Editorial Reviews
Leonard Bernstein The Symphony Edition brings together all of the conductor's symphonic recordings with the New York Philharmonic from 1953 to 1976. Comprising 60 CDs in an LP- size format, this limited-edition box set includes a 32-page large- format book with extensive essays by Klaus Geitel and Wolfgang Stahr, together with numerous illustrations. It allows listeners to experience the fascinating world of the symphony in all its variety in magnificent recordings by one of the most charismatic conductors of all time.
Selections:
Ludwig Van Beethoven-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Hector Berlioz-Symphonic Fantastique
Leonard Bernstein-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Georges Bizet-Symphony in C
Marc Blitzstein-The Airborne Symphony
Johnannes Brahms-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-4
Anton Bruckner-Symphony No. 9
Carlos Chavez-Sinfonia India
Aaron Copland-SUymphony for Organ and Orchestra Symphony Nos. 3
David Diamond-Symphony No. 4
Atonin Dvorak-Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9
Cesar Franck-Symphony in D minor
Karl Goldmark-Rustic Wedding Symphony
Roy Harris-Symphony No. 3
Joseph Haydn-Symphonies Nos. 82-88,93-104
Paul Hindemith-Symphony in E-flat
Charles Ives-Symphonies Nos. 2&3
Franz Liszt-A Faust Symphony
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Felix Mendelssohn-Symphonies Nos. 3-5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Symphonies Nos. 36,39-41
Carl Nielsen-Symphonies Nos. 2-5
Sergei Prokofiev-Symphonies Nos. 1&5
Albert Roussel-Symphony No. 3
Camille Saint-Saens-Symphony No. 3
Franz Schubert-Symphony Nos. 5,8&9
Robert Schumann-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-4
William Schuman-Symphonies Nos. 3,5&8
Harold Shapero-Symphony for Classical Orchestra
Igor Straginsky-Symphonies of Psalms
Dmitri Shostankovich-Symphonies Nos. 1,5-7, 9&14
Jean Sibelus-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 7
Peter Tchaikovsky-The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Ralph Vaughan Williams-Symphony No. 4

音乐家们公认无法超越的极至经典，最著名的《贝九》实况之一。来自上世纪与卡拉扬齐名的著名指挥大师伯恩斯坦的著名演绎《最后的柏林墙》。1989年12月为庆祝两德统一，由伯恩斯坦联合了纽约爱乐、伦敦交响、巴黎交响等多个世界级乐团组成的庞大乐队演奏《贝多芬第九交响曲》的实况。当时柏林墙刚刚拆除，伯恩斯坦在这个特殊的历史时刻，在德国伯兰登堡举行了这次具有非凡历史意义的音乐会，曲目又是贝多芬的这部《第九交响曲》，因此这次演绎被永载史册。这是最著名的《贝九》实况之一，特别是第四乐章，指挥家将“欢乐颂”改名为“自由颂”，上千人组成的庞大合唱团的演唱更加令人震撼不已,气势磅礴以及极具历史纪念意义。

因Bernstein的突然离世，本录音的第1和第2号协奏曲由Zimerman本人担任指挥。

Gould’s first recording with orchestra, and his first studio collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, fourteen years his senior. “During the first portion of the concerto, Mr. Gould slid out from behind the piano and loped casually about the hall. He shook his head, waved his arms, beat time, and acted generally in a manner that any conductor less accustomed to the ways of genius might have found trying in the extreme. Bernstein took no notice.