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Bernstein: A White House Cantata Another rarity: the concert adaptation (made in 1998) of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the muical play produced by the collaboration of Alan Jay Lerner and Bernstein between 1972 and 1977 a history of America and the problems of housekeeping in 80 minutes. Kent Nagano A Quiet Place Bernstein s only complete full-length opera, a heart-rending family saga (incorporating Trouble in Tahiti from 1951), restored to the catalogue after many years. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story The celebrated, not to say controversial, recording from 1985, Bernstein s only recording of the work, with star singers Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria), Jos Carreras (Tony), Tatiana Troyanos (Anita) and Kurt Ollmann (Riff), plus Marilyn Horne singing Somewhere . Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria), Jos Carreras (Tony), Tatiana Troyanos (Anita) and Kurt Ollmann (Riff) Leonard Bernstein Candide The famous London recording from 1989, presenting the final revised version of the work, with Jerry Hadley as Candide, June Anderson as Cunegonde, Adolph Green as Dr. Pangloss and Christa Ludwig as the Old Lady Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss) & Christa Ludwig (Old Lady) Leonard Bernstein On the Town Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daly, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Hampson & Cleo Laine (The Nightclub Singer) Michael Tilson Thomas