This 11-DVD collection is a must-have for all fans of American orchestras. Includes the New York Philharmonic’s legendary 2008 concert performance in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang and many other classic performances.

Contents:

DVD 1: Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Boulez - Notations I-IV
Debussy - La Mer
De Falla - El sombrero de tres picos
- Elisabete Matos (mezzo-soprano)
Bonus: Daniel Barenboim in conversation with Pierre Boulez

DVD 2: Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Brahms
Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73; Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Bonus: Bernstein at Tanglewood

DVD 3: Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Liszt
Liszt - A Faust Symphony
- Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Tanglewood Festival Chorus

DVD 4: Pierre Boulez conducts Modern Classics
Berg - Lulu-Suite (excerpts)
Debussy - Le Jet d’eau; 3 Ballades de François Villon
Stravinsky - The Firebird
- Christine Schäfer (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra

DVD 5: The Pyongyang Concert
Bernstein - Candide: Overture
Bizet - Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No.2
Dvořák - Symphony No.9 “From the New World”
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Wagner - Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
- New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Bonus: Documentary “Americans in Pyongyang”

DVD 6: Ormandy conducts Rimsky-Korsakov
Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
Handel - Concerto in D major
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op.35
R Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
Wolf-Ferrari - Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
- Norman Carol (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

DVD 7: Ormandy conducts Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
- Itzhak Perlman (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

DVD 8: Ormandy conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninov
Stravinsky - The Firebird: Suite (1919 version)
Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
- Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

DVD 9: Ormandy conducts Holst and Debussy
Holst - The Planets
Debussy - La Mer
- The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

DVD 10: Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major
Schubert - Symphony No.6 in C major; Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Bonus: Introduction to Schubert’s Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 by Sir Georg Solti

DVD 11: Welser-Möst conducts Bruckner
Bruckner - Symphony No.9 in D minor
- Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
Bonus: Introduction by Franz Welser-Möst

Picture format:
- 16:9 NTSC (DVDs 1, 4, 5, 11)
- 4:3 NTSC (DVDs 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time:
- DVD 1: 110 mins,
- DVD 2: 95 mins
- DVD 3: 83 mins,
- DVD 4: 91 mins
- DVD 5: 159 mins
- DVD 6: 91 mins
- DVD 7: 89 mins
- DVD 8: 81 mins
- DVD 9: 81 mins
- DVD 10: 105 mins
- DVD 11: 82 mins
Total running time: 1.067 mins (18h)
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Deutsch, Français
Production years: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2007, 2008