
Leonard Bernstein and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Leonard Bernstein conducted regularly in Munich from the 1980s onwards. It was then that he learned to appreciate and love the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in particular. In October 1976, Bernstein appeared with an all-Beethoven programme, and in 1983 he began a series of annual concerts with the orchestra.
Leonard Bernstein Beethoven: Symphony Nor. 5 & Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3
This CD from BR-KLASSIK presents the live recording of the Beethoven concert on October 17, 1976, in which Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the Leonore Overture No. 3
Leonard Bernstein Schumann: Divertimento, Symphonie Nr. 2

In November of that year, he rehearsed Robert Schumann's Second Symphony and his own Divertimento (1980), which were performed in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz. This BR-KLASSIK CD presents the live recording of that concert event.
Leonard Bernstein Schubert: Symphony Nr. 8 C-Dur “The Great”
In 1987, he rehearsed Franz Schubert's Great C Major Symphony, which was performed in the Congress Hall of the Deutsches Museum in Munich. This BR-KLASSIK CD features not only the live recording of this concert event but also a rehearsal recording on a bonus CD, "Conductors in Rehearsal," which has been preserved in the sound archives of Bavarian Radio.
Hear Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 5 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra BRSO
Hear Schubert's "The Great" with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks