Review: Bernstein’s Paris Triumphs on Warner

This 7-CD Warner set offers some repertoire that Bernstein had already done, and some that was special. You get music by Berlioz, Milhaud, Bloch, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Bernstein himself, including the considerable bonus of several rehearsal segments, live concert recordings of the Ravel and Bernstein items appearing for the first time, and some spectacular soloists: Mstislav Rostropovich, Marilyn Horne, Alexis Weissenberg, Donald McInnes, and Boris Belkin. Oh yes, and Bernstein himself in the Ravel G-major Concerto. Greatness folks, sheer greatness.