Leonard Bernstein - Stravinsky/Sibelius - Naxos Deutschland

The ICA Classics Legacy series presents a collection of historic performances by some of the world's greatest artists. These performances are realeased on DVD for the first time, incorporating rare archive footage that has been expertly and lovingly restored.

These sensational accounts of "The Rite of Spring" and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5 were filmed for the BBC's historic "Symphonic Twilight" series, which introduced the British public to Leonard Bernstein's electrifying conducting. In performances that are thrilling and energetic, but also subile and sensitive. Bernstein demonstrates his supreme understanding of these twentieth-century masterworks.