Product Review

This rare material represents some of the
earliest televised concerts with the
Boston Symphony and Erich Leinsdorf,
and has been restored using the
greatest care and state-of-the-art
techniques. It is of exceptional
musical interest and historic value.
The BSO's Music Director for seven seasons,
Leinsdorf had a long and distinguished career,
having worked with Toscanini and Walter,
conducting at the Metropolitan Opera, New York
City Opera, Cleveland Orchestra and Berlin Radio
Symphony Orchestra in addition to his tenure
at the BSO.
This 1969 performance of Tchaikovsky's
Fifth Symphony has been the object of some
attention from internet bloggers, with one site
featuring an almost complete audio recording
of the performance. Readers were astonished
at the intensity and drive behind Leinsdorf's
interpretation.
Because he didn't perform the work regularly
(on only 14 occasions with the BSO) the
performance is fresh and insightful the
emotional commitment is great both from
Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
which Richard Dyer describes as 'solid, flexible
and brilliant'.
All three featured works are new to Leinsdorf's
discography.