Fans of Leonard Bernstein will not want to miss the chance to snap up this limited edition 60-CD set, Bernstein Symphony Edition. With a list price of just over two dollars per disc, it's a bargain not to be missed. What's most impressive about these recordings of well over 100 symphonies made between 1953 and 1976, almost all of which feature the New York Philharmonic, is the scope and depth of Bernstein's repertoire. The complete symphonic works of many of the great symphonists are here, including Beethoven, Schumann, ...
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Fans of Leonard Bernstein will not want to miss the chance to snap up this limited edition 60-CD set, Bernstein Symphony Edition. With a list price of just over two dollars per disc, it's a bargain not to be missed. What's most impressive about these recordings of well over 100 symphonies made between 1953 and 1976, almost all of which feature the New York Philharmonic, is the scope and depth of Bernstein's repertoire. The complete symphonic works of many of the great symphonists are here, including Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Sibelius. In addition to less-than-complete sets of symphonies by other major composers such as Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich, Bernstein ventures into more obscure repertoire. Nielsen and Ives, who were rarely performed at the time these recordings were made, are represented, as well as a number of mid-20th century composers, mostly American, including Randall Thompson, Carlos Chávez, Roy Harris, Marc...
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