Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, while emphasizing his emotional extremism. The uplifting Second "Resurrection" Symphony, with which Bernstein had an especially long and close association, is recorded here in a historic performance from 1973, set in the Romanesque splendor of Ely Cathedral. In the Third, Bernstein encompasses the symphony's spiritual panorama like no other conductor, with the Vienna Philharmonic players alive to every nuance.
Leonard Bernstein
as Self - Conductor
Sheila Armstrong
as Self
Janet Baker
as Self
Christa Ludwig
as Self
London Symphony Orchestra
as Self - Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
as Self - Orchestra
