Leonard Bernstein - Mahler Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (2 DVD)

Bernstein's youthful, urgent conducting of the Fourth takes a refreshing slant on the symphony's classical temper, while in the Fifth he coaxes from the Vienna Philharmonic a detailed response to the work's tragic beginning and triumphant conclusion. The reverie of the Adagietto is uniquely intense in this performance. Berstein's thrilling traversal of the epic Sixth Symphony comes from the end of his Mahler cycle in Vienna, during which the conductor and his orchestra forged an unbreakable bond.

DIRECTOR: Humphrey Burton

CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein