Electrifying conductor, brilliant composer, gifted pianist, inspiring teacher: Leonard Bernstein is one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time. Highlights of this two-disc / eAlbum of the Maestro’s legendary recordings for Deutsche Grammophon include his incandescent interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler, composers for whom he felt a profound affinity. And Bernstein’s lifelong dedication to American music is vividly illustrated with Gershwin, Barber and, of course, his own iconic ‘West Side Story’. This compilation offers a perfect introduction to Bernstein as conductor. Highlighting some of classical music’s most beloved works: Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’; Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No.5; Barber’s Adagio for Strings; the finale of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony; Gerswhin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’; Dvořák’s ‘From the New World’; and excerpts from Mahler’s Symphony No.2 — a work of huge significance to the new Netflix Bradley Cooper biopic, are also included.