Immer wieder aktuell: Bernsteins Candide
Voltaires Roman Candide ou l'optimisme richtete sich gegen Missstände der Gesellschaft, die sich auch heutzutage wiederfinden. Leonard Bernstein und die Librettistin Lillian Hellman haben ein Broadway-Musical geschaffen, das Voltaire ins 20. Jahrhundert überträgt. Trotz der unleugbaren Brillanz floppte das Werk bei der Uraufführung 1956 in New York. Die Umarbeitung zum Einakter und neue Texte verhalfen dem Stück 1974 schließlich zum verdienten Durchbruch. Die mit Bernstein einst eng befreundete Dirigentin Marin Alsop und der Regisseur Garnett Bruce haben für diese Aufnahme eine eigene Fassung erstellt, von der The Telegraph als einer der "besten aller möglichen Produktionen" schwärmte.
Trackliste
1.01: Overture
1.02: Act One. Westphalian Fanfare - "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen"
1.03: Act One. Life Is Happiness Indeed - Parade
1.04: Act One. The Best of All Possible Worlds
1.05: Act One. "Class is dismissed" - Happy Instrumental
1.06: Act One. Oh, Happy We
1.07: Act One. "What is he doing to my sister?" - Candide Begins His Travels
1.08: Act One. It Must Be So (Candide's Meditation)
1.09: Act One. "The helping hand" - Battle Music - Westphalia Chorale - Battle Scene
1.10: Act One. "Candide, liberated by the battle"
1.11: Act One. Dear Boy
1.12: Act One. "Candide and Dr Pangloss board a crowded ship" - Storm Music - Earthquake Music
1.13: Act One. Auto-da-f, (What a day)
1.14: Act One. Candide's Lament
1.15: Act One. The Paris Waltz
1.16: Act One. Glitter and Be Gay
1.17: Act One. "Suddenly, Candide rushes in" - You Were Dead, You Know
1.18: Act One. "Quick, Madame, The Jew!" - Entrance of the Jew - Entrance of the Archbishop - Travel to th
1.19: Act One. Barcarolle
1.20: Act One. I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)
1.21: Act One. "The rou,s, though captivated!"
1.22: Act One. Quartet Finale
2.01: Act Two. Universal Good
2.02: Act Two. "Welcome back"
2.03: Act Two. My Love (Governor's Serenade)
2.04: Act Two. "Senor, I must take advice"
2.05: Act Two. We Are Women (Polka)
2.06: Act Two. "Meanwhile, Candide stumbles on through the South American jungle" - Alleluia
2.07: Act Two. Introduction to Eldorado - Sheep Song
2.08: Act Two. Ballad of Eldorado
2.09: Act Two. "Having arrived in Suriname"
2.10: Act Two. Bon Voyage
2.11: Act Two. "Of course, the ship sinks"
2.12: Act Two. What's The Use
2.13: Act Two. "Cunegonde!" - You Were Dead, You Know (Reprise)
2.14: Act Two. "Sir, unhand that Odalisque" - Barcarolle (Reprise)
2.15: Act Two. Universal Good (Life is Neither) - "Come, cast aside all vain speculations"
2.16: Act Two. Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)
