Leonard Bernstein’s legendary 1943 Carnegie Hall conducting début brought his name to national attention, and the event was followed a few months later by the triumphant reception of his Symphony No. 1 ‘Jeremiah.’ This major symphonic statement explores a crisis in faith and employs Jewish liturgical sources, its final movement, Lamentation, being an anguished cry at the destruction of Jerusalem. Sharing the theme of loss of faith, Symphony No. 2 ‘The Age of Anxiety’ takes W.H. Auden’s poem of the same name and follows its four characters in their spiritual journey to hard-won triumph.
Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah"
1 I. Prophecy 07:11
2 II. Profanation 06:59
3 III. Lamentation 10:04
Bernstein, Leonard
Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"
4 Part I: The Prologue: Lento moderato - 02:03
5 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 1: L'istesso tempo - 00:52
6 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 2: Poco più mosso - 01:27
7 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 3: Largamente, ma mosso - 01:19
8 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 4: Più mosso - 00:55
9 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 5 - 00:50
10 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 6: Poco meno mosso - 01:01
11 Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation 7: L'istesso tempo - 01:35
