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On The Waterfront - suite from the film music

Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 20 July 1998
Date of broadcast: 20 July 1998

A lonely horn solo with its dual portrayal of the New York docks early morning and Marlon Brando鈥檚 futile battle for freedom from the corrupt union opens a suite which encompasses all the struggles of working life. With prominent drums and saxes Bernstein clearly had fun composing this.

Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 20 July 1998
Date of broadcast: 20 July 1998

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