The Song of the Earth by Mahler, Nuo (1972/1972), Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel

Leonard Bernstein was the first conductor to record all of Gustav Mahler's symphonies not only on disc but also on video. The recordings, made between 1971 and 1985, are not only a unique musical document, but also contributed to a new understanding of Mahler's work. "All Mahler symphonies, all Mahler works by the way, are full of extremes. Extremes in dynamics, in tempo, in emotional meaning. If the music is bare, then it is very bare; if it is dense and powerful, it is denser and more powerful than the Götterdämmerung; when it suffers, it suffers in a way that music has never suffered before" (Leonard Bernstein).