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For me, the 1950 recording is definitive - it's in the huge Bernstein box sounding absolutely great. The sixties recording is nice to have with the revised ending, but I don't like the DG recording at all.
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Strangely enough, I was re-listening to this and Jeremiah earlier today. While I still prefer Jeremiah, this is definitely my second favorite of his symphonies.
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Strangely enough, I was re-listening to this and Jeremiah earlier today. While I still prefer Jeremiah, this is definitely my second favorite of his symphonies.
Never heard Jeremiah.
My favorite part of "Anxiety" is in the middle of side 2, the percussive part with lots of jazzy piano.
If you mean the Masque, that’s my favorite part of “Anxiety” as well.
As for Jeremiah, I personally recommend it, especially the second movement “Profanation.” That said, it has an overall melancholy tone that can be considered depressing (especially the Lamentation movement where a female soloist sings Hebrew passages from the Book of Lamentations). In fact, Bernstein’s mentor actually tried to persuade him to write an upbeat fourth movement to conclude the piece.
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