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ing Score, page 45). Both efforts including the first recording of Bern - executive producer (and former CBS offer insights into the touchstones of stein's blue -hued choreographic Masterworks chief) Thomas Frost, a remarkable career -from Bern - essay "Facsimile" and his dynamic the series will eventually encompass stein's wunderkind days and "West solo piano in Copland's sonata and his some 150 titles. "This is a No. 1 pri- Side Story" to the golden years with own "Seven Anniversaries." ority," he says. "Sony recognizes that f the New York Philharmonic and the Bernstein's most Promethean out- Bernstein's catalog is one of the key "Young People's Concerts," from put on disc came after he assumed parts of the Masterworks legacy." by Theda Sandi,tor'd- Waller midlife crises and failed productions the reins of the New York Philhar- The obvious Sony gems include a to Mahler in Vienna and Beethoven monic (which he directed from 1958 disc that collects vivid takes on some I F AT FIRST YOU don't succeed, try again: Add Deborah Cox's "Things by the Berlin Wall. to '69), with a Columbia Master- of Bernstein's greatest compositions, Just Ain't The Same" (Arista) to the short list of songs being worked at radio In the PBS documentary, several works contract that produced more with not only the evergreen "Sym- for a second time. The single, originally released in May 1997 as a ballad from of the many musicians Bernstein than 200 records across three dec- phonic Dances" from "West Side the "Money Talks" soundtrack, didn't have an impact at radio. Until this week, touched over the years discuss his ades. Last year, Sony Classical Story" but a suite from his classic the song never reached the Hot 100 Airplay list but did manage to chart on magic, including such peers as Isaac launched the "Bernstein Century" score to "On The Waterfront." There the Hot 100 in July 1997 -mostly on sales points-eventually maxing out at Stern and Stephen Sondheim and midpriced reissue series, which not are also definitive accounts of Amer- No. 56 in the Sept. 13, 1997, issue. Cox then rerecorded her vocals for a dance protégés like conductors Michael only supersedes the maligned "Royal ican symphonists and a set featuring mix by Hex Hector that became a huge club record in New York. Tilson Thomas and John Mauceri. Edition" of the '80s but makes avail- one of the most popular readings of Arista serviced the dance single to retail in January of this year, around Yet Bernstein's impact is such that it able vintage LP performances never Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" ever the same time WKTU New York began to spin the dance mix. The song has extends beyond borders and genera- before released on CD. (with Bernstein on piano). since become one of the station's most -played songs and its No. 1 call -out tions, of course, and other artists So far, the "Bernstein Century" Also notable are the fruits of Bern- record, according to PD Frankie Blue. Broadcast Data Systems has logged have tales to tell of his inspiration. consists of 36 remastered and the- stein's first Mahler symphony cycle, 935 detections of "Things Just Ain't The Same" at WKTU. The dance mix Soprano Dawn Upshaw was en- matically repackaged titles, with 20 including a two -CD set that boasts a is being re- serviced to top 40 radio this week. Outside of WKTU, six moni- raptured by repeats of the "Young more due in November and another white -hot reading of Symphony No. tored stations are playing the song, including airplay leaders WHTZ New People's Concerts" as a young person 32 in the first quarter of next year. 2 along with the "adagietto" from York, WBLI New York, WIOQ Philadelphia, and WWKX Providence, R.I. and has gone on to sing Bernstein's According to Sony Classical senior Symphony No. 5 that was performed "Things Just Ain't The Same" has 9.4 million audience impressions and is songs on two of her Nonesuch albums at Bobby Kennedy's funeral. More ranked at No. 75 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. and on the label's ensemble tribute unsung items of worth include a vital Nearly 67% of all the audience is derived from airplay at WKTU, but when "Leonard Bernstein's New York." account of Bernstein's mystical bal- you total the audiences of WKTU, WHTZ, and WBLI, 96% of the song's She says, "Classical, theater, jazz -I let "Dybbuk" and several albums exposure is in New York. Not surprisingly, New York is the single's best sales can't think of anyone who brought so that feature his unique brand of exe- market, accounting for 27% of the 288,000 units scanned since its release. many worlds together with music gesis, such as "Bernstein Discusses If airplay ignites in other markets, "Things Just Ain't The Same" could like Lenny. And watching him con- Charles Ives" and "What Is Jazz." return to the Hot 100 in a few weeks. The single will be included on Cox's duct was so inspiring. He became the The "Bernstein Century" series as -yet- untitled album due Aug. 25. music, giving of himself completely. has been knocked by some for its To me, that sort of vulnerability in an "bland" packaging and haphazard GIRL POWER: Now that radio has decided Spice Girls are passé, make artist is very touching -and some- order of release. But Jeff Melancon, room for All Saints, the next U.K. import preparing to take U.S. airwaves thing to aspire to." classical manager at the Lincoln by storm. The group's second single, "Never Ever" (London /Island), earns Although Bernstein took flak from Center Tower Records, says the Hot Shot Debut honors for its No. 13 entry on the Hot 100. It's the highest both conservatives and the postwar series has proved attractive nonethe- debut on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, at No. 16, with 33,000 units avant- garde, a younger set saw some- less. Upcoming Sony reissues look scanned. "Never Ever" has 18 million audience impressions and is ranked No. thing special in his communicative promising, as they include Bern - 42 on the Hot 100 Airplay list. Prepare yourselves for the likely comparisons powers. Los Angeles Philharmonic stein's "Age Of Anxiety" Symphony, that will be drawn between the two U.K. girl groups, in much the same way director Esa -Pekka Salonen was Kid Stuff. Leonard Bernstein explains Dviirák's "New World" Symphony, tongues are wagging about Backstreet Boys `N clones Five and Sync. studying at Finland's Sibelius Acad- a passage at the piano during one of Mussorgsky's "Songs & Dances Of emy when he attended a Bernstein his "Young People's Concerts" broad- Death" (with soprano Jennie Tourel WHAT'S NEXT: Due to popular demand, here's a select list of forthcom- concert of Brahms' first symphony cast by CBS in 1964. His enthusiasm and Bernstein on piano), and "How A ing titles. Keep in mind that release dates are subject to change. Look for with his teacher and classmates. and Great Symphony Is Written" (with the Beastie easygoing erudition made the pro- Boys' "Intergalactic" (Grand Royal/Capitol) to hit the Hot 100 "After the concert," Salonen re- grams remarkably popular, introducing explication of Beethoven's "Eroica "). next week, since the single in- 14. stored July The Backstreet Boys' "I'll calls, "the teacher was so appalled by the classical canon to millions. Many of Bernstein left CBS for DG in the Never Break Your Heart" (Jive) retails (21). The following Tuesday Tuesday, Bernstein's tempi and acrobatics that the "Young People's Concerts" are early '70s, eventually re- recording look for Monica's "The First Night" (Arista). The first week of August, he told us to forget all about it: `That's the bulk of his main repertoire with INOJ's now available on video from the Bern- bass remake of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (So So no way to conduct Brahms.' But I stein Society /Sony Classical. the New York, Israel, and Vienna Def/Columbia) hits retail. Columbia will be releasing Aerosmith's "I Don't realized that we had witnessed some- (Continued on page 93) Want To Miss A Thing" from the `Armageddon" soundtrack Aug. 11. Janet's thing individual, something only he "Go Deep" (Virgin) is out Aug. 25. could do -and that is the mark of a great performer. There was this piece Theda Sandiford- Waller can be reached via E-mail at theda@biUboarLcom that we all thought we knew so well, and listening to Bernstein conduct it was like hearing it for the first time. It felt as if he was composing the symphony as he was conducting it." HOT 100' BUBBLING SINGLES BERNSTEIN ON RECORD UNDER.. The performance that catapulted z 0 w ó Bernstein to fame was his - 3 last ', Y TITLE Ñ 1 w TITLE minute substitution for an ailing F n 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) r S 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) Bruno Walter as conductor of the

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