
Leonard Bernstein, a renowned conductor, also performs as a soloist on this album, playing and conducting Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
This album features both studio recordings from 1958 and 1959, and a live recording from 1960.
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is performed by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, with Leonard Bernstein as both soloist and conductor.
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, performs Mussorgsky-Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition and Bernstein's Candide Overture.