Symphony 7 in D Minor / Bartered Bride / Moldau
This is the first release on CD of a symphony that most music lovers don't even know that Leonard Bernstein recorded! It's a marvelous performance, with a finale that positively smokes, and just one more example of the treasures that lie buried in the back catalogs of the major labels. One of the oddities of the classical music market is the fact that many of the best releases today are reissues, and not new performances. Go figure.--David Hurwitz