Leonard Bernstein In Japan: Schumann No.1/Shostakovich No.5 DVD

Felix Mandelssohn conducted the premiere performance of Robert Schumann's First or Spring Symphony in 1841, six weeks after the work's completion, and the composer won acclaim as a symphonist on his first try. Dmitri Shostakovich had been a darling of the Soviet regime but in 1936 began to slide into official disfavor.

DVD Features: 90 Minutes, Color.