This release marks an extraordinary performance under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf, who was principal conductorof the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, musical director of the New York City Opera, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and director of the Tanglewood Festival. Erich Leinsdorf always insisted on the highest level of musicianship in everything he did and he was always able to maintain spiritof perfectiofor a vast repertoire covering virtually every important section of the world´s music literature.